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UK's FXJSC puts brakes on forex CCP
The London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) has ruled out the immediate need to implement a central clearing facility to manage counterparty risk (a CCP) in foreign exchange, citing a series of mismatches in market conventions in a white…
Struggling with risk
Geoffrey Yu, currency strategist at UBS, looks at the potential for a reversal of risk appetite
Trading places
Trading places -- a summary of all of the most important people moves in the foreign exchange business.
FX Week news round-up
A summary of news from the foreign exchange community.
CCPs may need public sector support
BASEL - Central counterparties (CCPs) could require public sector support in the event of simultaneous defaults of a number of participants, according to economists at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Citi: US dollar's loss is euro's gain
Citi has triumphed in the one-month currency forecast rankings, with expectations the US dollar's safe-haven status would take a hit as risk appetite returned.
Smaller funds dead set on futures
A growing number of small fund managers are strongly considering switching out of forwards and into exchange-traded products to access the market for hedging and speculative purposes
Japan's retail investors: A piece in the yen puzzle
Michael Klawitter, senior currency strategist at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, evaluates the relationship between Japanese retail traders and the yen
JP Morgan offers FX valuation
PricingDirect launches forex service so that Ucits and mutual funds can access valuation on a daily basis
CLS settlement: the challenges ahead
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. FX Week and Rob Close, president and CEO of CLS Bank, discuss the past 12 months and the future of the industry utility