Opinion
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Volatility comes back to the market but rising costs and regulatory burdens forcing major structural changes
How volatility eats itself and why everyone should care
Helen Thomas, author of popular financial blog Blonde Money (http://blondemoney.co.uk/helen-thomas/) says the market is set for a serious pick-up in volatility
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Senior corporate treasurer warns current 'nirvana' in corporate hedging costs is coming to an end
Scotland faces technology and infrastructure challenges
Credit cards, bank payments, clearing and settlement of securities – if Scotland goes it alone, its financial infrastructure will need an overhaul
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Cash management products promise to save millions for corporates, but costs could rise elsewhere as regulation begins to bite
FX reform: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Code of conduct needed to balance structural reforms, says WMBA
Electronification of Asian FX only just beginning
Jay Hibbin, VP of capital markets services at Colt, says Asia offers opportunities for latency sensitive traders
What will revive fallow FX?
In more than 40 years since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, rarely has FX volatility been so low. IG's Patrick Foot examines current conditions
One last look at last look
Jacob Loveless, New York-based chief executive of FX technology firm Lucera, weighs into the debate over last look practices, which have come under scrutiny in recent weeks
Need for surveillance accelerates amid scandals
Scandals in various asset classes highlighted the need for greater surveillance on trading systems, says David Hesketh, chief operating officer of the Financial Skills Division of Markit
E-FX Awards 2014: Innovation reigns supreme during challenging times
The industry is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history, but innovation still thrives
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Sef equivalency problems point to wider trust issues among regulators
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
The renminbi rise is good news for some, but bad news for others. Michael Watt introduces the latest edition of FX Focus
Currency derivatives - regulating with consistency
The chief executive and chairman of the Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association (WMBA) say regulatory complexities have left market participants in the dark on derivatives
Let Hornby's FX nightmare be a lesson to smaller firms
Philippe Gelis writes that small and medium corporates can incur significant losses if they fail to hedge against moves in FX
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Can currency managers begin to hope for more returns in 2014?
Yen set for further falls in the year ahead
Following a substantial depreciation last year, the yen is anticipated to continue its decline throughout 2014. Kohei Iwahara, economist at Natixis, explores how investor behaviour and various government incentives (in both Japan and the US) look set to…
Redefining roles within the FX market
Many trading platforms and industry utilities have been driven to redefine their roles within the industry in recent years, and banks will have to follow their lead, writes Joel Clark
FX Focus - Editor's Letter
Ready to report?
A call to responsibility in foreign exchange
As Citi tops this year's Best Banks survey and the FX industry struggles with reputational issues, the bank should be commended for its philanthropic initiative, E for Education
EM sell-off will have lasting implications for currencies, says Natixis
Careful analysis of current accounts and export prices indicates Germany and Italy could benefit from the recent depreciation of emerging market currencies, but the US and the UK stand to lose out. By Patrick Artus
When chatter could be construed as collusion
The FX benchmark scandal is casting a dark cloud over the industry, but regulators face a difficult task in determining whether there was genuine collusion
Euro-denominated FX reserves rise again
After several quarters of declining central bank holdings in euro, recent data from the IMF suggests reserve managers have started to increase holdings in the currency again, albeit by a very small amount, says Thomas Stolper