Non-deliverable forwards (NDFs)
Buy-side physical FX clearing at LCH faces scepticism
Lack of clearing mandate and settlement wrangles mean demand for putative service remains weak
Dealers drag their feet on NDF clearing, say prime brokers
Trade mismatches and other wrinkles hinder clearing between executing broker and prime broker
Margin rules snare FX options users
US banks forced to post margin on ‘naked’ trades, with buy-side firms soon to follow
Banks rent ready-made algos for FX trading
NatWest, XTX Markets and others develop new outsourcing model for tech
Forward momentum: the new world of NDF trading
NDF landscape is changing as trading volumes drive electronification and algo execution – but challenges remain
The FX swaps client clearing comeback
Chatter about the service is picking up again, but significant hurdles remain
Goldman signs up as NDF client clearer at LCH
US bank expecting jump in cleared trades when initial margin rules hit buy side
Indonesia eyes netting changes to enable derivatives CCP
Central bank says legal amendments will pave way for locally cleared NDFs and interest rate swaps
Strategic preparation – The impact of the UMR phase five delay
Bruce Kellaway, global head of rates, securities and collateral at LCH, discusses the most likely instruments to be pushed into the cleared world as a result of phase five implementation, the tactics firms use to drive efficiency in exchange threshold…
Jittery ringgit spurs options growth in Malaysia
Local corporates seek new hedging tools, but longer-term options liquidity lacking
Malaysia has triumphed in FX reforms – but what comes next?
Relinquishing currency controls will be a much harder task
Turkey turmoil opens door to offshore NDF market
Emta invites input on documentation for offshore lira
Swaps data: record trading volumes in March
CDS activity doubles through Covid-19 turbulence, while US interest rate swap trading marks new high
FX traders pull back to vanilla strategies for emerging markets
Spreads tighten on many currency pairs but liquidity still patchy
NDF access will help tame rupee volatility, say dealers
Lifting of restrictions stopping Indian banks trading rupee NDFs allows RBI to intervene offshore
Seeing red over blue-chip swap in Argentina’s NDF fiasco
Emta protocol salve aside, peso settlement rate snafu is a warning for emerging market FX derivatives
In choppy forex markets, algos buck expectations
Goldman, Nomura and others report increased volumes, although some clients revert to principal quotes
More NDF changes could follow Argentine chaos
Lat Am contracts may be tweaked to avoid repeat of contentious peso freeze
Swaps data: cleared volumes drop for all markets – except FX
Smaller CCPs make market share gains in a quarter of double-digit declines for rates and credit
India exchange to debut rupee derivatives settled in US dollar
Launch of onshore futures and options unlikely to dent offshore volumes, though
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…
Will uncleared margin rules change the FX landscape?
As the next phases of uncleared margin rules come into force, there will be an economic driver for more clearing of FX. By Phil Hermon, Executive Director of FX Products at CME Group
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