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BMO opens branch in Shanghai
SHANGHAI - BMO Financial Group opened its Shanghai branch on May 13th. Initially a representative office, the branch has been upgraded in a bid to increase the bank's coverage of the Yangtze River Delta region.
Icap breaks into retail forex market
LONDON - Icap is breaking into the lucrative retail foreign exchange market by teaming up with London-based retail equity and FX trading sister company City Index, senior officials tell FX Week .
No respite this summer
Valentin Marinov, foreign exchange strategist at Dresdner Kleinwort in London, evaluates the prospects of a volatile summer and beyond
RBC Capital's bullish dollar view pays off
RBC Capital Markets topped this week's three-month forecast rankings by predicting a reversal of fortunes for the greenback in the second quarter.
Asia should ditch USD to cut settlement risk
HONG KONG & TOKYO - US dollar settlement risks in the Asian foreign exchange market could be reduced by using an Asian vehicle currency for intra-regional trade and direct settlement among Asian currencies, according to economists.
SuperDerivatives upgrades forex platform
LONDON - Seven banks have begun using upgraded pricing and risk management software offered by SuperDerivatives that includes expanded exotics support and integrated price discovery, marketing, reporting and online execution.
Range-bound prediction pays off for BMo
The Bank of Montreal (BMo) found itself at the top of this week's one-month forecast rankings by predicting a certain amount of stability in the main currency pairs over the past few months.
Gulf single regional currency approved
DUBAI - Central bankers from Arab Gulf states approved a draft monetary union treaty last week (June 9) for creating a single regional currency. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait agreed to create a Gulf currency by 2010…
Aussie star on the wane
The good times are over for the Australian dollar, as the economy stalls, writes Stephen Koukoulas, global strategist at TD Securities
Gain Capital's sideways glance pays off
Gain Capital topped this week's one-month forecast rankings by predicting a sideways environment with a positive dollar bent in the main currency pairs over the past few months.
Rescue the rouble
Igor Souzdaltsev, head of financial institutions at OTP Bank (Russia) in Moscow, calls to stave of another financial crisis
Rising dollar brings Parker FX down
STAMFORD, CT - The Parker FX Index produced a 0.01% loss in April, as the US dollar rose against a basket of G-6 currencies for the first time in several months.
India to allow exchange-traded FX futures
MUMBAI - Indian regulators have recommended the introduction of exchange-traded currency futures to further develop the India's foreign exchange markets.
Short volatility strategies profitable again
LONDON - A short volatility strategy would have gained currency managers the highest returns in May, according to strategy research carried out by ABN Amro.
RBC Capital Markets cuts London forex
LONDON - RBC Capital Markets has made cuts to its London foreign exchange team in the wake of a fall-off in second-quarter results.
More FX departures at Bear Stearns
NEW YORK & LONDON - Bear Stearns' foreign exchange team continues to suffer departures as the bank's FX business gets merged with that of JP Morgan.
Forex volumes on CME up in May
CHICAGO - Average daily foreign exchange volumes at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange reached 621,334 contracts with a notional value of $87.92 billion in May, up 29% and 48% respectively on the same period last year.
More FX departures at Bear Stearns
NEW YORK & LONDON - Bear Stearns' foreign exchange team continues to suffer departures as the bank's FX business gets merged with that of JP Morgan.
OSE to launch FX margin trading market
OSAKA - The Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) will launch a foreign exchange margin trading market in March next year.
Top-ranked Calyon bets against USD
Calyon topped this week's one-month forecast rankings by predicting that the dollar's advance against the euro would be short lived, with more dollar-negative news yet to be absorbed.
Up, up and Nikkei
Andrew Capon, editor-in-chief at State Street Global Markets research in London, shines a spotlight on Japanese equities
ABP prunes USD hedge
AMSTERDAM - Europe's largest pension fund, ABP, is changing its long-term policy of hedging 100% of its US dollar exposure, to 80%.
Ex-EBS chief now at SuperD
LONDON - Jack Jeffery, former chief executive at electronic spot broker EBS, has resurfaced at options pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives.