Trading

• Foreign Exchange

IMF praises Bank of Mexico for not intervening in FX market

Peso strengthens against regional peers following lack of intervention from central bank

• 07 Nov 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Argentine central bank restricts crypto asset purchases

Central bank continues with measures to resist peso’s decline by curbing digital assets

• 05 Nov 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Turkish central bank supplies lira through stock exchange

Governor acknowledges unconventional short-term liquidity provision, as traditional repo operations come to a halt

• 05 Nov 2019

• Foreign Exchange

FX Week November 4 2019 digital download (exclusive to FX Week Corporate subscribers)

• 04 Nov 2019

• Fixed Income

Morgan Stanley leads US bank peers in Q3 Ficc revenues

Unlike other US banks, Morgan Stanley’s Ficc revenues made significant gains on a quarterly and yearly basis

• 31 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

BoE’s Tenreyro comes to the defence of flexible exchange rates

Policy-maker challenges conventional wisdom in several areas of economics

• 31 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Angola abandons currency trading band

Central bank floats currency in bid to alleviate FX shortage, after IMF raises concerns

• 28 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Argentina tightens currency controls following Macri’s defeat

Left-wing opposition leader Alberto Fernandez wins October 27 presidential elections

• 28 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

FX Week October 28 2019 digital download (exclusive to FX Week Corporate subscribers)

• 28 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

ECB and PBoC renew bilateral currency swap

Euro-renminbi currency swap agreement will stay in place until October 2022

• 25 Oct 2019

• Risk Management

First cross-currency swap cleared at Eurex

Two more banks onboarding; CCP hoping to extend service to clients in 2020

• 24 Oct 2019

• Trading

FXall bolsters frontier liquidity with new partnership

The alliance will extend liquidity to several currencies in Africa and Asia

• 24 Oct 2019

• Algorithmic Trading

Algo adoption at inflection point, driven by buy side

Usage in FX is rising, but there are inherent limitations to overall take-up

• 23 Oct 2019

• Trading

Spotex introduces risk engine to aid PB expansion

Periscope allows multiple levels of brokers to extend access to the firm’s institutional ECN

• 22 Oct 2019

• Asset Management

The significance of a well-capitalised prime broker

Andrew Wood, business development manager at CMC Institutional, explores the pivotal connection between capitalisation and the future success or failure for funds starting up, and the importance of minimising order rejection.

• 21 Oct 2019

• Trading

Refinitiv to launch NDF matching and streaming next year

Matching and streaming of NDFs could create larger liquidity pool and boost their electronic trading

• 21 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Exchange rate shocks gaining importance for eurozone inflation – research

Core inflation less influenced by exogenous factors, Bank of Spain research paper says

• 18 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Large FX dealers key to asset pricing – Bundesbank paper

Capital ratios of large forex dealers are important in explaining asset price movements, paper says

• 18 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

PBoC says its bills are better tools than bonds for China

Central bank bills will play a bigger role in stabilising yuan exchange rates, suggests PBoC research note

• 18 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

MAS makes rare policy tweak amid slowing global economy

MAS targets slower appreciation of Singapore dollar, the first such easing in more than three years

• 16 Oct 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Sterling option volatility spikes on Brexit deal news

Trading reaches crescendo on Friday; insiders warn of further volatility

• 15 Oct 2019

• Trading

Best price via disclosed trading questioned – survey

Half buy-side in new survey don’t use TCA, so can’t say with certainty dealing bilateral results in best ex

• 14 Oct 2019

• Currency Derivatives

Kace to offer electronic distribution of FX options in China

Huge potential for China’s FX options market, but regulation and digital transformation are key

• 14 Oct 2019

• Trading

FX trading volumes slip in September after strong August numbers

Spot FX volumes slipped at the end of Q3 following an unusually active August

• 11 Oct 2019