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South Korea’s FX reforms working amid political crisis, dealers say
Martial law presented first test for reforms aimed at boosting deliverable KRW market
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
LCH to launch non-deliverable options clearing
Clearing service will go live in Q4 for nine currency pairs
Market turmoil causes traders to pull back to vanilla strategies
Emerging markets spreads tighten but liquidity still patchy
EM forecaster of 2019: City Index
CNY could hit 7.5 in H2 2020 as trade doubts linger and time runs out for Trump
City Index: yuan under pressure as US-China tensions rise
Retaliatory measures put further downside pressure on yuan while dollar will be mixed in 2020
Philippines mulls won-peso bilateral trading
Move aimed at shifting trades away from US dollar
SGX reports record FX volumes
The exchange prints new records in USD/CNH volumes, surpassing the $3 billion threshold on June 27
Seven sign up for CME’s over-the-counter NDF-clearing launch
The exchange is set to launch the service in the first quarter of 2018
ING launches EM-USD indices on Bloomberg
The indices are tradeable benchmarks covering 12 emerging market currencies
USD/CNY volatility rise expected after currency basket revamp
Emerging market currencies now make up a higher proportion of the basket used to calculate the renminbi index
CFETS likely to include won and rand in RMB Index
Following CFETS's approval of direct trading on the interbank FX market, the two currencies could soon be included in the basket directly linked to the renminbi
CME readies for Bloomberg Index futures launch
CME Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index futures will track a basket of 10 developed and emerging market currencies
RBA adds the Korean won to reserve portfolio
Australian central bank continues to unload euro holdings while introducing seventh reserve currency
South Korea eyes panda bonds in China
Local media reports that Korean government has submitted formal request to Beijing following financial co-operation deal struck last week that also paved way for direct RMB/KRW trading
Asia most advanced in FX clearing, according to panellists
India, China and South Korea are the most advanced economies in the clearing space, attendees hear at the 10th annual FX Week Asia conference
EM currencies offer hope amid low volatility
FX strategists say emerging market currencies still present opportunities in some regions, despite poor volatility in G-10
'Good v. bad' is overplayed in EM currencies, indicates BNPP quant model
BNP Paribas has recently extended its quantitative fair value model from G-10 to EM currencies - and it has found some assumptions about strong and weak currencies may be unfounded
Local factors will decide carry trade winners
Weaker US data, coupled with the Fed's quantitative easing, supports carry trades generally, but particularly where local factors are favourable
Identifying the winners from Bank of Japan easing moves
Japanese investors will diversify overseas as the BoJ steps up its quantitative easing. Adam Cole follows the capital outflow to identify the currencies most likely to benefit
Icap: Sefs could lead to ‘sub-optimal hedging’
Moving NDFs to trade on Sefs could mean less hedging at longer end of the curve, says senior executive at Icap