Currency options
Optiver becomes first non-bank options market-maker on FXall
Dutch e-trading firm joins OTC FX options platform in a market taking electronic baby steps
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
FX volatilities fall on receding US election fears
Polls point to a decisive Biden win – though some worry market is being complacent
Rates and FX exchange-traded derivatives markets cooled in Q2
Interest rate options and futures turnover halved over three months to end-June
Currency derivatives house of the year: Standard Chartered
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Bargain-hunting equity hedgers turn to FX
Currency options are cheap relative to stock index puts, but correlations are uncertain
Jittery ringgit spurs options growth in Malaysia
Local corporates seek new hedging tools, but longer-term options liquidity lacking
Andreas König’s crisis playbook meets Covid-19
Interview: Trading from home may be odd, but Amundi’s FX head was ready for other stresses
How carbon-cutting Drax manages currencies and credit
Interview: UK power giant uses option selling – and other tactics – to create hedging headroom
More NDF changes could follow Argentine chaos
Lat Am contracts may be tweaked to avoid repeat of contentious peso freeze
For FX dealers, virus brings volumes
Mixed feelings for sell-side traders as Covid-19 spurs wave of speculation and hedging
FX options volumes surged last week amid market panic
USD/JPY options traded volumes highest since at least the start of 2018
Morgan Stanley FX loss leaves ill-feeling, questions in wake
Options traders saw odd quotes by US bank months before losses were publicised
Banks step up stress-testing of Hong Kong dollar peg risk
Flurry of forex options trades makes banks re-evaluate exposures
Currency derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2020: Bank seeks spot market insights to bolster forex options trading
Sterling option volatility spikes on Brexit deal news
Trading reaches crescendo on Friday; insiders warn of further volatility
Crédit Agricole’s head of forex options departs
Andrew Soper leaves French bank to pursue other opportunities
Born again: Citi’s forex prime brokerage
After a $180 million gut-punch, the apex brokerage is now evangelising to amused rivals about the perils of mispricing
Skewing quanto with simplicity
George Hong presents an analytical method for pricing quanto options
Currency derivatives house of year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2019: French bank hits options windfall in Turkey during currency crash
Japanese corporates boost forex hedging
Notionals traded highest since end-2012
New Chinese forex crackdown to hit corporate hedging
Despite new reserve requirement, dealers say ‘maturity’ in risk management is here to stay
Hunt for toxic flow hits one of banking’s old problems
Wider use of mark-out tools helps banks spot ‘bad’ trades – and also stirs debate on pay
LCH, CME or OTC? Forex traders weigh their options
Bilateral trading costs bite but dealers lukewarm on both firms’ plans for forex options clearing