Trading FX books bulge in quant investment field Carry strategies attract bulk of interest; banks eye growth in volatility, intraday and emerging market replication 16 May 2024   |  Feature

Infrastructure Isda pushes to ‘decouple’ Simm calibration from model changes Emir 3.0 prompts effort to separate risk-weight revisions from methodology updates 15 May 2024   |  News

Trading Are market-makers better at dealing with central bank intervention? Lack of pain following BoJ intervention suggests dealers are better at handling event risk 14 May 2024   |  Opinion

Trading Europe’s FXPBs take advantage of margin rule carve-out Some large FX options users have switched to dealers capitalising on regulatory mismatch 09 May 2024   |  News

Tech and data Breaking out of the cells: banks’ long goodbye to spreadsheets Lenders are cutting back on Excel amid tighter regulation and risk concerns 09 May 2024   |  Feature

Trading Emerging market liquidity faces capital charge crossroads Hedge funds and market-makers need a more capital-efficient way to trade EM currencies, argues SGX exec 02 May 2024   |  Opinion

Trading Hedge funds’ pricing often trumps other buy-siders – SNB Research shows “advantageous” prices result in outperformance of 139bp trading USD/CHF 02 May 2024   |  News

Regulation Softer FX rules for China QFIs set to boost CNY competition Freedom to circumvent local custodians a plus for pricing and best execution – State Street 30 Apr 2024   |  News

Regulation Industry urges focus on initial margin instead of intraday VM CPMI-Iosco says scheduled variation margin is better than ad hoc calls by clearing houses 29 Apr 2024   |  News