Trading

• Liquidity Risk

Stable relationships still vital in FX, say asset managers

Accessing liquidity when needed is more important than price, according to buy side

• 20 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Canada not looking to change exchange regime in 2021 review

Deputy governor highlights benefits to economy since adopting regime

• 19 Jun 2019

• Risk Management

Citi culls HFTs from FXPB client list

HC Technologies, Jump Trading and Virtu Financial among those told to find new prime broker

• 19 Jun 2019

• Risk Management

FXPB fee jump unlikely, say dealers

HSBC and NatWest say client charges unlikely to rise significantly despite new margin costs

• 19 Jun 2019

• Technology

Facebook unveils new ‘currency’

Social media group plans to “reinvent money” with payment system backed by liquid reserves

• 18 Jun 2019

• Derivatives

Crédit Agricole’s head of FX options departs

Andrew Soper leaves French bank to pursue other opportunities

• 18 Jun 2019

• Trading

E-FX specialists highlight algo limits

Algos and automation said to struggle in pricing complex macro events

• 17 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

FX Week June 17 2019 digital download (exclusive to FX Week Corporate subscribers)

• 17 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

ECB: EU must improve capital markets to boost euro as global reserve

ECB cannot “unequivocally” say euro becoming global reserve would help monetary policy, says Cœuré

• 14 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Mexican currency under pressure over ratings downgrades

Fate of sovereign increasingly linked to struggling oil company Pemex

• 10 Jun 2019

• Algorithmic Trading

Tradepoint to roll out fixing algo

Trading tech firm plans to introduce in-house fixing algo, captured under its ‘all you can eat’ pricing structure

• 10 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Three Asian central banks rebuff US claims of currency manipulation

Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam respond to being placed on US Treasury watchlist

• 07 Jun 2019

• Trading

StanChart to become third bank to set up Singapore pricing engine

UK bank’s e-FX pricing engine in 2020 could consolidate Singapore’s position as Asia’s FX centre

• 07 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Colombian central bank suspends reserves accumulation

Board wants to assess impact of higher reserves on peso’s exchange rate

• 06 Jun 2019

• Algorithmic Trading

Itarle to open New York office, co-locate at CME

Swiss best execution and TCA provider set to open NY office and co-locate with CME

• 05 Jun 2019

• Risk Management

FXPBs over-allocating credit to algo and high-speed trading

Thinly capitalised trading firms are an accident waiting to happen while dealings on multiple venues make credit limits hard to set, claim market participants

• 04 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Zimbabwe reaches IMF agreement to deal with currency crisis

‘RTGS dollar’ will be supported by advice from IMF programme

• 04 Jun 2019

• Prime Brokerage

Stater to withdraw from prime-of-prime

Launched in 2016, Stater Global Markets has focused on smaller hedge funds and retail brokers

• 03 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

FX Week June 3 2019 digital download (exclusive to FX Week Corporate subscribers)

• 03 Jun 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Taiwan’s central bank vows to defend currency

Taiwanese currency hits 28-month low against US dollar as US-China trade tensions worsen

• 31 May 2019

• Trading

Curex to launch new market impact tool in June

Aims to give clients a deeper look at the impact of their trading

• 30 May 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Trump administration proposes new rules to punish currency manipulators

Move would let US pursue more aggressive trade policy measures

• 29 May 2019

• Retail

Harsher rules expected for Australian brokers for margin FX and CFDs

Having an Australian Financial Services licence continues to be an attractive proposition, but they’re hard to get

• 27 May 2019

• Retail

Austria imposes permanent restrictions on CFDs, bans binary options

In making Esma’s curbs on CFDs lasting, the regulation follows action by the Netherlands and others

• 24 May 2019