Market-making
Iosco takes aim at pre-hedging with new probe
Global standard-setter intends to release results of review in third quarter of 2024
Meet the sharks, stroke the rays in hidden OTC ecosystem
Dealer Rankings 2023: Analysis of millions of trades reveals big fish – and small ones – in 10 derivatives instruments
In age of constraints, top dealers pick their battles
Dealer Rankings 2023: Three US banks are consistently top 10; none are consistently top five
Same instrument, different market
Dealer Rankings 2023: For buy-side firms, the list of banks you can trade with depends on who you are
Zero-day options and the shadow of the apocalypse
For some, 0DTEs could spell doom in adverse market conditions; others dismiss such talk as dramatics
Dealing with multi-currency inventory risk in FX cash markets
A market-making model that considers correlation, transaction costs and market impact is presented
Club rules? How German retail trading venues shut out PTFs
Murky rule books prevent non-bank market-makers from competing for Europe’s growing online customer demand
Industry fears burden of SEC’s giant equity market makeover
Even buy-side representatives warn the impact of retail order auctions is unpredictable
P2P platforms look to bring banks into the fold
The USP of peer-to-peer FX matching venues is that they cut out the middleman. So why are they now inviting them in?
Mystery upstarts crash Robinhood’s retail options party
SEC filings hint at wider shake-up in wholesale options market-making
Dealers eye benefits of ‘on-chain’ FX
Automated market-makers are already used for EUR/USD trades – now can they tackle settlement risk?
Credit Suisse shakes up top line in new-look FX division
Swiss bank draws on electronic macro business for FX leadership roles
Can algos collude? Quants are finding out
Oxford-Man Institute is among those asking: could algorithms gang up and squeeze customers?
FX primary venues seek reversal of fortunes
EBS and Refinitiv fight to restore market share – but bilateral trading may be too entrenched, dealers say
French resolution may lead EU to adopt US-style rules for PFOF
German and Czech proposals would also put kibosh on commission’s mooted ban on the practice
Regional banks beef up FX pricing tools
TraderTools’ PriceOn tech enables regional banks to internalise FX flows similar to top-tier dealers
Should you hedge or should you wait?
New paper introduces quantitative framework for optimal FX hedging
Market-making by a foreign exchange dealer
An optimal liquidity model for pricing and hedging decisions is presented
The stETH slide and what it means for crypto liquidity
Q&A: Automated market-making may have contributed to depegging, says a crypto fund manager
Refinitiv uses rebates and speed to drive Matching liquidity
LSEG arm takes carrot-and-stick approach to market-making on primary venue
Podcast: Lipton on (un)stablecoins and FX market-making
Veteran quant has long warned about fundamental flaws in algorithmic stablecoins
Automated market-making for fiat currencies
A framework to exchange fiat currencies on-chain consistently with off-chain prices is presented
Trumid, SGX Asia bonds JV faces uncertain future
Costly delays to launch of exchange sees backers slash headcount
Banks face conduct risk threat as term SOFR trading grows
Trades linked to forward benchmark at risk of falling foul of strict client hedging remit, lawyers warn