Liquidity
The half-speed method: optimising algo timing on an execution desk
Do you trade fast or slow? XTX Markets' Matt Clarke evaluates the optimal speed for execution
Cboe to cut FX trading response times in half
Incoming policy will give liquidity providers 35 milliseconds to review last look orders
FX: a market in flux
Jens Quiram, global head of FX at Eurex, outlines how the changing nature of FX trading could open up new opportunities for market participants
Morgan Stanley and UBS remove FX hold times
Goldman Sachs follows suit in new GFXC cover sheets, but NatWest Markets holds on
Dealers look to cut SDP prices amid platform fee battle
JP Morgan offers different pricing for single and multi-dealer venues; Barclays mulls same approach
FX HedgePool eyes mid-month matching
Peer-to-peer swaps venue plans single monthly settlement date for funds that don’t trade at month-end
CMC Markets: the journey to institutional price‑maker
CMC Markets Connect has leveraged its unique position in the institutional and retail spaces to ensure continuous innovation. Company head Richard Elston describes how it has established itself as a disruptor in the FX space
For FX liquidity buyers, fewer providers mean better execution
As consumers’ understanding of best execution evolves, “quality over quantity” becomes buy-side mantra
Carney warns CBDC delays play into hands of big tech
Delays risk entrenching the power of tech firms and encouraging less desirable forms of money, former BoE governor says
Algos on parade: how top FX algo providers stack up
New FX Markets algo database shows differences across internalisation, analytics and client data handling
Passive algos and patient traders
Are all passive fills worth having? XTX’s Matt Clarke says not
Internalisation in the spotlight? Don’t hold your breath
Industry relaxed about internal hedging despite BIS warning of potential threat to price discovery
Price limits in FX algos: fill your boots
Do limits affect performance? Double machine learning helps answer the question, says BestX quant
IMF weighs up $650 billion SDR issuance
Figure would allow Biden administration to avoid a vote in Congress
Could private match-making sink public market?
Rise in internal hedging sparks debate over its threat to price discovery
OTC FX options market gears up for faster electronification
Share of electronic trading remains low but host of factors promise to change that for good
Optiver becomes first non-bank options market-maker on FXall
Dutch e-trading firm joins OTC FX options platform in a market taking electronic baby steps
Guy Debelle on the FX Global Code and the rise of the buy side
Code’s creators considering updates to sections on last look and pre-hedging
Why central banks aren’t worried about FX algos – for now
Disclosure failings have been fed into review of FX code; other risks are profound, but distant, says Andrea Maechler
MAS unveils renminbi funding for banks in Singapore
New funding scheme of up to 25 billion yuan replaces overnight funding facility
How to navigate fragmented NDF liquidity
Liquidity consumers need to embrace dialogue with their LPs as an integral part of the liquidity curation process, argue HSBC execs
Joe Biden’s slow road to remaking US financial regulation
Moves on climate risk could come early; other changes may have to wait until the end of 2021, or later
Big moves, but no panic after tumultuous US election
Treasury market saw its largest post-election move since at least 2000 – but liquidity held up
Unleashing the potential of NDFs
Trading in non-deliverable forwards is on a roll, despite concerns over liquidity