Liability management
FX risk worries grow for US pension funds
Currency risks have risen on the list of priorities for pension funds amid fears of future negative cashflow
Clients reward UBS for post-trade innovation
Post-trade innovation and development this year has been all about mitigating settlement risk in a market fraught with concerns about counterparty default. And UBS, winner of the award for best post-trade services, has led the way in providing new tools…
Tullett Prebon shines in FX forwards with EM shift
Tullett Prebon has triumphed as the number one broker for currency forwards, holding on to the mantle for the seventh consecutive year.
ETF Securities lists 18 new forex products in London
LONDON - ETF Securities launched 18 G-10 currency-linked exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) last week.
Deutsche unseats UBS for prime brokerage
Customers voted Deutsche Bank top for foreign exchange prime brokerage (FXPB) this year, unseating UBS, which won the award in 2008. Barclays Capital and Citi completed the top three.
RBI builds currency futures
MUMBAI - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to extend the list of currency futures traded on the country's exchanges, as part of efforts to grow the risk management tools available in the local market.
Concerns raised over CCPs
NEW YORK - Various attendees raised concerns about central clearing at Risk USA in New York - with JP Morgan's chief risk officer even pointing to it as a possible source of the next financial crisis.
Budenberg appointed UKFI CEO
LONDON - Former UBS banker Robin Budenberg has been appointed chief executive of UK Financial Investments, the body established to manage the UK government's investments in financial institutions including the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Lloyds TSB and…
Solutions to rouble trouble
The rouble derivatives market developed in haste after further liberalisation of the currency in July 2006 and positive changes to the Russian Civil Code 1062, centring around the previous treatment of derivatives as gaming, in January 2007.
When volatile waters grow calmer
How should one prepare for a return to more normal levels of volatility? Neil Mellor , currency strategist at The Bank of New York in London, evaluates expectations for record lows.
How to play gravity-defying USD/JPY
Peter Luxton, Global Markets Adviser and Shant Movsesian, Senior Options Analyst at Informa Global Markets advise taking dollar bulls into account when trading on potential weakness
Diversifying through Africa
African basket options are a good vehicle for picking up yield and diversifying away risk, says Marios Maratheftis , FX strategist at Standard Charterd Bank in London
Heading for the final USD selling opportunity
Hans-Guenther Redeker, global head of FX strategy at BNP Paribas in London, suggests a way to take advantage of the prospect of near-term dollar strength to protect against the likelihood of longer-term USD weakness.
Asian currencies at risk from oil surge
JAKARTA – Asian currencies have taken a hit from surging oil prices, which remained above $60 last week despite falling off record levels set earlier this month.
INR – everything is relative
The INR’s over-extended valuation against the Reserve Bank of India’s REER implicit policy anchor continues. This over-extension is looking anomalous against the continued backdrop of Asian FX selling. Claudio Piron, Asian FX strategist at JP Morgan in…
A broader view than the yuan
While much attention is focused on a likely shift in the value of China’s currency, Ashish Advani (right), director of risk solutions at Travelex in Toronto, points to a way of hedging against the more imminent risk of free-floating Asian currency…
Banks review yuan reval forecasts
BEIJING – Some bank analysts have brought forward their expectations of regime change in the Chinese yuan, following the rate hike by the People's Bank of China late last month.
Funds repatriation bill set to pass
NEW YORK – A bill offering US companies the chance to repatriate overseas earnings at a hugely discounted tax rate is set to be signed into law in the next week – much sooner than previous estimates, said analysts.
FXC issues broker points rules
NEW YORK – The Foreign Exchange Committee, a US industry association affiliated to the Federal Reserve, last week issued new guidelines on broker ‘points’ – the issue at the heart of last year’s massive Wall Street forex fraud.
Cashflow control for pension portfolio hedges
Neil Record, chairman and chief executive officer of Windsor-based currency overlay manager Record Currency Management, offers a solution to an FX-related problem facing a UK pension fund