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New technologies and old issues are on the agenda for this week’s podcast as Colin Lambert and Galen Stops take a look at the likely impact of blockchain on FX swaps. Stops makes the point that this would be a radical step for what is often seen as an archaic segment of the market, but […]
It’s been a busy 20 years since Profit & Loss launched. Colin Lambert and Galen Stops have picked out 20 key events or trends during that time and asked senior industry figures for their perspective on them – here’s numbers 10-6. 10. Brexit Putting aside the (ongoing) politics, the night of the Brexit vote showed […]
David Puth, now a strategic advisor at R3, makes the case that the FX industry’s ability to constantly evolve makes it unique amongst financial markets. Profit & Loss: As you look back over the past 20 years of FX, what stands out in your mind with regards to the evolution of this market? David Puth: […]
The average daily volume (ADV) submitted to CLS was $1.75 trillion in August, flat compared to the previous month. However, this figure represents a 9% year-on-year increase. This flat month-on-month figure is in contrast to the primary venues, which saw an increase in trading activity in August, while Euronext FX, Cboe FX, FXSpotStream and Integral […]
Joe Ziccarelli has left his role as managing director, head of sales, at CLS Group. “Joe Ziccarelli, head of sales, left his role at CLS in August. The CLS sales department has a strong team of regional heads who will assume Joe’s sales responsibilities until a successor is appointed. We thank Joe for his contribution […]
CLS has appointed Masami Johnstone as head of information services. In this role, she will be responsible for the ongoing development of CLS’s data business and building out its analytical capability. Based in London, Johnstone joins from Euronext, where she was head of buy side sales, responsible for advanced data sales and development. Prior to […]
The average daily volume (ADV) of FX trades submitted to CLS was $1.75 trillion in July, down 7.1% from June, but up 6.8% compared to July 2018. Swaps account for $1.25 trillion of CLS’s ADV last month, down from $1.3 trillion in June, but up from $1.15 trillion in July last year. Spot FX ADV […]
CLS has unveiled CLSNow, a same day settlement service that was first mooted in September 2017. The bilateral, same-day FX gross payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement service has been launched with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs as the first banks to go live. The firm says CLSNow enables banks to exchange currency positions with mitigated settlement risk […]
The average daily volume (ADV) of FX trades submitted to CLS was $1.88 trillion in June, up 16.1% from May, but down very slightly from the $1.899 trillion recorded in June 2018. The ADV of FX swaps sent to CLS was $1.303 trillion last month, up 15.8% from May, but flat year on-on-year. FX spot […]
The average daily volume (ADV) of FX trades submitted to CLS in May was $1.62 trillion, marginally down from the $1.63 trillion it reported in April. The ADV of FX swaps submitted to CLS in May was $1.19 trillion, down 4.14% month-on-month and down 5.3% year-on-year. The ADV of FX forwards trades submitted to CLS […]
