Foreign exchange
Distributor profile: Samsung's novel approach to equity-linked securities
Primed for portfolios
Index round-up: Barclays offers mean reversion
Index round-up: Barclays offers mean reversion
BAML continues restructure; evolves to meet regulations
Shake up designed to meet clients' needs ahead of implementation of Dodd-Frank reforms
Corinne Neale joins Credit Suisse for Asia foreign exchange client risk advisory
Credit Suisse has added to its Asia foreign exchange risk advisory in line with the bank's strategy to expand forex business in Asia
Volatility drops as BoJ intervention proves successful
But market may begin testing the Bank of Japan's resolve if more measures are not taken
Deutsches Risk Rankings 2010: Deutsche Bank top again
Confusion, then clarity
CFTC retail FX rules fail to curb offshore trading
New US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission rules will hasten flow of retail foreign exchange business abroad
Retail brokers win US leverage battle
The US CFTC leverage rules on retail foreign exchange transactions less harsh
Commerzbank builds FX globally
Commerzbank has made key hires in sales and trading across Asia, Europe and the US as it strengthens its global FX business, the bank said on August 25.
Citi adds new head for Asian FX team
Citi continues Asian FX team expansion by relocating Perret-Green from Citi's Europe markets division to Asia to head FX strategy. Citi says its foreign exchange daily trading volumes exceed $15 billion a day in Asia.
Barnes bows out of RBS
Royal Bank of Scotland suffers two senior departures in its foreign exchange business
HSBC on global hiring spree
HSBC has made a series of hires across foreign exchange trading and sales in Asia and Europe, it confirmed today (August 17).
Singapore’s commodities derivatives exchange to go live
Singapore’s central bank Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) gives the green light for new commodity and currency derivatives bourse
Asia Risk 15: Delivering options for FX derivatives
The Asian foreign exchange markets have experienced more than their fair share of ups and downs during the past 15 years. But the phenomenal growth of trade flows between Asia and the rest of the world, and more recently, within the region, has created a…
Asia Risk 15: Rafael Consing, ICTSI
Corporates were hit hard by derivatives losses linked to investments and low-cost hedges during the financial crisis. But most companies have benefited by using derivatives to manage financial risks. Joti Mangat and Georgina Lee talk to one such company,…
The rise of multi-currency options
Adrian Campbell-Smith (RBS Currency Options Trading) and Ben Hamdani (RBS Currency Structuring) examine the realm of multi-currency options and explain some of the reasons behind their increasing popularity
Lufthansa wary of OTC regulations
Corporates across the globe have lobbied to ensure end-users are not subjected to new clearing requirements for derivatives. For Lufthansa’s treasury department in Frankfurt, ensuring it is able to continue to hedge its foreign exchange and interest rate…
Citi hires Margolis from Goldman Sachs
Latest hire in a series of senior appointments to the firm's FX business
BNP Paribas tempts investors with forex basket
BNP Paribas has launched a commodity currency basket designed to promote foreign exchange and persuade investors of the benefits that come with the asset class
Statoil stung by hedging derivatives losses
Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil's results are hit by major losses on hedging derivatives in spite of a rise in profits and production
Cross-border collateral may alleviate dollar funding strains: Emeap
Executives’ Meeting of East Asia Pacific Central Banks says crisis revealed shortcomings in regional money markets; swaps deals, cross-border collateral could alleviate some problems
Trade of the month: Non-domestic underlyings
When investors are seeking diversification that includes foreign currencies, there is a choice of methods for approaching currency risk
CFTC rules increase credit risk
Proposed rules to limit leverage on margin FX trading accounts at retail forex brokers will have the unintended consequence of increasing counterparty risk, according to Josh Levy, managing director at Tactical Asset Management.
Enforce clearing, catapult FX into the big league, say FX Week USA panellists
Foreign exchange is held back from fulfilling its potential as an asset class because of counterparty risk issues, said panellists.