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Currency cliff-hedging
Imran Ahmad, emerging markets FX strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland in London, suggests a hedge against slowing US growth next year in the absence of a quick resolution to the US economy's fiscal issues.
EBS adds to product team with senior hire
Eisso VanderMeulen joins Icap in New York to work on EBS product development
Trade reporting pressure increases as CFTC deadlines loom
DTCC data repository has received provisional CFTC approval, just three weeks ahead of mandatory reporting for credit and rates, with FX reporting due to begin in January
Saxo marks 20 years with staff party in Egypt
Danish investment bank Saxo Bank celebrated its 20th birthday last week by flying its staff to Egypt for a party hosted by its co-founders
The platforms of 2012: Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has refrained from making the major changes to its FX platforms that rival EBS has made in recent years, but that allegedly unresponsive approach has to some extent been vindicated by the challenges EBS has faced. In the latest in a…
FX committees prepare for platform proliferation
Monitoring trading volumes in the foreign exchange market is an important priority for the central bank-sponsored FX committees, but if liquidity fragments across a handful of new trading platforms, could that analysis become more difficult? Miriam Siers…
Euro will continue to rise, says HSBC
HSBC's bullish view on the euro - which it continues to hold in its current forecasts - lands the bank at the top of the one-month forecast rankings
CME’s new swap future uses Goldman Sachs patent
Licensing agreement could be worth up to 20% of revenues from patented contract, and is seen as an attempt by Goldman Sachs to hedge its bets as new rules threaten OTC market profits
FX futures and options volumes soar on CME
While volumes are down year-on-year, September has seen a number of record days on CME Group, particularly in currencies such as the Canadian and Australian dollars and the Mexican peso
Hedge funds moving more assets into prime custody accounts with active management
A move to separate custody accounts since the financial crisis has turned into a major trend with hedge funds now placing a growing portion of their unencumbered assets with prime custodians.
FX Concepts’ Taylor turns bearish on US dollar
The head of $3 billion hedge fund FX Concepts says the Federal Reserve’s open ended quantitative easing programme will drive the US dollar lower in coming months.
Portware hires three to grow product and sales coverage
Trading technology vendor makes three senior hires to focus on the client experience and meet growing demand for Portware FX
The platforms of 2012: TraFXpure
When it launches next year, TraFXpure hopes to become a primary trading platform in the FX market, alongside EBS and Thomson Reuters. While that’s a tall order in today’s environment, Tradition’s Daniel Marcus, Campbell Adams and Roger Rutherford believe…
QE3 sparks widespread dollar bearishness
The US dollar fell against most major currencies following the announcement of QE3 on September 13, but market participants are lukewarm on the likelihood of its success
Caplin unveils new development environment for bank platforms
Caplin Systems is launching a new development environment based on HTML5, which it believes will allow banks to build more effective single-dealer platforms
Barclays upgrades Oasis FX analytics tool
Enhanced version of Oasis includes a new charting, analysis and back-testing tool, known as Atlas
Insight Investment to acquire currency manager Pareto
Pareto Investment Management will become part of the Insight group from January 2013
FX Invest West Coast: Market structure changes a challenge for buy-side traders
Trading platform proliferation and regulatory change are presenting challenges for the buy side, say speakers at FX Invest West Coast conference
Russia’s Troika Dialog hires e-FX head
Peter Holowka joins the Russian bank in London, having previously been global head of electronic commerce at UniCredit
The platforms of 2012: EBS
Icap’s EBS last week announced the latest round of changes designed to strengthen the platform’s resilience and improve the trading environment. Despite rapidly falling volumes, chief executive Gil Mandelzis believes EBS will be well-positioned when…
Who picks up the tab for regulation costs?
Many buy-side firms expect their banks to absorb the costs associated with clearing and reporting of non-deliverable forwards and eventually forex options. But banks have other ideas, with some already quantifying fairly substantial hikes in…
Credit Suisse overhauls single-dealer platform
Credit Suisse Plus, the Swiss bank's new fixed-income platform, will be rolled out to clients over the coming year, says newly appointed head of electronic sales
Spotlight on: Rob Maher, Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse’s global head of fixed-income electronic sales talks to Joel Clark about the changes the Swiss bank has been making to its e-FX business with the development of a new single-dealer portal and the integration of its algorithmic and…
Swiss franc expected to retrace its fall as ECB news sinks in
The euro rallied against the Swiss franc for the first time in six months after yesterday’s announcement of new measures from the ECB, but FX strategists expect it to fall back towards 1.20