GFXC
If you want an example of how some in this industry, and the media, are reactionary, stuck in (literally) a different decade and prefer to cast blame than accept some responsibility – look no further than this week’s quarter end Fix. I have raised the subject a few times over the past week and quite […]
With increased focus on the impending quarter end WM Fix, the Global Foreign Exchange Committee has issued a statement reminding market participants of their responsibilities in what is likely to be a challenging market environment. In the statement the GFXC says given the intense volatility seen in global financial markets this month, it is possible […]
In this week’s podcast P&L’s managing editor Colin Lambert is joined by Guy Debelle, chair of the Global Foreign Exchange Committee, to discuss the recently released survey of attitudes towards the FX Global Code. From the latest on the debate around last look, pre-hedging and mark ups, to the effectiveness of the Code, the survey’s […]
The 2019 Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) survey of attitudes towards the FX Global Code finds that satisfaction with the document remains high and that adoption is growing. The latest survey had 354 respondents, up from 303 in 2018 and as with the previous survey the majority came from Asia Pacific with 44%, namely Singapore […]
There is a packed agenda for Galen Stops’ last In the FICC of It podcast as he and Colin Lambert discuss a busy week in FX markets – especially if you’re in the survey business! After Lambert salutes Refinitiv for its gesture in donating brokerage to the Australian bushfire relief effort and Martin Mead on […]
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has released a report The Role of Disclosure and Transparency on Anonymous E-Trading Platforms alongside the results of its 2019 survey of attitudes towards the FX Global Code ahead of the impending three-year review. The anonymous trading report maps out and describes the current e-trading platform landscape, with a […]
Today’s column is dedicated to the Swiss National Bank for its ineptness five years ago yesterday, which changed the foreign exchange industry forever and gave this column literally months worth of ammunition. The SNB is a signatory to the FX Global Code, so given the guidance on disruptive actions, I wonder how it would handle […]
This week’s podcast starts with a bombshell that leaves Galen Stops reeling and lost for words before he and Colin Lambert get into the details with a look at the results of the first day of the Global FX Committee’s deliberations this week. Lambert highlights one of two challenges he believes the committee face, not […]
The agenda established by the Global Foreign Exchange Committee for the focus of the impending three-year review of the FX Global Code was not expected to surprise – and it didn’t. As I argued in Monday’s column the key factors in need of discussion and review largely surround execution – although I have to acknowledge […]
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) at its meeting in Sydney this week established five areas of focus for its work to maintain the FX Global Code, with algo execution and transaction cost analysis (TCA) being added to the existing workstreams around buy side outreach, disclosures, anonymous trading and execution principles. According to GFXC chair […]
