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Buying & Selling FX

Background

Today many corporate treasury departments use the automated multi-bank FX trading platforms which make buying and selling FX very easy. Just ask 3-4 banks on your panel of approved banks or approved…

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FX Management & Crypto

RMB internationalisation stalls in 2016

by Kylene Casanova

SWIFT RMB Tracker shows an overall decline in RMB payments by value for 2016, closing out the year in sixth place among currencies used for international payments

FX Management & Crypto

Third of FX business done through algorithmic trading

by Kylene Casanova

The volume of algorithmic-based FX trading is growing and banks are marketing algos much more aggressively, according to this article by Paul Golden in Euromoney

Connectivity

2016 Review - May

by Kylene Casanova

Tailor made corporate treasury? PSD2 and interchange fee regulations; treasury urgently needs to invest in FX risk management capabilities; Banks losing FX market share to non-banks; Host-2-Host or SWIFT?

FX Management & Crypto

2016 Review - February

by Kylene Casanova

Corporate treasury on cloud; FX volatility; UK’s Open Banking Standard; ‘One Treasurer’s Wish List’

Cash & Liquidity Management

Renminbi at a crossroads?

by Kylene Casanova

China's currency has lost almost 6 per cent of its value against the US dollar since the beginning of 2016, arousing fears of further depreciation.

FX Management & Crypto

BIS view on why FX markets are shrinking

by Kylene Casanova

The BIS Quarterly Review looks at three emerging themes from the 2016 survey of global FX markets, in an article that discusses the causes and implications of downsized FX markets

Cash & Liquidity Management

New FX tools for monitoring RMB risk

by Kylene Casanova

This Thomson Reuters report describes the development of the yuan into an international trade currency, underlining the need for a group of indices to monitor and hedge RMB movements.

Dealing & Trading

62% of OTC trades centrally cleared – BIS surveys

by Kylene Casanova

More dealers are clearing over-the-counter interest-rate derivatives through central counterparties but central clearing is far less common for other types of OTC trades, according to the BIS.

Cash & Liquidity Management

Renminbi increasingly used for trade with China/HK

by Kylene Casanova

Seven countries began to use the renminbi for more than 10 per cent of their direct payments (by value) with China and Hong Kong in the two years from October 2014 to September 2016.

FX Management & Crypto

Cost and return of FX transactions in the spotlight

by Kylene Casanova

Volatile currency markets and MiFID II are bringing the value of FX trading into focus, with corporates and institutions placing more importance on cost and returns.

FX Management & Crypto

FX performance measurement service launched by SWIFT

by Kylene Casanova

HSBC is the first customer to use SWIFT's newly-launched information service, FX Business Insights, which allows clients to continuously measure their FX business performance.

FX Management & Crypto

FX Risk Management in a New Era of Volatility

by Kylene Casanova

New AFP Executive Guide examines factors that affect treasury practitioner’s ability to identify and manage foreign exchange risk, and the key stages required in setting and implementing a FX risk management policy