Foreign exchange
Niche FX crosses pop up in mutual fund options activity
Counterparty Radar: Fund filings reveal unusual FX options crosses – some never repeated, many with unclear strategies
JP Morgan announces structuring team changes
New unified team to report to structuring head Rui Fernandes, and includes new roles for senior staff
CME boosts FX access via new vendor partnerships
Tie-ups with Trading Technologies and Integral to bring new liquidity into EBS and Spot+ venues
UBS RWAs rise $19bn amid FX swings
Weaker US dollar against Swiss franc pushes total RWAs past $500bn
Return to the barrier: option pricing and calibration in foreign exchange markets
The authors investigate return barrier options and how failing to capture the market’s implied volatility surface can lead to mispricing of these options.
Turn of the skew: FX options dealers balance fragile market
Calls-versus-puts demand flips wildly in response to geopolitical events
Taco trades and fake news fatigue
Is another era of ‘will he, won’t he’ numbing rates and FX traders to its jeopardy?
Japan election result sours hedge funds’ yen options bets
Dealers saw flows in significant size for JPY weakness but were forced to take profits
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
Standard Chartered launches spot crypto market-making
Bitcoin and ethereum to trade off the bank’s FX desk, but questions remain on capital treatment
Investors hope US rate cuts will lower FX hedging costs
European investors in US assets set to boost hedge ratios as implied yields rise
Jive Investments quicksteps towards hedged returns
Brazilian fund manager uses combo of options and forwards to push down hedging costs compared with plain NDF strategy
Why Iran tensions failed to rattle markets
Despite initial fears, traders say risks were signposted and investors had deleveraged after April
LMAX: stablecoin bill sets stage for FX and crypto convergence
David Mercer on what the Genius Act means for markets, and where the venue’s FX business goes next