Articles by Cole Lipsky
Institutional investors take profit on gold trades
Hedge funds trimmed longs after gold rally and triggered massive market selloff
Pimco piled into euro put options in Q2
Counterparty Radar: EUR/USD buying spree takes Pimco’s FX options book to $7 billion
European exporters add flexibility to FX hedges
Corporates with USD exposures have been reducing hedging tenors and adding optionality
BlackRock and DRW execs bullish on tokenisation potential
DRW’s Don Wilson expects every instrument to be traded on-chain in five years’ time
Fed official dismisses de-dollarisation talk
Speakers at IIF conference believe dollar selloff is cyclical rather than a structural decline
Do BIS volumes soar past the trend?
FX market ADV has surged to $9.6 trillion in the latest triennial survey, but are these figures representative?
Low-vol gold rush points to further upside
Options markets see no scramble to chase metal higher despite 43% year-to-date rally
Has US dollar hedging hype faded?
While the initial wave of real money USD hedging flows disappointed some dealers, many believe there is more to come
How Amundi’s options strategy profited from dollar slump
French asset manager grabbed euro call options at low prices in tactical pivot for its FX absolute return fund
The investors who aren’t fretting over Trump’s stat sulk
Some see dismissal of statistics agency chief as an assault on US institutional integrity; for others it offers a chance to throw off outdated methods
As Fed meets, hedge funds buy ‘lottery’ FX options trades
Options bets reflect cautious pessimism over the dollar ahead of Jackson Hole conference
CME boosts FX access via new vendor partnerships
Tie-ups with Trading Technologies and Integral to bring new liquidity into EBS and Spot+ venues
Crackdown on FX vendors could raise costs for dealers
MTF designation could cost aggregators and EMSs $3m to set up and $1m in annual maintenance