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George Athanasopoulos at UBS

Record FX profits driven by volatility and hedging, say Deutsche and UBS

A perfect storm of volatile currency moves, intervention from the SNB and frenetic hedging activity have contributed to unusually high FX revenues and volumes in the third quarter, say Deutsche Bank and UBS

Trading | 27 Oct 2011

Spotlight on: Mike Harris, Campbell & Company

The director of trading at commodity trading adviser Campbell & Company talks to Miriam Siers about the current trading environment and the challenges in the market for buy-side traders

Trading | 03 Oct 2011
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The Canadian dollar: to hedge or not to hedge?

The Canadian dollar weakened significantly against the greenback in the last two weeks of September, moving from parity on September 21 to 1.0461 on September 30. Farah Khalique talks to currency strategists about what’s driving the Canadian...

Foreign Exchange | 03 Oct 2011

Options traders sense SNB running out of steam

Options traders are betting on further appreciation of the Swiss franc, following comments from the Swiss economy minister that Switzerland will have to put up with a strong currency

Trading | 05 Sep 2011
Tim Carrington at RBS

View from a global head of FX

Tim Carrington, global head of FX at Royal Bank of Scotland, talks to Farah Khalique about the exceptionally poor liquidity in FX markets in recent weeks and why he remains bearish on the US dollar but bullish on sterling and the yen

Trading | 29 Aug 2011
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Options traders braced for further SNB intervention

Demand has switched from downside EUR/CHF options to upside options in anticipation of further Swiss franc weakening measures from SNB, say senior options traders

Currency Derivatives | 22 Aug 2011
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Trading volumes soar in July, report EBS, Reuters and FXall

High volatility in FX markets as a result of eurozone sovereign debt issues and the US debt problems have resulted in record volumes, platforms report

Trading | 03 Aug 2011
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