Buy side
How Quoniam boosted its sentiment strategy by adding an LLM
Upgraded system creates scores from more-informative forward-looking parts of news
US rates surge sparks new wave of FX net investment hedging
Corporates pile into currency hedges to protect value of foreign assets and capture positive carry
Emerging markets options trading outpaces G10
Growth in EM options volumes between dealers and clients are nearly double that of G10 pairs
Bloomberg brings e-FX options trading to API
Buy-side users will run full RFQ workflow for vanilla and exotic FX options through one connection
JP Morgan’s great comeback reshapes FX Markets’ Dealer Rankings
Wall Street giant takes top spot in forwards and rises to second in options as US rivals gain share
FX Markets Asia Awards 2026: The winners
UBS and HSBC take four wins each, with Barclays, BofA, Citi, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche also among winners
Wells Fargo’s Apac macro head leaves for Dymon Asia
Asian multi-strat fund has been hiring from rivals as it expands globally
Swaps traders spot their e-FX chance – finally
Swaps and forwards dealers are increasingly using spot e-FX techniques for pricing and risk management
How AI could reshape FX execution choices
Models can redefine transaction cost analysis and deliver ‘intelligent’ execution, writes BestX’s Yangling Li
MSIM retools renminbi options wager
Counterparty Radar: US manager rebuilds USD/CNH call book to $15.7bn with strikes closer to spot and cheaper premiums
SocGen FX forwards trading rockets with US fund managers
Counterparty Radar: Surge in French bank’s FX forward volumes propels it to second spot in Q1 2026
At the deep end: FX HedgePool’s struggle to stay afloat
Lack of offsetting flow, tech bottlenecks and higher-than-expected costs weighed on start-up’s growth
FactSet’s Portware expands to tackle complex FX
EMS vendor eyes automation for high-touch FX trades while adding connectivity to new venues
Deutsche Bank takes on custodians with automated FX service
The service aims to deliver a 90% saving for asset managers on their operational FX execution
LSEG’s FXall to launch credit-intermediated FX forwards service
Split Risk to allow buy side to tap best spot and swap prices to create forwards, and unbundle market and credit risk
Traders revive emerging market carry trades on vol drop
Investors turn back to high-yield Latin America currencies as implied volatility falls
Super fund FX growth threatens dealer ‘tipping point’
Overseas assets – and hedge ratios – set to grow, but lack of collateral squeezes banks
Bloomberg launches NLP tool for FX chat pricing
New product scans instant messages to aggregate bilateral FX quotes into a single workflow
smartTrade eyes role as direct streaming linchpin
Vendor plans to tap growing demand for direct API trading solutions across asset classes
Should buy-side execution teams stay in their lane?
Does loading more responsibilities onto trading desks dilute their edge, asks Record’s Nathan Vurgest
From pink tickets to Python: Toby Baker on 40 years in FX
T Rowe Price’s departing FX head reflects on the pain points and keys to success for a modern buy-side trading desk