As costs related to compliance rise and budgets compress across the financial services industry, technology end users are demanding more use cases for applications. In the case of digital communications, end users have traditionally sent...

The goal of the FX Global Code (FXGC) is to “promote the integrity and effective functioning of the wholesale foreign exchange market.” The FXGC covers topics ranging from operations and workflow to trading and algorithms to risk management. While...

Corporate foreign exchange users consider both execution and a bank’s ability to deliver a seamless service across products and channels as vital components of a successful relationship with their banks, according to the latest Coalition Greenwich...

After years of mediocre growth, FX execution algorithm adoption is looking up. Most buy-side segments have witnessed a healthy rise in the use of algos since 2020, especially on the real money side. Both fund managers and hedge funds have seen an...

“This is a big year for uncleared margin,” a poignant statement from ISDA CEO Scott O’Malia in his recent conversation with Coalition Greenwich. The next phases—5 and 6—to be implemented on September 1, 2021 and September 1, 2022 respectively, will...

In the buildup to the U.S. presidential election, Coalition Greenwich canvassed global FX market participants to see how they expect the election to impact FX markets. We asked how each potential election outcome would affect the value of specific...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected economies and financial markets in unprecedented ways. Throughout this period, corporate treasurers and institutional investors have had to deal with a myriad of risks, including managing portfolio, operational,...

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, our first thoughts are for the victims, their families and the healthcare professionals fighting the disease. This pandemic is likely to lead to significant changes in the way we live our daily lives and to many...

In our role as market analysts, we are lucky enough to attend some of the most interesting industry events in capital markets and fintech. In that vein, Symphony asked us if we could attend their Innovate conference in New York this past fall and...

The fragmentation of the FX market structure is legendary, so consolidation within it is always of interest. Indeed, earlier this year we wrote a summary of all the mergers that have happened in the FX platform industry in the course of...