Foreign exchange
Client trading volumes rising
LONDON -- Booming hedge fund interest and an increasing number of client banks in the market are boosting global customer forex volumes, according to data from research consultancy Greenwich Associates.
CFTC charges two for fraud
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last week continued its drive against retail FX fraud, charging two firms with frauds totalling over $10 million.
More prime brokers take to web
LONDON -- Automation of the prime brokerage industry is well underway, with a host of new services set to hit the market in the coming months.
Audits attract UK funds to overlay
LONDON -- A growth in audit services to assess forex transaction costs is sparking increasing interest in currency overlay among UK pension funds.
The ‘leverage range forward’ approach
A UK company exporting to the US looking to hedge long-term USD receivables may enter a ‘leverage range forward’ strategy to boost the hedge level, says Didier Meyer, FX options structurer and marketer at SG in Paris
CLS interest picks up in Asia
SINGAPORE -- Asian financial institutions are becoming increasingly aware of the continuous-linked-settlement (CLS) service, according to research made public by ABN Amro last week. Just 30% of respondents in the bank’s survey of its clients in the…
Market looks to post-war scenarios
LONDON -- The war in Iraq continued to dominate forex trading last week, but analysts are starting to look beyond the current conflict to what might happen next.
Trading practices yet to change post-CLS
NEW YORK -- Banks are reporting little change in the way they trade as a result of using the new continuous-linked settlement (CLS) service, according to an official survey out this week.
Electronic options broking to rise
LONDON -- Electronic broking of FX options is set to rise over the next 12 months, finds new research out this week.
Market suspects yen intervention
TOKYO -- Speculation was rife in FX markets last week that the Bank of Japan was intervening to attempt to keep the yen above 120 per dollar ahead of the Japanese fiscal year-end today (March 31).
Tech glitch strikes CLS
NEW YORK -- The failed settlement of over 20,000 Australian dollar and Japanese yen trades on the Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) service last week was caused by multiple technical faults, senior CLS officials told FX Week .
Tech glitch strikes CLS
NEW YORK -- The failed settlement of over 20,000 Australian dollar and Japanese yen trades on the Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) service last week was caused by multiple technical faults, senior CLS officials told FX Week .
Electronic options broking to rise
LONDON -- Electronic broking of FX options is set to rise over the next 12 months, finds new research out this week.
Market suspects yen intervention
TOKYO -- Speculation was rife in FX markets last week that the Bank of Japan was intervening to attempt to keep the yen above 120 per dollar ahead of the Japanese fiscal year-end today (March 31).
White-label trend takes root
LONDON -- The liquidity outsourcing industry is reaching a crucial stage in its development, according to bankers, vendors and analysts polled by FX Week .
White-label trend takes root
LONDON -- The liquidity outsourcing industry is reaching a crucial stage in its development, according to bankers, vendors and analysts polled by FX Week .
Strategists’ role in prop trading under focus in choppy markets
NEW YORK -- Choppy markets are highlighting the difficulties of accurately forecasting currency moves -- and no more so than for those banks with capital behind their strategists’ recommendations.
Further uncertainty grips market
LONDON -- FX markets breathed a sigh of relief last week as the war in Iraq got under way, but as one source of uncertainty was removed, another popped up.
Dollar bloc upsurge boosts Australian forex turnover
SYDNEY -- Increasing interest in Australian dollar trading is boosting Australian banks’ forex turnover, senior market participants told FX Week .
BarCap lures top dealers
LONDON -- Barclays Capital is in the midst of an aggressive recruitment campaign in London and New York, targeting staff at the world’s top investment banks.
Goldman down, Bear Stearns up in Q1 forex
NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs last week reported reduced forex revenues within its fixed-income, currency and commodities (FICC) division for Q1, although other US investment banks fared better.
ACI postpones Beirut meeting
BEIRUT -- The biennial meeting of the forex industry organised by ACI-The Financial Markets Association, has been postponed until September 10--14, the ACI announced last week.
ECB highlights dangers of over-concentrated market
FRANKFURT -- Market consolidation and a reliance on electronic trading could lead to an over-concentration of risk and liquidity among too few market participants, the European Central Bank has warned.
Forex downturn hits US wages
NEW YORK -- Market stagnation has resulted in near flat foreign exchange wages for dealers in the US, with senior managers receiving increases less than the yearly inflation rate, according to a report made public earlier this month.