FX Global Code
Call for clarity on last look rejections
Asset managers say holding periods “far in excess” of what is necessary for risk checks
Best Bank Awards: EBS
EBS is voted Best broker for spot FX at the 2019 FX Week Best Bank Awards
Best Bank Awards: Standard Bank
Standard Bank is voted Best bank for South African rand/African currencies excluding ZAR at the 2019 FX Week Best Bank Awards
Bad clocks block FX best-ex
To get a good deal in fast-moving FX markets, buy-side firms need to know the time. Some of them don’t
Algo adoption at inflection point, driven by buy side
Usage in FX is rising, but there are inherent limitations to overall take-up
Insight Investment wary of banks’ last-look claims
Buy side should “team up” in bid for more forex transparency, argues senior trader
BoE’s Hauser urges firms to adapt to FX market fragmentation
Less sophisticated firms are paying much higher spreads, executive director says
Trade reject codes lack clarity – BoE official
Schroders and BoE criticise mish-mash of codes, as Investment Association presses for standardisation
Algo fears spark hunt for neutral checks on FX Code compliance
Banks seek third-party quantitative methods for confirming activities done in their names are aligned with the principles
Kim Winding Larsen becomes new ACIFMA president delegate
Larsen is a long-time Danske Bank employee and ACI member
How the top 50 liquidity providers tackle last look
Uneven disclosure practices are making life difficult for agency algos and ECN trading
Six big FX market-makers call for end to last look
Citadel Securities, Jump and Virtu among those repudiating controversial practice
FX last look: how non-banks stack up
Research shows patchy disclosures plus differences from banks on pre-hedging and rejected orders
Debelle swings at ‘buyer beware’ disclosures in FX
‘They don’t give you free licence to do whatever you want,’ says new GFXC chair
e-FX initiative of the year: Tradefeedr
Tradefeedr voted e-FX initiative of the year
Asset managers urged to commit to FX Global Code
Firms risk hit to reputation by not signing standards on market practice, investment manager says
FXPBs over-allocating credit to algo and high-speed trading
Thinly capitalised trading firms are an accident waiting to happen while dealings on multiple venues make credit limits hard to set, claim market participants
Buy side said to target sell side with Code compliance
Two years in, buy-side participation remains low, as some cite barriers to the adoption of conduct principles
Debelle takes helm of GFXC
RBA deputy governor will serve two-year term from July
GFXC seeks deeper understanding of anonymous platforms
Committee elects Guy Debelle as new chair to replace Potter
Natural language processing added to trade monitoring
Market participants can create bespoke analytics with Ideal Prediction's Scope tool
Where prosecutors stumbled in Bogucki and Cartel cases
Courtroom losses suggest failure to read the FX industry correctly before jumping into action
EIB on why it’s the first supranational bank to sign up to Global Code
European Investment Bank adjusts processes to principles of Code, which is heading for its second anniversary
2019: a year for innovation and technology
No longer weighed down by regulatory concerns, the FX industry can focus on innovation for its own sake