Spot market
Hidden Road ready for rush hour after FCM approval
Prime broker is trading “trillions” of notional with “a few hundred” counterparties in FX and crypto
Shhh, don’t tell: the struggle to keep skew under wraps
Liquidity recycling by clients has made it more difficult for banks to keep skews quiet
CFTC chair gloomy over crypto legislation prospects
FIA Boca 2023: Behnam also asks Congress to grant more powers to regulate third-party tech providers
Flow market-maker of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk Awards 2023: German bank takes FX tech cross-asset as part of new flow-focused strategy
NatWest takes on custodians with new FX overlay service
UK bank working with Lumint to win over mid-tier asset managers
FX primary venues seek reversal of fortunes
EBS and Refinitiv fight to restore market share – but bilateral trading may be too entrenched, dealers say
FX market weighs viability of spot clearing
Supporters believe it could remove credit risks, but others say it would be unnecessary and add costs
Nomura targets smaller Chinese banks after first CFETS trade
Japanese bank is one of seven offshore FX dealers offering G10 pricing on China’s interbank market
LCH mulls FX spot clearing as buy-side demand grows
Anticipated ForexClear service could reduce funds’ reliance on prime broker credit lines
Crypto derivatives should be banks’ ‘gateway drug’ to spot
Improved spot market liquidity means cash-settled derivatives shouldn’t be the end goal, says co-founder
Ruble NDF pricing rupture alarms traders
Conflict sparks big dislocation between ruble NDF and spot, threatening hedges and clouding valuations
Banks, prime brokers and trading venues shun ruble trades
FXPBs turn away derivatives bets as spot platforms block ruble trades and NDF fixings go dark
Morgan Stanley and UBS remove FX hold times
Goldman Sachs follows suit in new GFXC cover sheets, but NatWest Markets holds on
Asset managers want better access to spot crypto market
Top buy-side exec bemoans constraints in debate on use of futures versus spot for cryptocurrency
Last look: who is axing hold times, who isn’t – and who won’t say
Liquidity providers rush to review trading policies as GFXC pushes for zero hold times
Last look add-on is disappearing. Is that good for the market?
Views diverge on whether removal of additional hold times will benefit FX liquidity consumers
Impact of changes in the global environment on price differentials between the US crude oil spot markets for the periods before and after 2008–9
This paper uses threshold cointegration to examine price differentials between crude oil spot markets in the US for the periods before (2000–2007) and after (2010–17) the advent of major technological and other changes impacting the oil sector.
Algo sniffers make a tough business tougher
FX spot is already a hard game for many LPs and the rise of skew sniping only makes things harder
Societe Generale links FX algo fees to ESG targets
Clients face penalties if they fail to meet sustainability criteria during algo rental period
Banks lure FX algo sharks into shallow waters
Sick of losing out to predatory HFTs, dealers are trying to create liquidity pools they can trust
Last look guidance receives mixed reviews
Some liquidity providers back GFXC guidance; others say it doesn’t go far enough