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Return of volatility revs up FX options market
Macro disruption hikes volatility for eager dealers, however liquidity and spread compression remain a concern
BNP’s FX sales head takes on new rates role
Neehal Shah will take on additional role as head of G10 rates sales following mini shake-up
India onshore/offshore NDF markets tipped to converge
Local banks will increasingly take advantage of price differentials and close gaps, say market participants
Banks prepare to unleash FX swap bots
BNP Paribas, JP Morgan build execution algos to plug into platforms – but swaps liquidity needs to catch up first
Dealers advancing electronic FX swaps trading on CME
Deutsche Bank is among a handful of dealers using CME’s FX Link platform to help automate market-making
FX HedgePool to push into spot market by year end
Buy-side P2P swaps matching engine to launch new service for WM/R benchmark
GFXC launches tool to spur buy-side adoption of FX code
Standard-setter aims to overcome “lukewarm” buy-side response with web-based prototype tool
Systematic hedge funds eye outsourcing to bank algos
Cost pressures push new stream of clients to pass FX algo trading to banks
One by one, dealers embrace standardised FX reject codes
Investment Association’s proposed codes finally begin to take hold after Covid setbacks
MSIM cuts third of FX options volume amid market contraction
Counterparty Radar: Manager pares $13bn of USD/RMB trades, deals blow to BNP’s market share
Lazard and Pimco profit from shorting Hong Kong dollar
Repeat interventions from HKMA fail to revive a currency under pressure from rising US rates
FX dealers bolstered by return of volatility
Vol's resurgence this year has created opportunities for dealers – but also some risks
State Street flies high in FX forwards as Goldman, Citi dive
Counterparty Radar: Goldman loses half of market share, drops out of dealer top 10
Inside State Street’s bid to dominate FX overlay
Custodian looks beyond its usual client base in the hunt for currency hedging business
In a bit of a fix: Refinitiv seeks ideas to improve WM/R
Operator launches consultation following criticism of 4pm fixing rate
Barclays scraps additional hold time on last look
With more disclosures expected this month, list of LPs ditching controversial add-on continues to grow
Crypto derivatives should be banks’ ‘gateway drug’ to spot
Improved spot market liquidity means cash-settled derivatives shouldn’t be the end goal, says co-founder
Power-reverse to the future: falling yen revs up PRDCs again
Pressure on Japanese unit sparks revival in power-reverse dual currency notes
A SwapAgent-bilat basis? Not for now
SA-CCR may make settled-to-market capital benefits more difficult to quantify
Hedge funds pile into renminbi FX options
Investors target call spreads and RKOs in what traders say is one of 2022’s most profitable trades
Corporates boost FX hedges as US dollar surges
Banks see more business, but also rising exposures, from corporates’ FX decision-making
SA-CCR could spur move to FX futures
Impact of new capital rules on swaps pricing could see shift to the exchange-traded product, say panellists
Credit Suisse and Commerz latest banks to ditch hold times
Mizuho also confirms zero last look add-on but MUFG’s policy unclear on the controversial FX practice
This year’s model: how FX algo usage is evolving
Changes see traders favour opportunistic and pegged styles over TWAP for larger orders, finds BestX’s Aled Basey