Currency markets
Making money from your money
currency overlay
African banks buoy euro's fortunes as greenback's decline continues
foreign exchange
Robust foreign exchange market suffers from a blip of low volatility
foreign exchange
Dynamically self-propelled capital gains
The Ballistic Long/Short Emerging Equities Fund has achieved impressive returns in recent years. Its manager, David Murrin, shares some of the secrets of his success
by conor ringland
It's the biggest financial market in the world, it never stops, it's transparent and opportunity keeps knocking. No wonder then that hedge funds are increasingly looking to foreign exchange
DRKW expands its prime brokerage services with global macro operation
new offering includes forex, fixed income and derivatives
Instinctive hedgers
Strict foreign exchange restrictions have made South Africa's institutional and high-net-worth investors avid users of hedge fund products
Extreme forex moves
What is the appropriate statistical description of tail risk in a market portfolio? In the context offoreign exchange, Peter Blum and Michel Dacorogna address this problem using extreme valuetheory. Using 20 years of data, they estimate parameters for an…
Macro magic
Permal's global macro strategy has worked wonders for its FX, Financials and Futures fund.
US interest rate moves increases market activity
Managers are moving to take advantage of the current FX climate.
We have lift-off
The Contracts for Difference market is enjoying explosive growth at the moment, says Cate Rocchi
Boom or bust?
In volatile markets, technology must enable managers to navigate these difficult conditions. Can the current systems feed the market?