British pound
Brexit will give non-banks a spot-market boost
Adding to dealer banks' decreasing risk appetite could spell trouble
FX market braces for Brexit night
As Britons head to the voting booths to decide the future of the UK, all eyes are on sterling pairs
Dollar may weaken as Fed stays less hawkish
The softness of the US currency may only be near term, as ongoing policy divergence could lead to some gains later
CME readies for Bloomberg Index futures launch
CME Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index futures will track a basket of 10 developed and emerging market currencies
Wells Fargo takes top spot with five close calls
The US bank expects another Fed hike towards mid-year
Best Bank Awards: Barclays triumphs in five categories
Barclays retains the top spot in currency options, being voted the best bank for FX by banks, FX in London, and for both GBP/USD and EUR/GBP
Scottish vote triggers short EUR/GBP bets
Strategists expect the pound to gain against the euro, as policy divergence between the UK and the eurozone favours sterling
GBP/RMB launch a boon to London
PBoC approves HSBC and Standard Chartered as market-makers in GBP/RMB
HSBC gains permission to trade GBP/RMB in China
China's central bank says the move will make trade cheaper with the UK
Sterling expected to slide further after UK downgrade
FX traders and strategists believe the pound still has further to fall, having already depreciated significantly against the dollar since January
Scotiabank on the mark with bearish euro call
The Canadian bank accurately predicted in late February that the euro would fall, landing it on top of the three-month forecast rankings
Aussie dollar is overvalued, says UBS Asset Management
Despite the strong performance of the Australian economy, the Aussie dollar is overvalued to "an extreme level", according to Jonathan Davies
Tracking the effects of QE on cable
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wells Fargo and Standard Chartered take top position for GBP/USD forecasts through accurate analysis of the effects of central bank policies on the two currencies
Spotlight on: Collin Crownover, SSgA
State Street Global Advisors’ head of currency management talks to Joel Clark about investor appetite for G-10 and emerging market currencies, and how his global team has managed the volatility and political uncertainty that has characterised the foreign…
Central banks shy away from euro reserves
New data from the IMF’s currency reserves database suggests reserves accumulation has slowed during 2011 and the appetite to hold euro reserves has also waned, particularly on the part of emerging market central banks
Options traders sense SNB running out of steam
Options traders are betting on further appreciation of the Swiss franc, following comments from the Swiss economy minister that Switzerland will have to put up with a strong currency
Corporates cover their backs with longer-dated options
Corporate hedgers buy longer-dated options amid increased volatility in foreign exchange markets, say market participants
View from a global head of FX
Tim Carrington, global head of FX at Royal Bank of Scotland, talks to Farah Khalique about the exceptionally poor liquidity in FX markets in recent weeks and why he remains bearish on the US dollar but bullish on sterling and the yen
Wells Fargo hits the spot with rates-based prediction
Technical analysis on impact of diverging rate hike strategy on currencies puts Wells Fargo at the top of the three-month rankings
Eurodollar rise has run its course, says Standard Chartered
Asian bank saw signs of potential dollar strength in late May, landing it at the top of the one-month forecast rankings
Time for a single reserve currency is over, warns Gulliver
HSBC chief executive expects renminbi to become a reserve currency within 15 years and shares the bank’s outlook for the Chinese currency
Crédit Agricole’s euro view turns from bull to bear
French bank accurately predicted euro would not plummet over the past month, but turns bearish over the next year
Morgan Stanley downplayed market sensitivity to European peripheral crisis
Currency markets have become less reactive to the European peripheral crisis and more correlated to growth prospects
Sterling: A story of two halves
After a turbulent 2010, sterling will be bolstered by economic outperformance in the first half of next year, but its fortunes might be reversed in the second half, writes Michael Hart, director of FX strategy at Roubini Global Economics in London