United States dollar
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
Pimco piled into euro put options in Q2
Counterparty Radar: EUR/USD buying spree takes Pimco’s FX options book to $7 billion
European exporters add flexibility to FX hedges
Corporates with USD exposures have been reducing hedging tenors and adding optionality
Talking Heads 2025: Who will buy Trump’s big, beautiful bonds?
Treasury issuance and hedge fund risks vex macro heavyweights
ANZ’s FX forwards surge with Pimco
Counterparty Radar: Australian bank becomes top counterparty to the asset manager after huge jumps in cable and EUR/USD
Fed official dismisses de-dollarisation talk
Speakers at IIF conference believe dollar selloff is cyclical rather than a structural decline
Goldman’s Houghton on Asia’s watchful bondholders
Talking Heads 2025: Fed independence and debt concerns could fuel new moves away from US debt, says Apac Ficc co-head
US banks’ cash holdings jump $79 billion in Q2
Cash reserves up 4%, in biggest rise since 2023
Hedge funds keep a toe in HKD carry trade despite rate rise
Positioning is currently a fifth of what it was in April, say dealers
Has US dollar hedging hype faded?
While the initial wave of real money USD hedging flows disappointed some dealers, many believe there is more to come
Political turmoil rattles Turkish lira carry trade
Echoes of March crackdown that sparked market rout leave traders on alert
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
Trump’s FX impact: a tale of two terms
Traders say Trump version 2.0 is already proving a much trickier task to manage than the original, and have had to adapt
UBS RWAs rise $19bn amid FX swings
Weaker US dollar against Swiss franc pushes total RWAs past $500bn
Turn of the skew: FX options dealers balance fragile market
Calls-versus-puts demand flips wildly in response to geopolitical events
Japan election result sours hedge funds’ yen options bets
Dealers saw flows in significant size for JPY weakness but were forced to take profits
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