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BIS review reports record highs in emerging markets
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has today released its quarterly review, International Banking and Financial Market Developments. The report found that emerging markets have reached record highs earlier this year, a direct result of the…
Caruana to end stint as Basel Committee chairman
Jaime Caruana will step down as chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in July, when his six-year tenure as head of the Spanish central bank expires. A Bank for International Settlements (BIS official says the Committee plans to discuss…
BIS group to work on settlement delays
A Bank of International Settlements (BIS) working group will look at settlement problems in the over-the-counter derivatives market, in an effort to deal with delays in trade processing.
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REGULATORY UPDATE
Prime brokers - the real winners of hedge fund industry growth?
service provision: prime broking
CPSS issues payment report
REGULATORY UPDATE
An implied paradox
Forex options survey
Fighting forforex space
Forex: trading platforms
Forex gets naturalized
software
New agreement for forex prime brokers and dealers
REGULATORY UPDATE
Making money from your money
currency overlay
African banks buoy euro's fortunes as greenback's decline continues
foreign exchange
Forex appeal
Foreign exchange
Lehman to offer onshore forex derivatives in South Korea
Lehman Brothers has transferred JS Kim, a senior vice-president in fixed income, from Tokyo to Seoul, in preparation for the launch of its onshore forex and interest rate derivatives business in the country, reports Risk’s sister publication, FX Week .
Robust foreign exchange market suffers from a blip of low volatility
foreign exchange
Technology tightens its grip
technology
Foreign exchange volumes up by a third
Foreign exchange trading volumes are up by nearly a third over the past three years, according to new research from UK consultancy ClientKnowledge.
Rivals gear up for forex clearing
The stage is set for a central counterparty clearing (CCP) system for foreign exchange as two potential providers moved their plans forward last week, reports RiskNews' sister publication, FX Week .
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Regulatory Update
CLS for FX is 'changing the front-office'
The continuous-linked settlement (CLS) service for foreign exchange trades has changed credit and trading practices among the majority of its users, reveals research from IT consultancy TowerGroup published this week.
Federal Reserve and BIS publish op risk research
Regulatory Update
DrKW criticises CLS for not introducing central clearing
Continuous-linked settlement (CLS), the global system to reduce foreign exchange transaction risk, should have been set up to provide banks with a centralised clearing facility, rather than just to eliminate ‘Herstatt risk’, according to a senior banker…