Structured products
Riding with the euro
A European client buying US dollars should consider a three-year swap to use the current euro strength to their advantage, says Pritpal Gill, head of structuring at Lehman Brothers in London
Aussie calls offer no worries hedge
Sara Sullivan, senior manager, FX options sales at ANZ Investment Bank in London, summarises an options solution for a corporate client concerned about a reversal of the AUD strength against the USD.
Real-life problems, innovative solutions
Options for euro-sceptics
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.
CLS settles a trillion a day
NEW YORK -- Continuous Linked Settlement, the new settlement service for foreign exchange, settled a record $1 trillion in FX payments on February 18.
Busy year ahead for FX committees
LONDON -- The forex committees of the eurozone, US and UK’s central banks will have a full agenda this year, senior officials told FX Week .
Dealers prepare for worst from gloomy bonus season
LONDON/NEW YORK -- Bonus payments in FX for 2002 could be slashed by half following a difficult year in forex, traders and recruiters told FX Week .
All talk no action
The current round of yen weakening differs from previous incarnations, says Koji Fukaya, senior forex strategist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in Tokyo. A drop to 135 is not expected this time
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.