AlphaMetrix, a US-based online marketplace for private investments, has announced that the Brevan Howard Systematic Trading Master Fund is now available as a transparent fund on the AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace network, according to EuroHedge, a sister publication of Euromoney FXNews.

The UK has been the top recipient of cross-border M&A activity in 2012, in nominal terms and as a percentage of gross domestic product.

In his first interview since FXall completed its initial public offering (IPO), chief executive officer Phil Weisberg sets the record straight on why the company’s IPO strategy was changed, and explains the key drivers of growth in 2012 and beyond, writes Hamish Risk.

A 26-year veteran at HSBC, who worked in the bank’s FX e-risk group, has left the firm, EuromoneyFXNews can reveal.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has introduced a function allowing investors to trade in two different currencies for a listed security with greater transparency and potentially greater cost efficiency.

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has signed a bilateral local currency swap agreement with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), as it continues the gradual push towards the convertibility of the RMB.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to remove the floor it imposed in EURCHF when economic conditions normalize.

Renminbi-denominated payments rose by a third in February, propelling the RMB back to the 17th most-used payment currency, according to data from Swift’s monthly payment tracker.

The UK’s annual Budget statement had predictably little effect on sterling, but for those of a technical bent there are signs that the pound can trade higher.

A UK institutional salesperson at Bank of America Merrill Lynch has departed.

RBC believes the overhaul of its electronic trading platform is going to pay dividends in this year’s Euromoney FX survey.

Currency traders should not be lulled into a false sense of security regarding the US dollar’s recent appreciation, warns Axel Merk, CEO of Merk Investments.

A real money salesman at Morgan Stanley in New York, has left the firm, according to sources who spoke to EuromoneyFXNews.

The carry trade is back in fashion, with the yen, the traditional funding currency of choice, at its heart. And history suggests it has a lot further to run.

A little-known institution founded in the Andean nations more than 30 years ago could become a regional vehicle for pooling reserves to ward off impacts of international financial crises according to Emerging Markets, a sister publication to Euromoney FXNews.

LCH.Clearnet, the independent multi-asset class clearing house, began clearing FX non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) through its newly launched service, ForexClear.

Tradition-Icap, the leading interdealer broker for FX options, has added six new currency pairs to Vol-Fix, its daily volatility fixing service.

Goldman Sachs' head of FX trading in Asia has left the firm according to Derivatives Intelligence, a sister publication of Euromoney FXNews.

The Chinese currency will play a massively enlarged role in trade finance and government reserves in Latin America, a number of leading independent experts have told Emerging Markets, a sister publication of Euromoney FXNews.

Currency speculators on the CME added to shorts positions in the JPY, doubling the aggregate net short position to levels not seen in almost a year, according to the CFTC’s latest Commitment of Traders report.

Investors might benefit from asking themselves the following question when deciding how to trade the US dollar – how good has the weather been?

The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), which trades the DXY US dollar index, will start offering clearing services for seven non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) for client and clearing member trades in the second quarter of this year, the company said in a statement.

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) pledged to enforce the 1.20 floor in EURCHF with the utmost determination after its first meeting since the resignation of former chairman Philipp Hildebrand.

Currency futures trading is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary on CME. Roger Rutherford, the group’s global head of FX, is confident that the exchange’s potential for further growth is far from being reached.

Flow data show Japanese life insurers are set for record first-quarter purchases of foreign bonds, which has the potential to accelerate the recent weakness in the yen.

If HSBC were to operate as a fully integrated global FX business, just how much more profitable could it be for the bank?

BCA Research, one of the world’s leading independent providers of global investment research, favours a pro-cyclical currency stance despite the recent sell-off in currencies such as the EUR and the AUD.

The response in the FX market to the more upbeat tone from the Federal Reserve points to the sea-change that has seen fundamentals take over as the driving force behind moves in the dollar.

Barclays Capital this week began offering live streaming prices of Asian non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) on the electronic interdealer market EBS.

The Norges Bank wrong-footed the market on Wednesday with an interest rate cut aimed at stemming demand for the NOK, but many believe it will have to get more aggressive to truly rein in the currency.