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Citic Group in currency bail-out
HONG KONG - Citic Pacific has reached an agreement with parent company Citic Group to provide financial support to meet liabilities from exposure to leveraged FX contracts disclosed on October 20.
TFX revamps forex trading
TOKYO - The Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) is set to launch a new trading platform for its foreign exchange market, Click 365, on October 27, to support rising volumes as it expands its list of market-makers and products.
Parker FX Index doubles returns in June
STAMFORD, CT - The Parker FX Index returned 0.17% in June, up from 0.08% in May, amid dollar volatility throughout the month.
Rising dollar brings Parker FX down
STAMFORD, CT - The Parker FX Index produced a 0.01% loss in April, as the US dollar rose against a basket of G-6 currencies for the first time in several months.
Seeking a sterling collapse
By Pete Luxton, global markets adviser, and Dave Willmer, foreign exchange options market strategist, at Informa Global Markets in London
GCC currency uncertain after Kuwait abandons dollar peg
SAFAT, KUWAIT – The decision to abandon the Kuwaiti dinar’s peg to the US dollar in favour of a basket of major currencies has brought into question plans to introduce a single currency for the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.
Currenex set to move into new asset class
NEW YORK – Trading technology vendor Currenex is going multi-asset class, according to officials at the company in New York.
Asia to support global growth
LONDON – Asia holds the key to global growth amid a US slowdown, Marios Maratheftis, FX strategist at Standard Chartered in London told delegates at last week's FX Week Europe Congress.
Currenex adds precious metals
NEW YORK – Currenex is expanding its footprint into precious metals with the addition of gold and silver trading.
Rouble hits seven-year peak against dollar
MOSCOW – The rouble hit its highest level against the US dollar for seven years last week, as the soaring price of oil boosted the Russian unit.
Middle East violence boosts US dollar
Conflict in the Middle East contributed to a surge in the dollar and a big drop in the value of Asian currencies last week.
EBS adds rand to spot trading
LONDON – Interdealer broker EBS has added the South African rand to its spot matching system in conjunction with South Africa's largest liquidity providing banks.
Central banks increase FX holdings
BEIJING AND WASHINGTON DC – A Chinese official last week highlighted the possibility of a significant move out of US dollar reserves, as the latest IMF figures show central banks have continued to hold faith in the greenback.
Heading for the final USD selling opportunity
Hans-Guenther Redeker, global head of FX strategy at BNP Paribas in London, suggests a way to take advantage of the prospect of near-term dollar strength to protect against the likelihood of longer-term USD weakness.
‘FX markets are unreadable’
Foreign exchange markets are notoriously difficult to predict, so corporates shouldn’t bother, argues Simon Miles (right), currency strategist at Corporate FX. Instead they should focus on deciding how to hedge the risk so they can determine its real…
‘No’ votes lead to record flows
LONDON – The ‘no’ votes on the EU constitutionreferendums last week led to unexpectedvolatility in the currency markets, and the highestvolumes ever seen on some platforms.
Benefiting from yuan revaluation
The Lloyds TSB Financial Markets team suggests how to benefit if the Chinese yuan revalues and Asia follows suit
Chinese whispers cause confusion
BEIJING – Currency markets were thrown into disarray last Wednesday following an inaccurate news report by a Communist-party-backed news agency claiming China would allow the yuan to appreciate.