Who killed FX volatility?

Beyond central bank policy, traders see a range of hidden structural factors at work

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Oivind Hovland

This article is the first in a two-part series. The second part, focusing on how low volatility affects buy- and sell-side strategies, will be published later this month

In the early hours of January 3, a US missile strike killed Qasem Soleimani, shortly after the Iranian military commander had disembarked from a plane at Baghdad International Airport. Twitter lit up with comparisons to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (which triggered World War I), while an initial wave of press

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Stemming the tide of rising FX settlement risk

As the trading of emerging markets currencies gathers pace and broader uncertainty sweeps across financial markets, CLS is exploring alternative services designed to mitigate settlement risk for the FX market

Smarter trading in a fragmented world

FX Week recently hosted a webinar in partnership with Refinitiv to ask foreign exchange industry leaders to discuss geopolitical challenges, market changes and developments, and evolving technologies, and how they have shaped forex markets in Asia

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