Spot market
LMAX: stablecoin bill sets stage for FX and crypto convergence
CEO David Mercer on what the Genius Act means for markets, and where the venue’s FX business goes next
Best Asia FX spot house: UBS
Thanks to its significant investments to boost spot liquidity in Apac, UBS was able to continue quoting competitive prices throughout bouts of extreme volatility in the latter part of 2024 and first quarter of 2025
Disclosed trading an oasis in the FX liquidity ‘mirage’
LPs say growth of relationship-based trading bolstered market during April volatility
What drove the Taiwan dollar surge?
Foreign speculators, carry unwinds and central bank inaction fuelled the 10% move, not just life insurers, say traders
FX liquidity ‘worse than Covid’ amid tariff volatility, dealers say
Available liquidity for single clips dropped to as low as $20 million ahead of tariff pause
FX Spot+: connecting OTC traders to FX futures liquidity
CME Group’s new all-to-all spot FX marketplace translates futures liquidity into spot terms, expanding liquidity access to OTC traders
Automated market-making tested by intraday FX vol
Price gaps in spot FX markets could be exacerbated by algos trading on headline risk
FX Spot+: expanding liquidity access to OTC traders
The rationale behind the launch of FX Spot+ and what the market can expect from CME Group in the future
Short-term Trump FX trades ‘dead’ as euro rallies
EUR/USD spot rally and vol spike sees mass unwinds of long USD trades
Futures gain ground in G10 FX pricing
Some market-makers believe contracts are now primary market price for Commonwealth currencies
Trump’s tariff threats stress London gold market
Cost of funding customer positions has shot up 10,000% as deliverable supplies shift to New York
J.P. Morgan brings greater transparency to the overlay space
Demand for J.P. Morgan’s FX overlay market services has risen significantly as market participants navigate the hedging and execution complexities of the market
BNY hires Deutsche Bank’s Wu to revamp e-trading
New York-based bank is combining e-FX spot, e-FX forwards trading and strats group
FX automation key to post-T+1 success, say custodians
Custody banks saw uptick in demand for automated FX execution to tackle T+1 challenges
Review of 2024: FX traders face new paradigm
Volatility from elections and central bank policies shaped trading activities, while LPs innovated
Consortium-backed FMX eyes push for FX unit
Formerly Fenics FX, the venue has seen growth from dealers and non-banks using its pegged order types and dark pool liquidity
Bilateral streaming relationships set to grow, say LPs
FX Markets Europe: More clients are embracing APIs to access bank liquidity directly
LSEG shelves replatforming project for FX Matching venues
After EBS migration, dealers had little appetite for another major technology project
FX options market eyes Trump inauguration trades
FX Markets Europe: Traders turn to short-dated plays on cabinet picks and early tariff actions
BNPP ups efforts to weed out skew sniffers
French bank deploys skew sensitivity algo to help identify predatory behaviour
FXGO eyes platform upgrades with new fee model
Bloomberg’s brokerage charges will fund upcoming automation and TCA projects