Buy side
What drove the Taiwan dollar surge?
Foreign speculators, carry unwinds and central bank inaction fuelled the 10% move, not just life insurers, say traders
EMS vendors address FX options workflow bottlenecks
Vol jump drives more buy-side interest in automating exercises and allocations
TCA vendors link FX counterparty selection with execution
Services from BestX and Tradefeedr aim to automate the pre-trade and execution process
Corporates hamstrung in response to FX volatility
Restrictions around hedging programmes leave US firms struggling to adapt to dollar weakness
Can Bessent lower 10-year yields? Investors have their doubts
Unconventional tools won’t sway bond markets, say buy-siders, with yields as likely to go higher as lower
Inside the company that helped build China’s equity options market
Fintech firm Bachelier Technology on the challenges of creating a trading platform for China’s unique OTC derivatives market
Does FX Spot+ add up for traders?
New CME venue aims to provide easier access to FX futures liquidity, but some worry about its stability in choppy markets
SRT markets kick US banks’ caution to the kerb
Market for capital relief trades continues apace despite US banks’ reluctance to offer leverage
JSCC plans to open JGB clearing to foreign investors
Clearing house aims to boost cleared market liquidity in Japanese government bonds
Citi rolls out revamped SDP in emerging markets
Unified API will boost electronic pricing and automation for restricted currencies, says bank
How AI agents could become investing’s crash test dummies
Firms mull the use of chatbot simulations to test organisational set-ups
TD, Goldman make strides with Ucits in FX forwards trades
Counterparty Radar: JP Morgan AM notional crossed $100 billion threshold in first half of 2024
Corporates turn to structured notes to juice cash returns
Dual currency notes find favour with treasurers under pressure to boost yields amid higher rates
CDS panel revamp wins support, but questions linger
Role of independent members, transparency and funding of enhanced committee yet to be decided
Funds tap options on FX vol amid tariff disruptions
Dealers say vanillas, digitals and knockouts on realised vol increasingly used to navigate Trump news flow
Franklin Templeton dethrones MSIM as top FX options user
Counterparty Radar: MSIM continued to cut RMB positions in Q3, while Franklin Templeton increased G10 trades
Baruch maintains top spot in 2025 Quant Master’s Guide
Sorbonne reclaims top spot among European schools, even as US salaries decouple
Acadian model detects gaps between climate goals and reality
Quant shop builds tool for net-zero alignment assessment, using NLP and Bayesian models
Bilateral streaming relationships set to grow, say LPs
FX Markets Europe: More clients are embracing APIs to access bank liquidity directly
FX options workflows need an overhaul, say buy-siders
FX Markets Europe: Traders say electronification of FX options is still lagging
FXGO eyes platform upgrades with new fee model
Bloomberg’s brokerage charges will fund upcoming automation and TCA projects