Opinion/Risk Management
Top 10 stories of 2019: a retrospective
FXPB pricing disputes, debate over last look and court cases were keenly followed stories
Culture Wars: how long can David keep saving Goliath?
Ed Eger, CEO of Oanda, argues why smaller players can no longer be fall guys
Diversify more and expect less in the second half of 2015
JP Morgan Asset Management sees more price swings and increased instability ahead
What price failure to get on top of FX risk?
As global FX volumes rise, Dev Bhudia of GoldenSource explains why certain asset managers and hedge funds are seeking alternative ways to manage pricing risk
Changing landscape of the FX brokerage world
SNB Thursday brought home the extent of changing FX liquidity
CCP costs keep creeping up
While US regulators consult the industry over the exemption of foreign exchange products, the systemic risks and increasing costs of using central counterparty (CCP) clearers continue to be highlighted.
15 minutes with: Stacy Williams, HSBC
Senior quant discusses the high levels of cross-asset correlation across today's markets
FX - After the trade is made: the future of the CLS relationship
Regulation: opportunity and threat
No margin for error
Are money market margins a new science or just an overhaul? By Carl Martin, group technology director at Eurobase Banking Solutions in London
Why aren’t the Greeks using CLS?
A lesson learned from the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy was that, at times of stress, CLS plays a central role in ensuring forex traders are protected. It seems surprising then that only one Greek bank is using the settlement system.
Clearing exemption too close to call
Exempting commercial hedgers from mandatory clearing could create a loophole for the institutional investors often blamed for driving up commodity prices, according to the chief lawyer for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), reports Risk.net.
Barriers to liquidity management
David Poole, chief operating officer at client strategy company Clientknowledge in London, discusses liquidity management
An imbalanced proposition
At the time of going to press, decisions on the future of the foreign exchange markets was still hanging in the balance, as regulators in the US debated the inclusion of forex swaps and forwards into the over-the-counter derivatives reforms.
India adds its angle to clearing debate
CCIL allows economics to drive change