South African rand
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
TraderTools to roll out algo suite for regional banks
Regional banks on the platform will be able to behave like HFTs in their local currencies
Fed’s room to hike spells trouble for EMs – Scotiabank
Central banks’ interest rate tightening will make it hard for emerging markets with large deficits
Best Banks Awards: Standard Bank
Standard Bank has been voted the winner of the Best Bank for South African Rand and Best Bank for African Currencies excluding ZAR at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Back to fundamentals in emerging markets – Wells Fargo
The overall contagion risk of a crisis in Turkey is fairly limited
Katz’s sentencing adjourned until January
Jason Katz is the first trader to admit to wrongdoing
TraderTools adds RMB and MXN to EM liquidity pool
The platform provider has launched 16 currency pairs in its Unique Liquidity Network in the last six months
ING launches EM-USD indices on Bloomberg
The indices are tradeable benchmarks covering 12 emerging market currencies
Managers selective on EM in event of Fed policy mistake
Instead of investing in the whole complex, managers prefer emerging economies with a strong balance sheet
South African competition office seeks price-fixing damages
Competition commission finds 14 banks colluded on USD/ZAR prices and seeks 10% of their annual turnover in damages
USD/CNY volatility rise expected after currency basket revamp
Emerging market currencies now make up a higher proportion of the basket used to calculate the renminbi index
Standard Bank looks to remain the go-to bank in Africa
Standard Bank wins Best Bank for the South African Rand and African Currencies at the 2016 FX Week Awards
CFETS likely to include won and rand in RMB Index
Following CFETS's approval of direct trading on the interbank FX market, the two currencies could soon be included in the basket directly linked to the renminbi
Best Bank for South African Rand: Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered wins the award for the rand as it builds its African ambitions
G-20 needs to arrest currency wars to stop Asian deflation
Callum Henderson, global head of FX research at Standard Chartered calls for leaders to put a stop to currency wars; says SGD is an ideal candidate for funding relative value carry trades in Asia
Regional banks capitalise on local edge
Emerging market currencies benefit from readily available technology and expertise
Standard Bank scoops inaugural rand award
A focus on market-making into as many liquidity pools as possible has won Standard Bank recognition as best bank for the South African rand
Footprint in Africa leads to diverse liquidity, says Standard Bank's Richard de Roos
Richard de Roos, head of FX at Standard Bank, talks about the South African bank's new single-dealer platform and the challenges of predicting currency trends in sub-Saharan Africa
CLS faces uphill battle to meet currency expansion targets
FX settlement system aims to add another 17 currencies within 10 years, but some caution that CLS membership doesn't make economic sense for certain emerging market currencies
Mexican peso poised to dominate EM currency trading
Asian investors have been diversifying into EM currencies for some time, with the Mexican peso performing particularly well, but despite the potential for enhanced yield, emerging markets are not devoid of risk, banks warn