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Best FX prime broker for Asia: NatWest
NatWest Markets’ prime brokerage (PB) has made significant headway in…
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Wells Fargo’s FX strategy wins over buy-side clients
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European investors ramp up FX hedging as ‘dollar smile’ fades
European asset managers and pension funds are adding more currency hedges to their US equity portfolios following a breakdown of the so-called dollar smile.The greenback…
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FX house of the year Japan: MUFG
MUFG is bolstering its FX franchise amid a rising interest rate environment…
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Taiwan turmoil: what drove the TWD surge?
When the New Taiwan dollar (TWD) surged unexpectedly on May 2 and 5, the country’s giant life insurers were immediately blamed for the move, given their huge size relative to…
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State Street’s interop play for FX
Having a stable of high-end trading platforms can be a blessing – and a curse. And while experience and familiarity are valuable, legacy systems eventually start to creak and…
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Chinese corporates shunned hedging during tariff upheaval
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…
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Hedge funds burned as Hong Kong dollar bets implode
Global trade tensions have turned the normally benign Hong Kong dollar into a treacherous currency to trade, with wild spot moves forcing hedge funds to unwind leveraged…
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For variation margin payments, cash is no longer king
One of the last bastions of cash-only payments in the financial markets is showing signs of wavering.Global banks accepted $325 billion of non-cash variation margin (VM) at the…
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How FX execution adapted to tariff turmoil
The turmoil from US president Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariff announcements rattled global foreign exchange, interest rate and equities markets, where it triggered…
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