Futures
Dealers advancing electronic FX swaps trading on CME
Deutsche Bank is among a handful of dealers using CME’s FX Link platform to help automate market-making
Crypto derivatives should be banks’ ‘gateway drug’ to spot
Improved spot market liquidity means cash-settled derivatives shouldn’t be the end goal, says co-founder
SA-CCR could spur move to FX futures
Impact of new capital rules on swaps pricing could see shift to the exchange-traded product, say panellists
Optiver aims to gatecrash FX options private party
Dutch non-bank hopes to exploit shift to electronic markets in OTC options, following record $7bn trading day
Market braces itself for EBS’s great migration
FX industry prepares for tectonic shift as venue moves to CME Globex
Banks offer crypto clearing but, shhh, don’t tell
Top dealers clear crypto futures for select clients despite smorgasbord of risks
Margin rules lead to rise in Asian NDF clearing volumes
LCH and Eurex position themselves for NDF clearing uptick ahead of next UMR phase
Asset managers want better access to spot crypto market
Top buy-side exec bemoans constraints in debate on use of futures versus spot for cryptocurrency
Is there an optimal time to trade FX?
CME’s Phil Hermon delves into futures data to search for the ‘hidden liquidity’ available during the trading day
Is this FX futures’ big moment?
Exchanges eye big opportunity for their FX futures offerings as initial margin deadline looms
Futures aim to put a dent in FX swaps supremacy
Advent of margin rules sharpens appeal of exchange-traded instruments for buy-siders
Turkey turmoil opens door to offshore NDF market
Emta openly discussing documentation for offshore lira
For FX dealers, virus brings volumes
Mixed feelings for sell-side traders as Covid-19 spurs wave of speculation and hedging
India exchange to debut rupee derivatives settled in US dollar
Launch of onshore futures and options unlikely to dent offshore volumes, though
Best Bank Awards: CME
CME is voted Best FX clearing house at the 2019 FX Week Best Bank Awards
FX trading volumes slip in September after strong August numbers
Spot FX volumes slipped at the end of Q3 following an unusually active August
Institutional crypto interest awaits infrastructure
Start-ups and entrenched players aim to bring over custody, execution and post-trade capabilities
Potamus looks to new asset classes, including currencies
HFT firm sees US equities platform grow in past year and views outsourced trading as another area for expansion
US-China trade war: market complacent in underpricing ‘no deal’
Options or swaps said to still be cheap to hedge if tensions persist
Where prosecutors stumbled in Bogucki and Cartel cases
Courtroom losses suggest failure to read the FX industry correctly before jumping into action
CBOE pulls plug on bitcoin futures trading
First mainstream exchange to offer bitcoin futures calls halt as it reviews approach to crypto
USD/CNH futures trading hits record high in Singapore
Trade dispute-driven volatility sustains momentum as overall FX futures trading peaks
Citadel Securities appoints Culek as new COO
Matthew Culek joined the market-maker six years ago
MarketFactory: fragmentation, credit innovation and Singapore matching
Mergers between FX trading venues have led fragmentation to spill into other asset classes