Spot market news and analysis articles

Tech and data

Dealers divided over paring FX spot venue connections

Some liquidity providers aim to follow Citi’s lead and cut platforms, but others are wary

17 Sep 2020

Trading

How Shell integrated FX algos into its corporate treasury mix

Interview: oil giant puts up to 50% of spot flows through algos, explains FX head Michael Dawson

02 Sep 2020

Trading

Nomura targets US in FX rebuilding effort

Return of volatility sees Japanese bank rehire in New York and focus global business on Asian pairs and FX options

28 Aug 2020

Tech and data

FX algos and the weight of industry expectations

Algo usage may reach saturation point unless operators try something new, writes Matt Clarke of XTX Markets

25 Aug 2020

Trading

MUFG: Covid response could spur e-FX shift in Japan

FX head says operational agility during pandemic could lead to greater electronification

21 Aug 2020

Regulation

Lawyers divided on Johnson’s Supreme Court prospects

Ambiguity in wire fraud statutes may see court accept ex-HSBC trader’s appeal – but it’s a long shot, say attorneys

21 Jul 2020

Tech and data

Citi to focus on just five FX spot platforms

More venues face axe as US bank says it wants to route 90% of e-volume through small group of vendors

09 Jul 2020

Trading

Inside March madness with Citi’s Tuchman

Interview: Trading rooms went virtual, central banks stepped up – but some platforms flopped

14 May 2020

Regulation

Spot FX shies away from regulatory yoke

As Europe weighs Aussie-style rules for spot trading, some see benefits – but many fear the burden

11 May 2020

Trading

Market turmoil causes traders to pull back to vanilla strategies

Emerging markets spreads tighten but liquidity still patchy

04 May 2020

Trading

How Goldman’s algos adapted to virus vol

Interview: Ralf Donner explains why algo usage is up while markets are down

15 Apr 2020

Trading

Applying Mifid to spot FX could backfire, warns MEP

EC would need to make "very compelling case" to draw spot market into wider regime, says Ferber

09 Apr 2020

Infrastructure

Fee fight: dealers take aim at brokerage costs

Old tensions have new edge as banks urge clients to bypass platforms

06 Apr 2020

Regulation

Debelle: regulation could be ‘helpful’ to FX code

As EU weighs regulation of spot market, GFXC chair dismisses key industry argument

01 Apr 2020

Tech and data

CLS data scientists try to decode FX volatility

New team has flood of info to work on, after Covid-19 trading surge pushes March volumes up 27%

30 Mar 2020

Regulation

Spot FX could be dragged into Mifid II

EC tells FX Markets it is studying Australian-style approach to regulating currency trading

11 Mar 2020

Our take

After 30 years, we’ve revamped FX Week – here’s why

Readers have been asking for more exclusive content and more insight. FX Markets will deliver it

21 Feb 2020

Trading

Vanguard takes the P2P plunge

Interview: Andy Maack seeks to lower costs and dealer dependence via buy-side matching

19 Feb 2020

Tech and data

Asia keener to adopt mobile FX trading – BidFX

Fintech firm updates mobile app to offer more features; security concerns represent major development challenges

13 Feb 2020

Trading

Refinitiv pledges FX brokerage to Australian bushfire relief

The area already burned is triple the size of the land destroyed by the 2018 California fires

27 Jan 2020

Regulation

Will a regulatory shake-up see market quality improve?

Richard Elston, head of CMC Institutional, talks to FX Week about how regulatory change is manifesting itself in 2020 and why this will leave the entire industry in a stronger position for the future.

27 Jan 2020

Foreign Exchange

Smarter trading in a fragmented world

FX Week recently hosted a webinar in partnership with Refinitiv to ask FX industry leaders to discuss geopolitical challenges, market changes and developments, and evolving technologies, and how they have shaped FX markets in Asia.