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ING breaks new ground in FX swaps
SEOUL -- Dutch bank ING is to provide a 21-year swap for South Korea’s first cross-border residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS). "This is the first 21-year cross-border swap done in the Korean market," said Marc Choo, a Hong Kong-based director in…
Streaming data in demand
LONDON -- Streaming data provider Dealing Technologies is seeing strong interest from FX banks in its new product, senior officials at the firm told FX Week.
Dawn of the superleague
The future of foreign exchange is outsourcing, say industry experts
Euro slumbers through ECB decision
FRANKFURT -- There was little reaction in the FX markets to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points last Thursday (December 5).
Reuters extends Icap deal
LONDON -- UK information and technology firm Reuters has extended its agreement with London-based interdealer broker Icap to add more treasury and fixed-income market data to its platform, Reuters announced last week.
FX markets shrug off Kenya attacks
LONDON -- There was muted reaction in the FX markets to last week’s terrorist attacks in Kenya.
CURRENCY SPOTLIGHT - Sterling strong for now
Sterling should remain supported by favourable fundamental and structural factors, but it is vulnerable to fluctuations in investor risk appetite, says Prebon Yamane’s Lena Komileva
Cross-products find their feet
LONDON -- Cross-product trading is no longer just a "mantra" chanted by sell-side bankers, said Matt Desselberger, managing director, corporate structured products group at Deutsche Bank in London.
Reuters reasserts forex dominance
UK trading technology and information firm Reuters may be having a difficult year, but its forex business is booming, according to FX Week ’s 2002 survey.
Top five dealers close ranks
Shrinking market rewards top players in biggest ever forex survey
Congress bites
CME launches online futures tool
Swissie stays stable
Risk aversion has aided Swiss franc progress, says David Durrant, chief currency strategist at Julius Baer Asset Management in New York
MMS plans growth in forex analysis
LONDON -- FX and fixed-income analysis provider MMS International, part of the newly formed MMS Group, is to grow its headcount by 20%.
Upsurge in German forex
FRANKFURT -- Deregulation of the German insurance market is attracting the world's top investment banks to expand in Frankfurt.
Aussie seeks momentum
The Aussie remained trapped within September’s tight trading range during the first week of October, says Adam Myers, quantitative FX strategist at Westpac Bank in London.