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    The crypto market has endured its share of sharp corrections, but the October 10 liquidation event, with nearly $19 billion erased in hours,...

    FX swaps price discovery challenges buy side, says Vanguard

    Market participants desire more transparency when it comes to price discovery and mechanisms in benchmarking foreign exchange swaps and forwards markets, said panellists...

    Dealers warn of capital squeeze from increased FX hedging

    A surge in uncollateralised foreign exchange forwards hedging from buy-side clients could put bank balance sheets under pressure, dealers warn.FX hedge ratios at...

    Quants tell FX dealers how to make the most of passive liquidity

    Hedge funds are being given new ways to act as indirect liquidity providers in FX markets by placing passive resting orders against banks’ internal liquidity...

    Dealer views mixed over future of profitable EM FX carry trade

    If the first half of 2025’s currency markets were characterised by record-breaking months of volumes and volatility, the back half of the year...

    BIS points to ‘structural transformations’ in markets

    The Bank for International Settlements’ quarterly review, published today (December 8) finds market exuberance amid corporate bankruptcies, and gold losing its ‘safe haven’ status...

    Banks scale back short-dated FX swaps trading, BIS finds

    Interbank foreign exchange swaps trading has stagnated since 2022, as banks turn to the forwards market for their short-term liquidity needs, according to...

    All that glisters: precious metal volumes surge on FX venues

    Since the earliest days of civilisation, humans have traded gold, silver and other precious metals. But only in recent times have these age-old...

    MAS official flags risks in Asia’s path to T+1 settlement

    A senior Singapore regulator has warned that Asia’s likely move to T+1 settlement must be carefully managed to avoid introducing new risks into...

    Compression eases capital, risk bottlenecks amid CNH swap boom

    Dealers say that the introduction of multilateral compression for US dollar/CNH cross-currency swaps at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing OTC Clear will help to...