Opinion
Considering China as a growth hotspot
Philippe Gelis, chief executive and co-founder of Kantox, looks at opportunities stemming from the launch of Cips
Changing landscape of the FX brokerage world
SNB Thursday brought home the extent of changing FX liquidity
Navigating EM debt in a currency driven world
By Pierre-Yves Bareau, emerging markets strategic bond fund portfolio manager at JP Morgan Asset Management
How to play the stronger dollar
Stephanie Flanders examines the dollar's prospects and the implications of a stronger greenback
The euro will continue to weaken
EUR/USD will trend towards 1.15 amid renewed break-up fears in the eurozone and the union entering deflation
Time is ripe to embrace innovation
ParFX expects transparency to be a key theme in 2015
FX liquidity, volatility and the FIFA World Cup 2014
The World Cup was characterised by unusual volatility conditions, differences in the provision of liquidity and extremes in its cost, and even an apparent ignorance of a couple of short squeezes in the making
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Volatility comes back to the market but rising costs and regulatory burdens forcing major structural changes
How volatility eats itself and why everyone should care
Helen Thomas, author of popular financial blog Blonde Money (http://blondemoney.co.uk/helen-thomas/) says the market is set for a serious pick-up in volatility
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Senior corporate treasurer warns current 'nirvana' in corporate hedging costs is coming to an end
Scotland faces technology and infrastructure challenges
Credit cards, bank payments, clearing and settlement of securities – if Scotland goes it alone, its financial infrastructure will need an overhaul
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Cash management products promise to save millions for corporates, but costs could rise elsewhere as regulation begins to bite
FX reform: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Code of conduct needed to balance structural reforms, says WMBA
Electronification of Asian FX only just beginning
Jay Hibbin, VP of capital markets services at Colt, says Asia offers opportunities for latency sensitive traders
What will revive fallow FX?
In more than 40 years since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, rarely has FX volatility been so low. IG's Patrick Foot examines current conditions
One last look at last look
Jacob Loveless, New York-based chief executive of FX technology firm Lucera, weighs into the debate over last look practices, which have come under scrutiny in recent weeks
Need for surveillance accelerates amid scandals
Scandals in various asset classes highlighted the need for greater surveillance on trading systems, says David Hesketh, chief operating officer of the Financial Skills Division of Markit
E-FX Awards 2014: Innovation reigns supreme during challenging times
The industry is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history, but innovation still thrives
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Sef equivalency problems point to wider trust issues among regulators
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
The renminbi rise is good news for some, but bad news for others. Michael Watt introduces the latest edition of FX Focus
Currency derivatives - regulating with consistency
The chief executive and chairman of the Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association (WMBA) say regulatory complexities have left market participants in the dark on derivatives
Let Hornby's FX nightmare be a lesson to smaller firms
Philippe Gelis writes that small and medium corporates can incur significant losses if they fail to hedge against moves in FX
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Can currency managers begin to hope for more returns in 2014?