Opinion
A market for relationship managers
Relationship management has never played a stronger role in winning business - and support - than over the past year. Those dealers that have the best relationship managers seem to be rewarded with client wins, even if they aren't quite operationally…
Fiscal policy could prove fatal for sterling
George Magnus, senior economic adviser, and Mansoor Mohi-uddin, chief currency strategist at UBS in London and Singapore respectively, join the UK policy debate
Post-crisis shakeout will reveal new leaders
After any crisis there is change. But the rate of change in the foreign exchange market means this industry is undergoing a dramatic shift in structure and make-up that will result in, for better or worse, different leaders in the market.
USD in the long run
Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York,steps back from the markets to take a look at the bigger picture
Slow but steady
Naomi Fink, Japan strategist in global markets sales and trading at the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, thinks Japan is on the road to recovery
Trial by Greek fire
Peter Luxton, global economic adviser at Informa Global Markets in London, assesses Greece's debt crisis and its impact on the euro.
A response to Obama's reform plan
Details are being eagerly awaited for US President Barack Obama's banking reform plans announced last week – chiefly, what they mean for the new prop desks that have set up, and for prime brokerage relationships.
The only way is down
Lutz Karpowitz, and Ulrich Leuchtmann, currency strategists at Commerzbank in Frankfurt look at future of the euro
The many faces of regulatory arbitrage
Happy new year (belated)! As we enter the new year the regulatory environment remains a key issue driving development, most recently in the form of the CFTC attempting to assert its authority on the US off-exchange retail forex market.
Barriers to liquidity management
David Poole, chief operating officer at client strategy company Clientknowledge in London, discusses liquidity management
Market voice: China tightening inevitable
Developments in China since the start of the new year appear to provide further signals that a shift towards tighter policy is likely in coming months, say analysts at RBC Capital Markets
An imbalanced proposition
At the time of going to press, decisions on the future of the foreign exchange markets was still hanging in the balance, as regulators in the US debated the inclusion of forex swaps and forwards into the over-the-counter derivatives reforms.
Strong words from the SNB
Neil Mellor, currency strategist at Bank of New York Mellon in London, warns against reading too much into the Swiss National Bank's latest policy statement.
India adds its angle to clearing debate
CCIL allows economics to drive change
A global power shift
Gerard Lyons, chief economist at Standard Chartered in London, believes the balance of power could shift as the global economy recovers in 2010.
Fragile markets ahead
Gareth Berry, FX strategist at UBS in Singapore, looks at the impact of the Dubai’s request for a debt standstill
The forex clearing debate continues
Saima Farooqi asks how likely it is that fx swaps and forwards will be swept up in the OTC derivatives reforms.
Verbal intervention won’t stop US dollar losses
Adam Cole, global head of foreign exchange strategy at RBC Capital Markets in London, believes US dollar weakness is a reflection of conventional monetary policy
Economics should drive change
The decision to include foreign exchange swaps and forwards in the US over-the-counter derivatives reform bills run counter to research conducted by central bank-backed foreign exchange committees.
Chasing the perfect storm
Monica Fan, senior currency product engineer at State Street Global Advisors based in London, assesses the prospects for the US dollar in 2010 and what it would take for cyclical recovery to occur
Sticking to fundamentals
Callum Henderson, global head of foreign exchange research at Standard Chartered in Singapore, warns of a violent US dollar upside correction in the first half of 2010
Making local trading a focal point
This time last year, there was a lot of discussion about the winners and losers out of the financial crisis as it pertains to foreign exchange. Much of it came in to play - dealers with the strongest franchise fared the best overall, while regional…