Trading
Banks tout early roll dates for FX swaps as quarter-end looms
Asset managers open to more flexible hedging strategies since March turbulence, say dealers
Appetite for renewed Fed dollar swap lines in doubt
With up to $300bn of positions nearing expiry, some say FX swap market can meet banks’ funding needs
Behind the mask: FX market raises fears over tagging ‘abuse’
Front running and tag refreshing concerns abound on semi-anonymous trading platforms
USD/HKD carry trade shrugs off interventions
Rate differential drives Hong Kong currency higher despite HKMA’s efforts
Turkey turmoil opens door to offshore NDF market
Emta openly discussing documentation for offshore lira
Choppy markets revive quest for RFQ’s ‘magic number’
Deutsche argues for smaller, stronger panels; Citi offers better prices for 'full amount' trades
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
Andreas König’s crisis playbook meets Covid-19
Interview: Trading from home may be odd, but Amundi’s FX head was ready for other stresses
Lebanese central bank official arrested over currency allegations
Currency crisis deepens as prime minister and central bank trade accusations
Banks struggle to keep trade flows in-house during volatility
Directional markets in March tested dealers’ ability to internalise risk
Inside March madness with Citi’s Tuchman
Interview: Trading rooms went virtual, central banks stepped up – but some platforms flopped
Investors trade the drama out of the crisis
How LGIM, AXA, Manulife and other buy-siders tackled the toughest markets since 2008
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
Market turmoil causes traders to pull back to vanilla strategies
Emerging markets spreads tighten but liquidity still patchy
Charted: rush for dollar liquidity fades
Figures from central bank dollar repo facilities show waning demand, but outstanding swaps still high
NDF access will help tame rupee volatility, say dealers
Lifting of restrictions stopping Indian banks trading rupee NDFs allows RBI to intervene offshore
Banks trade first USD/CNY cross-currency swap versus SOFR
Risk-free rate sets new milestone with Crédit Agricole and Bank of China’s $10m trade
Statisticians grapple with inflation impact of Covid-19
Collecting reliable inflation figures during lockdown is not straightforward
El-Erian on Covid-19 policy risks and ‘zombie’ markets
Former Pimco chief says Fed move into high yield is a step too far, new rules needed on leverage and false liquidity, and narrow window emerges for central banks to shed some of their policy load
How Goldman’s algos adapted to virus vol
Interview: Ralf Donner explains why algo usage is up while markets are down
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
How carbon-cutting Drax manages currencies and credit
Interview: UK power giant uses option selling – and other tactics – to create hedging headroom
FX swap users hope to avoid month-end crunch
Blowout in spreads prompted SSGA and other managers to limit need for hedges on March 31
FX vol revived by Covid-19 – but for how long?
Traders split on whether virus impact or central bank responses will prove most powerful