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BoE predictions help CMC to top spot
CMC Markets topped this week's three-month currency forecast rankings with a bearish sterling view based on expectations the Bank of England (BoE) would expand its quantitative easing programme.
Prop traders continue shift to independents
The flow of proprietary foreign exchange traders to independent prop trading houses shows no sign of abating, as uncertainty over remuneration and reduced risk appetite continue to plague global banks.
Westpac's bullish eurozone call pays off
Westpac has sailed to the top of the one-month currency forecast rankings, with a bullish euro view based on improved economic fundamentals in the eurozone.
The search for yield
Investment flows are returning to emerging markets as investors scour the globe for yield, says , senior currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York
UK's FXJSC puts brakes on forex CCP
The London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) has ruled out the immediate need to implement a central clearing facility to manage counterparty risk (a CCP) in foreign exchange, citing a series of mismatches in market conventions in a white…
Struggling with risk
Geoffrey Yu, currency strategist at UBS, looks at the potential for a reversal of risk appetite
Trading places
Trading places -- a summary of all of the most important people moves in the foreign exchange business.
FX Week news round-up
A summary of news from the foreign exchange community.