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Spot FX shies away from regulatory yoke
As Europe weighs Aussie-style rules for spot trading, some see benefits – but many fear the burden
How Goldman’s algos adapted to virus vol
Interview: Ralf Donner explains why algo usage is up while markets are down
Fee fight: dealers take aim at brokerage costs
Old tensions have new edge as banks urge clients to bypass platforms
How carbon-cutting Drax manages currencies and credit
Interview: UK power giant uses option selling – and other tactics – to create hedging headroom
FX vol revived by Covid-19 – but for how long?
Traders split on whether virus impact or central bank responses will prove most powerful
Seeing red over blue-chip swap in Argentina’s NDF fiasco
Emta protocol salve aside, peso settlement rate snafu is a warning for emerging market FX derivatives
Beyond Barx: where Barclays is going next in tech ‘arms race’
Interview: Mauricio Sada-Paz on SDPs, MDPs and innovation in e-FX
E-trading takes hold for FX swaps – sort of
Bulk of trades are being executed over screen, but bolder changes have stalled
Treasurers turn to AI in bid for sharper forecasting
Wider automation could usher in future of 'hands-free-hedging', but obstacles lurk in data standards and sharing
Who killed FX volatility?
Beyond central bank policy, traders see a range of hidden structural factors at work
Vanguard takes the P2P plunge
Interview: Andy Maack seeks to lower costs and dealer dependence via buy-side matching
Rise of the algo wheel
How the buy side is embracing algorithm wheels and where challenges still remain
Bad clocks block FX best-ex
To get a good deal in fast-moving FX markets, buy-side firms need to know the time. Some of them don’t
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
Siege FX to roll out peer-to-peer netting
FX space is now ready for such a service, says technology provider
Crypto winter doesn’t spell end for blockchain investments
Despite the downfall of ICOs, investors are banking on blockchain transforming many industries
Data reveals Emir swaps report matching rates at 40%
Figure is better than some feared, but still calls into question the value of dual-sided reporting
‘New normal’ sees FX volatility remain muted
Dovish stance of major central banks means volatility unlikely to pick up significantly
Singapore’s edge in race between Asia’s FX hubs
Singapore is beating Tokyo and Hong Kong in volumes, changing the FX trading landscape in Asia. What is it doing to make sure it's No. 1?
Where prosecutors stumbled in Bogucki and Cartel cases
Courtroom losses suggest failure to read the FX industry correctly before jumping into action
How Brexit is set to muddy Mifid transparency data
Market participants say duplicate reports in UK and EU will result in misleading public data
The ‘Cartel’ three: not guilty, but still paying a penalty
Despite their acquittal, the former FX traders face obstacles in trying to rebuild their careers – meaning the DoJ didn’t fail, says one expert
How publishers are still falling short on Mifid II post-trade data
Four publishers yet to align post-trade data format with Q&A issued eight months ago
US sanctions on Venezuela could spell end of petro
Crypto asset is backed by oil reserves the country can barely commercialise