Trading
Oiling the wheels of kroner strength
Adam Myers, FX strategist at UBS in London, discusses the potential for a Norwegian kroner (NOK) setback in the short term Ministry of Finance and the Norges Bank Petroleum fund
Katrina adds to uncertainties
Recent events, notably hurricane Katrina, have jolted currency markets out of recent stability. This helped Bank of Montreal race towards the top of the three-month ranking as it predicted a weaker dollar in June.
Platforms adopt algorithmic trading
NEW YORK – Algorithmic trading continues to gather momentum, with trading platforms EBS and Hotspot FXi linking to software provider Progress Software Corporation's Apama Algorithmic trading software.
Banks risk US regulatory backlash
NEW YORK – FX banks could face a regulatory backlash in the US for the mis-selling of FX products by retail brokers, warn market players.
GFT tops the trend-spotters
GFT tops the three-month year-to-date forecasts this week by focusing on technical analysis, fundamentals and sentiment to obtain short- and long-term perspectives for determining currency trends, said Paul Jamgotch, managing dealer.
Major banks to pilot SwiftNet TSU
COPENHAGEN – Swift announced that 13 major trade banks have signed on to pilot the SwiftNet Trade Services Utility (TSU) solution.
Corporate customers 'unhappy with bank service' – SAP boss
COPENHAGEN – Corporate customers are dissatisfied with current levels of service from their banks, said Léo Apotheker, president of global field operations at technology vendor SAP at the 2005 Sibos conference held last week.
Dollar boosts FX derivatives
BASLE – The rally in the US dollar has worked to the benefit of exchanges offering trading in currency derivatives.
Keeping up to speed
Nigel Renton tells FX Week how the eSpeed FX platform competes in an already full market
Sign up for buy-side involvement
Olaf Ransome, head of transactions development and support at Credit Suisse in Zurich, calls on FX management to embrace plans to adopt an agreement that would make it much easier for the buy side to sign up to continuous linked settlement
Hedging rupee currency pairs
The global markets team at ICICI Bank in Mumbai suggests ways for Indian corporates to hedge against volatility in the Indian rupee currency pairs.
Dollar slowdown "only short-term"
Saxo Bank tops the one-month ranking, following its decision to "ease back the pedal on the dollar strength projections".
Sibos 2005: transformation is key
COPENHAGEN - The theme of this week's four-day Sibos 2005 conference in Copenhagen is 'Transformation'. Visitors will be offered a wide array of plenary, special interest and main conference assemblies.
360T moves beyond home territory
The fourth interbank platform profile sees Germany's 360T looking to expand
Don't fall behind, use the REER
The real effective exchange rate holds the key to how the government can manage damaging rupee fluctuation, according to Kotak Mahindra Bank's Treasury Solutions team in India
Credit Suisse launches back-office outsourcing service
LONDON AND ZURICH - Credit Suisse has launched a back-office outsourcing service for banks and corporates.
UBS's corp sales head to depart
SYDNEY AND LONDON - UBS has undergone major changes in foreign exchange globally, with a change to the global head of corporate FX and a promotion in the structuring group.
CLS heads for the buy side
NEW YORK - CLS is to expand into non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) and OTC options - a move that could pave the way for far greater buy-side participation on the settlement system.
RBS offers multiple FX pricing
LONDON – The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is extending its swaps and forwards capabilities by offering prices on multiple platforms. The bank will be live with prices for swaps and forwards on Currenex in coming weeks, on a request-for-quote (RFQ) basis.