You think 2016 was bad? Check out James Blunt's twitter feed

The past 12 months held plenty of surprises, bringing the joy of volumes to foreign exchange

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2016: the rise of NBLPs and the year of the unexpected

Well, that was a bit exhausting, wasn't it? The past 12 months occasionally seemed what I imagine it feels like to be a participant on The X Factor, bearing in mind they always describe the experience as a rollercoaster journey.

Things started off calmly enough, with foreign exchange market participants waiting for the long-awaited policy divergence and its consequences to ramp up activity in the market. And they waited some more. Then, when it felt almost certain that 2016 would be a limp year

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