Disenchantment with equities boosts attractions of forex

As investors shy away from equities, the creators of structured products are trying to replicate exposure to different markets using foreign exchange and attract a wider pool of investors who want to invest in currencies. Magda Ali investigates

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The foreign exchange market trades $3.98 trillion a day, three times as much as the rest of the financial markets combined. It is therefore unsurprising that investors are looking to invest in instruments that use forex to gain access to other markets. "Because of the high liquidity and volume of the market, over-the-counter, customised solutions have always been readily available in forex in a way that has been less true in equity or commodity markets," says Michael Guenot, vice-president of

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