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Currency derivatives house of the year: Bank of America
Risk Awards 2026: Early call on dollar weakness helped bank break vega records in April and quickly recycle 95% of risk
European exchange-traded IR derivatives balloon in H1
New highs in F&Os mirror OTC derivatives growth in BIS survey
Fed official dismisses de-dollarisation talk
Speakers at IIF conference believe dollar selloff is cyclical rather than a structural decline
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
As Fed meets, hedge funds buy ‘lottery’ FX options trades
Options bets reflect cautious pessimism over the dollar ahead of Jackson Hole conference
Turn of the skew: FX options dealers balance fragile market
Calls-versus-puts demand flips wildly in response to geopolitical events
From fringe to forecast: why bitcoin now moves like a currency
LMAX data finds crypto prices react to macro market events as quickly as EUR/USD
Mutual funds were USD bulls going into April’s tariff chaos
Counterparty Radar: Positioning in Q1 reflected market sentiment that tariffs would lead to a dollar rally
Investors hope US rate cuts will lower FX hedging costs
European investors in US assets set to boost hedge ratios as implied yields rise
DRW’s Wilson: regulatory confusion hinders euro stablecoins
Conflicting interpretations of EU rules will divert more capital to USD coins and away from euro assets, says Don Wilson
Limited-loss hedges help US firms dodge costly FX moves
Structurers say corporates’ use of options-based net investment hedging helped soften impact of USD selloff
European investors ramp up FX hedging as ‘dollar smile’ fades
Analysts at one bank expect average hedge ratios to jump from 39% to 70% within six months
EU firms fear dollar liquidity becoming tariff bargaining chip
Eurozone banks rely on dollars for 17% of funding; trade war escalation could affect access
Trump tariffs sent FX options traders on a wild ride
As US assets sold off, dealers found themselves on the front lines of a hedging scramble
FX liquidity ‘worse than Covid’ amid tariff volatility, dealers say
Available liquidity for single clips dropped to as low as $20 million ahead of tariff pause
Tariffs volatility prompts rush to re-hedge EUR/USD options books
Banks left scrambling to buy vol as spot surged beyond expectations
FX traders revel in March Madness
Chaotic Trump policies finally bring diversity to flows – to the delight of market-makers
Short-term Trump FX trades ‘dead’ as euro rallies
EUR/USD spot rally and vol spike sees mass unwinds of long USD trades
Shaking things up: geopolitics and the euro credit risk measure
Gravitational model offers novel way of assessing national and regional risks in new world order
Tariff news ‘ping pong’ gives FX options desks a headache
Dealers say Trump’s shifting deadlines sparked weekend trading rush and made it hard to monetise flows
Funds tap options on FX vol amid tariff disruptions
Dealers say vanillas, digitals and knockouts on realised vol increasingly used to navigate Trump news flow