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E-trading: the new world order

Electronic trading in the fixed income markets is at a crossroads. Regulatory pressures and capital constraints have changed the economics of the business and promise to create a new market structure. In this emerging world, the buy-side community has the opportunity to be increasingly active as the balance of power shifts. That’s good news for trading and communications platforms, which up to now had been constrained by the use of the telephone and a long-established two-tiered market structure.

November 19, 2015

Foreign Exchange

Barclays' FX fine: The death knell for last look?

The $150 million fine imposed on Barclays this week for abusing its last-look policy on clients' currency orders until as recently as three months ago signals another nail in the coffin for the controversial practice, say analysts.

Farah Khalique, November 19, 2015

Treasury

Corporates finance supply chains to juice cash returns

In a possible further sign of disintermediation, corporates are deploying their excess cash in their self-funded supply chain finance programmes to assist their suppliers downstream.

Kimberley Long, November 19, 2015

Fintech

EMFX ripe for electronic trading, vows start-up R5FX

The new trading platform for emerging-market currencies is now live with the Indian rupee, Brazilian real, Chilean peso and Colombian peso.

Joel Clark, November 19, 2015

Euromoney Country Risk

Country risk: Angolan investors ignore risks

Investors snapped up Angola’s $1.5 billion Eurobond debut this month, and yet the sovereign borrower’s country-risk score has plunged, putting it among the world’s worst default risks.

Jeremy Weltman, November 19, 2015

Foreign Exchange

The curious case of risk and the euro

The euro has emerged as a funding currency, and traditional euro/dollar safe-haven dynamics have broken down.

Solomon Teague, November 18, 2015

Fintech

Rival blockchain services test corporate appetite

Interoperability rather than exclusivity appears to be the likely path to success for corporate blockchain services.

Paul Golden, November 18, 2015

Euromoney Country Risk

Country risk: Denmark moves in on the top

Access to capital leads to a four-place rise in the rankings for Denmark; improved scores in other economic categories contribute to the shift in Q3 results.

Catherine Snowdon, November 13, 2015

Euromoney Country Risk

Poland stronger than Hungary, despite political risks

A new government emphasizing Hungarian-style nationalist, unorthodox policies with increased public spending has raised uncertainty over Poland’s risk profile. However, the sovereign borrower is in a strong position and is less indebted than Hungary.

Jeremy Weltman, November 12, 2015

Sponsored Content

Paving a new infrastructure order

As universal lenders retreat from key markets, VTB Capital is pushing hard into industries that will increasingly define the 21st century, from ports services to infrastructure and logistics, building strong and enduring relations with a host of powerful corporates in the global ascendancy.

November 12, 2015

Foreign Exchange

TPP add-on aims to address Congress concerns over FX manipulation

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been criticised in the US for ignoring the question of currency manipulation. The US Treasury hoped it could appease those concerns with a joint declaration by the countries involved, pledging to avoid such practices – but critics look far from convinced.

Solomon Teague, November 12, 2015

Foreign Exchange

FX industry divided on randomization

Randomization continues to divide opinion, with proponents’ claims of reduced latency arbitrage set against concerns over reduced certainty of execution and wider spreads.

Paul Golden, November 12, 2015

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