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Traders prepare for HFT shift into emerging markets
Better infrastructure and deeper liquidity is attracting high-frequency traders to exploit EM currencies, say traders and technology providers
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.
Questions raised over LatAm growth potential
Former head of FX macro sales at Goldman Sachs believes growth in Latin America may have reached its limit, despite widespread focus on currencies such as the Brazilian real
Spotlight on: Jaime Roblesgil, Citi
Citi’s managing director of markets and regional head of Latin America talks to Melanie White about the bank’s growth strategy in the region, and the changes in client appetite for emerging market currencies as a result of the crisis
Investors flock to the Mexican peso
Following significant appreciation of the Mexican peso during the first quarter of 2012, the currency has become a favourite emerging market bet for investors, and market participants believe it will stay that way. Melanie White reports
Economic recovery on track but risks remain, warns IMF
Global growth should rise from 3.5% to 4.1% next year, although capital flows into emerging markets give some cause for concern, according to a senior IMF official
Trade repositories consider connectivity options
With multiple trade repositories appearing in a number of asset classes, including foreign exchange, market participants are considering how competing repositories should collaborate to avoid data inconsistency. Chiara Albanese reports
RBS bounces back with hire of new options head
LONDON - Richard Fawcett has joined Royal Bank of Scotland as global head of foreign exchange options in London.