Infrastructure
IMF weighs up $650 billion SDR issuance
Figure would allow Biden administration to avoid a vote in Congress
FX HedgePool targets Europe as volumes grow
Platform eyes expansion, as swaps volumes hit $1.5 trillion since inception
‘Do no harm’: central bankers warn against rush to issue CBDC
Agustín Carstens, Jerome Powell and Jens Weidmann highlight risks of acting too fast
Could private match-making sink public market?
Rise in internal hedging sparks debate over its threat to price discovery
Is FX catching up with Silicon Valley?
The industry is taking a leaf out of the Silicon Valley playbook to leverage automation, AI and big data, write BNP Paribas execs
Deutsche Börse eyes quantum computing
Pilot application to model enterprise risks cuts computation time from 10 years to 30 minutes
Brazil ramps up FX interventions to defend real
Governor Campos Neto says fall “is not justified by fundamentals”
State Street to look after bitcoin, just don’t call it custody
The second-biggest custodian will provide “record-keeping services” for the unregulated asset
BIS and central banks partner to create CBDC ‘bridge’
Cross-border project will link up digital currencies of China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE
All roads lead to Bergamo: Euronext eyes new home for its tech
Market participants fear a “horrible” relocation project and more room for latency arbitrage
First P2P trade completed on Siege FX
Dark pool aims to match algo orders among its 30 buy-side clients
If stablecoins are money, they should be backed by reserves
The growth of stablecoins could reduce the supply of safe collateral available to markets
Growing internalisation could threaten price discovery, say LPs
Dealers might have to deliberately hedge on venues to bolster data, says Credit Suisse’s Estrada
Ulrich Bindseil on the launch of the digital euro
The ECB’s director-general for market infrastructure and payments speaks about the functionality, tiering approaches, privacy policies, ledger technology and ecosystem impact of the eurozone's planned CBDC
Digital Vega, Spark deal hints at wider shake-up for platforms
Two trading tech firms seek point of difference as dealers cull vendor relationships in cost-cutting drive
Central banks must mobilise their FX reserves
Pandemic and climate crises call for bold action, write Gary Smith and John Nugée
Bank of Israel announces major increase in FX interventions
Central bank announces FX spend in advance for first time and pledges 40% increase
Dealers drag their feet on NDF clearing, say prime brokers
Trade mismatches and other wrinkles hinder clearing between executing broker and prime broker
Thai central bank relaxes FX rules to curb currency’s strength
Central bank says it is considering further liberalisations to currency regime
CLS: can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em?
FX settlement giant not fast on its feet, say dealers and challengers, but hard to knock down
BoE needs ‘better handle’ on control of UK currency
Lawmakers highlight the UK’s disjointed cash management, which could put consumers at risk, they say
SA-CCR proves a bitter pill for US banks to swallow
Dealers concerned new regime will punish some business lines with rise in risk-weighted assets
SA-CCR switch clouded by confusion over netting sets
An effort by US regulators to incentivise the switch to SA-CCR may be having the opposite effect
MAS unveils renminbi funding for banks in Singapore
New funding scheme of up to 25 billion yuan replaces overnight funding facility