Trading

• Trading

FX research bounces back amid volatility

Dealers report sharp rise in client demand for research

• 22 Jul 2020

• Tech and data

WM/R fix and the curse of predictability

Investors should renew their focus on execution strategies around the 4pm fix, writes Alexei Jiltsov of Tradefeedr

• 16 Jul 2020

• Tech and data

Avoiding market impact – it takes two

Dealer hedging practices have a big part to play in quiet execution, but so does client behaviour, writes UBS's Ciara Quinlan

• 14 Jul 2020

• Tech and data

UK watchdog has competition concerns over Ion-Broadway deal

Trading tech giant has five days to address issues, or face months-long investigation

• 07 Jul 2020

• Regulation

Johnson seeks US Supreme Court hearing

Ex-HSBC trader would not have been convicted in civil case, petition argues

• 22 Jun 2020

• Our take

Games of tag need to end

Growing focus on platform disclosures should spur more transparency

• 18 Jun 2020

• Liquidity Risk

How did markets fare with volatility in the new liquidity landscape?

By all accounts, markets have been relatively subdued for the past few years. Simon Campbell, group head of trading at CMC Markets, discusses how – while there have been occasional flurries of volatility around Brexit, the US elections and the trans…

• 16 Jun 2020

• Tech and data

Sell at dawn and go away – but come back after lunch

Historic and well-known intraday seasonal patterns can deliver return-to-risk ratios in excess of 1. Tradefeedr’s Alexei Jiltsov explores whether execution desks should employ these factors

• 15 Jun 2020

• Tech and data

Five’s company, six is a crowd

Simon Nursey at Digital Vega explores the optimum number of RFQs for FX options trades with a little game theory

• 09 Jun 2020

• Trading

Behind the mask: FX market raises fears over tagging ‘abuse’

Front running and tag refreshing concerns abound on semi-anonymous trading platforms

• 04 Jun 2020

• Trading

BLTs and glitchy Wi-Fi: lockdown life for FX execs

With traders transacting trillions from their living rooms, currency markets are adapting to new normal

• 26 May 2020

• Our take

A gradual return from shorts to suits

Market moved to home-working for resilience – it may linger for convenience

• 21 May 2020

• Trading

Investors trade the drama out of the crisis

How LGIM, Axa IM, Manulife and other buy-siders tackled the toughest markets since 2008

• 13 May 2020

• Tech and data

Assessing execution quality and slippage in volatile times

Market participants must focus on how their evaluated execution costs vary in different market regimes, writes Tradefeedr’s Alexei Jiltsov

• 07 May 2020

• Trading

Forwards spreads fall but won’t hit January levels, say traders

While bid/offers have shrunk since March’s highs, dealers expect them to remain elevated

• 06 May 2020

• Trading

NDF access will help tame rupee volatility, say dealers

Lifting of restrictions stopping Indian banks trading rupee NDFs allows RBI to intervene offshore

• 30 Apr 2020

• Tech and data

FX options, NDFs trading slows as Covid fears ease

Analysis of transaction data shows lower notional volumes and tighter spreads for most currency pairs

• 28 Apr 2020

• Trading

El-Erian on Covid-19 policy risks and ‘zombie’ markets

Former Pimco chief says Fed has gone too far, market function rules needed and chance opens for shared policy load

• 16 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

• Tech and data

Algo choice: how to implement a market impact/volatility trade-off

Quantifying how macroeconomic announcements affect market reaction is key to deploying the right FX algo, writes Alexei Jiltsov of Tradefeedr

• 08 Apr 2020

• Tech and data

Singapore engine push yet to win over all LPs

JP became latest to improve local pricing capability on April 1, but other LPs are sceptical

• 07 Apr 2020

• Trading

Philippines traders shrug off mid-month jitters from Covid shutdown

March’s pricing blip was a tremble, not a quake, in a market used to disruption from natural disasters

• 03 Apr 2020

• Trading

FX vol revived by Covid-19 – but for how long?

Traders split on whether virus impact or central bank responses will prove most powerful

• 30 Mar 2020

• Tech and data

FX data shows hold, reject divide in G10 vs the rest

Use of analytics can help reduce last look and improve FX Code adherence, says EBS executive

• 24 Mar 2020