The surge of activity in Hong Kong dollar foreign exchange trading this year offers a reminder of the potential perils when ...

For most of modern market history, trading flows were seen as little more than the smoke from the fire – evidence of deeper ...

While the initial wave of real money USD hedging flows disappointed some dealers, many believe there is more to come ...

Fears of further political turmoil in Turkey have sparked nervous reactions from foreign investors who had piled back into ...

As developed countries continue to rack up deficits, the big question looming over markets is, who will buy the growing pile of sovereign debt? Hossein Zaimi, global head of macro at Barclays, doesn’t ...

It’s 2025 and you attend another foreign exchange industry conference where, unsurprisingly, the hot topics remain familiar: data-driven FX, streaming swaps, workflow automation, the ...

Entering 2025, the prevailing macro theme throughout the investment community was that the US dollar would continue its dominant path. Years of US exceptionalism – driven by a booming equity market ...

While foreign exchange spot is one of the most highly electronified products in the market, options have long lagged behind because of their complexity and relative lack of liquidity. But not only are ...

Amid the ongoing US-China trade war this year, Chinese exporters chose to hold steady on their hedge ratios, according to dealers, owing to high hedging costs and expectations of a stable spot rate.

The so-called Trump trade of going long the US dollar via foreign exchange options has seemingly come to a sudden stop following the euro’s massive rally last week, forcing traders to U-turn on their ...

Corporate treasurers are turning to FX options and longer-dated derivatives to hedge the impact of US President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on global trade. In the run-up to Trump’s inauguration, ...

The maturation of any asset class follows a remarkably consistent pattern. From equities to fixed income and foreign exchange, markets typically begin with centralised, transparent order books that ...