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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.
War nerves compound cross-border M&A slump
LONDON -- Increased risk aversion due to uncertainty over the war in Iraq took its toll on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the first quarter of this year, according to data released at the end of March.
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.
Conflict puts newswires on overdrive
LONDON -- Market data firms reported booming interest in their services last week, as traders are increasingly turning to war reports to influence their trading.
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.
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 .
Conflict puts newswires on overdrive
LONDON -- Market data firms reported booming interest in their services last week, as traders are increasingly turning to war reports to influence their trading.
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 .
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.
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.
Rumours hit jumpy FX markets
LONDON -- FX markets starved of certainty saw some price movement last week, mostly on the back of unconfirmed rumours regarding the war in Iraq.
Tullett launches global Swapmarker
LONDON -- Tullett Financial Information, a subsidiary of brokerage firm Tullett, last week released a global version of Swapmarker, its capital markets data product.
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Vol surge expected from east Europe
WARSAW -- Political events in countries slated to join the European Union and the euro are set to trigger a wave of FX volatility in emerging European countries, market participants told FX Week .
RBS FiXes benchmarks with EBS
LONDON -- The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has gone live with a new benchmark engine for spot and forwards FX rates, called RBSFiX.
Asian forex still untapped
SINAGPORE -- Five years on from the Asian financial crisis, FX trading opportunities in the region remain largely untapped, market participants told FX Week .
Digital strike combats Korean hedging worries
A local importer in South Korea with upcoming dollar payables would be wise to consider a digital strike forward as tensions increase in North Korea, says Charlie Brown, head of structuring and solutions for global FX options at Standard Chartered Bank…
Goldman to add FX to research portal
LONDON -- Investment bank Goldman Sachs will add FX to a new centralised data and research platform in March.
GFI closes FX options mark-to-market gap
NEW YORK -- Solving the problem of marking FX options to market came a step closer to being resolved last week, with the launch of a new ‘revaluation fixing’ service from New York-based interdealer broker GFI.
Dollar routed again as war looms
NEW YORK -- The dollar was roundly routed last week as tensions between the US and Iraq were ratcheted up a notch.
Euro wins as North Korea tensions rise
LONDON -- The euro was the biggest beneficiary in the currency markets as tensions in Asia increased over North Korea’s nuclear intention last week.
Markets get off to a busy start
LONDON -- There was no rest for FX markets through the festive period and into 2003, as the euro hit a three-year high against the dollar before the greenback fought back to recover.
Merger sparks vendor war
LONDON -- Sparks were flying in the e-forex industry last week, as banks, vendors and brokers reacted to the fallout from Reuters’ purchase of rival FX trading software firm AVT Technologies.