Opinion
Algorithmic trading in FX – watch this space
With algorithms now being tailored to provide best execution, Stuart Crooks, European head of FX sales at FlexTrade Systems, says now is a good time to start looking into these products
Using basket options for Asian appreciation
Ian Stannard , senior currency strategist at BNP Paribas in London, suggests a basket option to participate in Asian currency outperformance
The bonuses of networking
Ronald Balzano , president of COESfx, says businesses relying too heavily on trading desks will lose out to firms that offer customers quick and easy access via ECNs
Time to foster a culture of admission
Another trading scandal has hit the market, and it appears that this latest one fits the pattern of previous incidents, begging the question of what, if anything, can be done to stop further occurrences.
Staff retention is not as simple as a big payout
So bonus season is rolling around again, with all the expectations, exceeded and dashed, that it inevitably brings.
Opportunities from Asian tension
Niels Christensen , senior currency strategist at Société Générale in Paris, sees opportunities for dollar bulls and bears when trading the Hong Kong dollar despite the peg
A new maturity for FX?
Justyn Trenner , chief executive and principal of consultancy firm ClientKnowledge, says a more discriminating approach to how liquidity is channelled is essential to the continued growth of the market
A big year down under: AUD out-performs NZD
Four reasons why AUD/NZD is going higher in 2006, by Adam Cole , senior currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets in London
Hedging foreign currency earnings with basket options
By Ramon Espinosa , GFX-Portfolio and risk strategy, Jim Kamphoefner , GFX solutions and Andria McLintock , GFX options at Bank of America
Sale offers a fresh start for EBS
And they're off! Yes it's finally out in the open, EBS is up for sale, and we've got a good idea who the runners and riders are.
A year of transition
G7 monetary policy will drive down the dollar, but in a year of policy gradualism and recovering global growth, its decline is likely to be orderly, say Lena Komileva , G7 market economist and James Potter , MD treasury at Tullett Prebon
This inequality must be reduced
The picture of the FX trader as a macho working class white male may to some degree be dated, but there is still not enough diversity in the market.
Facilitate to accumulate
Kim Fournais, chief executive of Saxo Bank, says the race to deliver the perfect multi-product trading platform need not be a zero-sum game
From crystal balls to digital options
Sometimes one just wants to know – how much can I lose? Evan Steed , vice-president and director, FX options at TD Securities in Toronto, looks at three funding possibilities that can hopefully reduce this uncertainty
Is the UK consumer a spent force?
Jeremy Stretch, FX strategist at Rabobank in London, looks at the economic backdrop, interest rate expectations and prospects for growth in the UK in 2006
Lesson from Refco: keep it transparent
Yes, this is the second editorial in a row that I have written about Refco, but I make no apology for it. There are too many important lessons to be learned from the collapse for the industry to be able to move on as if nothing had happened.
Globalisation, current accounts and the dollar
Many observers stubbornly think EUR/USD must rise to correct the US current account deficit, while others believe global imbalances are mainly about America's external deficit. Danske Bank's approach is slightly different, says Teis Knuthsen , head of…
Commodity currencies are set to sparkle in 2006, says Trevor Williams, chief economist at Lloyds TSB Financial Markets in London
Go for the currencies with the commodities
Preparing for Korean won under-performance in 2006
Standard Chartered’s economics and FX strategy team suggest ways to position for a weaker Korean won in 2006
Enigma – a cracking good model
Pete Eggleston, head of quant solutions at the Royal Bank of Scotland, financial markets, in London, discusses systematic trading of FX implied volatility using the 'Enigma' model
Thinking outside the US dollar
Marios Maratheftis, FX strategist at Standard Chartered in London, sees an end to the dollar's rally, and describes how high yielders together with Asian and African currencies are offering exciting opportunities
December 19, 2005
So another year has passed and foreign exchange has again seen the pace of change continue at a rapid rate.