Liquidity Risk
Culture Wars: how long can David keep saving Goliath?
As the FX market mulls over the implications of FEMR, Ed Eger, chief executive of Oanda, argues why smaller players can no longer be the fall guys for the unethical behaviour of major institutions
Grand redesign
Non-bank market-makers are increasingly being viewed as serious players as they set about building customer franchises amid a wide-scale bank pull-back
Evolution of FXPB landscape isn't over yet
Cost of capital and risk control will shape the conversation in 2016
Transparency needs to be balanced by choice
The drive for greater transparency should focus on behaviour and risk management
Spreads need to widen to boost liquidity
Panellists at the 14th annual FX Week Europe conference warn of increasingly illiquid markets
Best Banks Awards: Citi wins nine awards, including top prize
Citi voted Best Bank Overall and gains eight other accolades
Best Bank for Swiss Franc: UBS
Throughout 2015's difficult market conditions, UBS remained committed to providing clients with liquidity
Best Bank for Emerging LatAm Currencies: Banco Santander
Rocked by falling oil prices, political scandal and lacklustre economic growth, Latin America is not a playground for the weak. Still, Banco Santander has a deep foothold there and is taking a personalised approach with clients until the storm passes
Best Bank Awards: Barclays triumphs in five categories
Barclays retains the top spot in currency options, being voted the best bank for FX by banks, FX in London, and for both GBP/USD and EUR/GBP
XTX Markets provides liquidity on TraderTools
The move comes within weeks of the firm going live on 360T
Worries mount over year-end liquidity conditions
With only six trading days between the Fed's last rate meeting and the holiday period, market participants are being warned to prepare for a rocky year end
FirstRand joins CLS
The South African bank joins the currency settlement utility, raising its membership to 64
Thomson Reuters integrates FX under single umbrella
Thomson Reuters is bringing all its pre-trade tools, trading venues and post-trade capabilities under FX Trading
CFTC's Giancarlo blames dwindling liquidity on bank regulators
Insolvency risk has been transformed into liquidity risk, says the commissioner
Confusion reigns over Mifid transparency in forex
Esma deems forex products illiquid, but dealers must still provide quotes to clients upon request
Panellists call for more standardisation in FX
FX Week USA conference delegates hear suggestions for market structure challenges
Changing landscape of the FX brokerage world
SNB Thursday brought home the extent of changing FX liquidity
Corporate cash seeks new home as money-market reforms loom
New regulation on both sides of the Atlantic threatens to make money-market funds less attractive for corporate treasurers. Banks are hoping this cash will flood into fixed-term deposits instead, helping them meet incoming liquidity ratios, but they’re…
Emeap: Cross-border collateral may alleviate dollar funding strains
Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks says crisis revealed shortcomings in regional money markets; swaps deals, cross-border collateral could alleviate some problems
BAML launches global liquidity platform
CHARLOTTE, N.C - Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) is reacting to client demand for a centralised view of liquidity by launching a platform to improve the delivery of its global liquidity product offering.
Banks starting to think local after crisis, BIS finds
Banks around the world are slowly shifting to rely on local retail funding, says the Bank for International Settlements
Barriers to liquidity management
David Poole, chief operating officer at client strategy company Clientknowledge in London, discusses liquidity management