Risk management
Ruled out: can regulators settle the pre-hedging debate?
Market participants are at odds over the practice and whether regulation or principles can settle the score
Can Citi’s XVA desk help solve risk data failings?
Resolution plan reviews exposed material limitations in banks’ ability to unwind derivatives
Regulators urged to back non-cash variation margin
Market participants warn FSB on cash collateral demand as banks curb collateral upgrade trades
Natixis turns on the taps in flow trading
French bank boosts flow business, balancing structured solutions capabilities
Outlook for e-FX: opportunities and risks for banks
As electronification spreads into new areas of FX trading, banks are under pressure to digitise more of their offerings to remain competitive. The race is now on to automate pricing, trading and hedging in areas such as non-deliverable forwards, swaps…
Banks scrutinised for offloading deal contingent risks on to funds
Critics say practice could lead to disclosure of sensitive client data
How corporates are tooling up for FX risk
Unstable markets have forced corporate treasurers to adopt whizzier methods for managing currency exposures
Best FX overlay manager: State Street
In the most challenging market environment in many years, demand for State Street’s currency management offering spiked in 2022 as market participants sought assistance in minimising their FX risk and optimising their hedging activities
Corporates’ tech stacks face pressure from rising FX volatility
Treasurers and CFOs are worried about how their FX tech will cope with a potential increase in hedging activity
Isda proposes new central hub for critical notices
Trade body seeks industry feedback on one-stop shop for default notices and other critical comms; sceptics say the service is “not a universal solution”
Goldman’s Marquee is a gradual revelation
Multiple apps are being corralled into a sticky cross-asset ecosystem, updated with Python and cloud
Best liquidity aggregation service: oneZero
oneZero’s technology helps market participants gain a better understanding of the market, as well as access to quality liquidity, better manage their risk and maximise the hedging potential of their FX portfolios
TMX eyes spot crypto trading launch next year
Exchange group would become first in North America to offer direct access to spot market in digital assets
NatWest Markets recognised in two categories in the 2022 Best Banks Awards
As uncertainty brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic makes way to rising volatility, healthy levels of trading across all FX instruments in 2022 led to another year of strong growth for NatWest Markets’ FX prime brokerage business
How MUFG Investor Services’ leading FX solution manages currency risk effectively
As volatility rips through financial markets and wild currency swings become the norm, the art of currency risk management is becoming increasingly complex
How risk managers can stop the FTX infection from spreading
Segregation and transparency can save investors from imploding crypto trading venues
FX needs for Apac corporates in 2022
This white paper examines the results of a survey, conducted in association with Bloomberg, that offers insight into how corporations based in the Asia-Pacific region interact with the FX market
Return of volatility revs up FX options market
Macro disruption hikes volatility for eager dealers, however liquidity and spread compression remain a concern
Corporates boost FX hedges as US dollar surges
Banks see more business, but also rising exposures, from corporates’ FX decision-making
Pricing data is key to unlocking FX swaps e-trading
Digitec’s Stephan von Massenbach on why automation is needed for e-trading to reach its potential
What every FX client should be asking their order provider
Commerzbank’s head of eTrading services, Nickolas Congdon, discusses the FX industry’s challenges around FX resting orders, streamlining manual processes and enabling objective order execution