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In March 2023, Grupo Financiero Banorte wanted to enable its corporate clients to independently perform FX derivatives transactions using its internal banking portal, Cambios Banorte en Línea (CBL), as a front end. CBL provided clients with risk management, operational controls, confirmations and settlements. Powered by Murex’s MX.3 integrated platform back
Continue...(Cassini, Vardaan Kohli)
The prime financing sector has undergone significant transformation in recent years. Market cycles, shifts in monetary policy, bad actors (Archegos), and geopolitical events have influenced risk and revenue dynamics. Rising interest rates have increased benchmark financing costs, negatively affecting buy-side entities dependent on affordable leverage yet benefiting prime financing providers.
Continue...(OpenGamma, Sean O’Brien)
The changing weather conditions across the U.S. continues to create volatility across energy markets. Last month, the cold front that glided through the U.S. caused a spike in Henry Hub front-month volatility, driving record Henry Hub options volume. A staggering 300,000 electronic Henry Hub Natural Gas options were traded on
Continue...(Tallarium, Stanislav Ermilov)
During prolonged periods of market volatility, like those witnessed across global commodity markets in recent years, the last thing traders want is for risk to be a blocker to returns. In the aftermath of the 2008 crash, a risk-centric era understandably emerged, but as is so often the case in
Continue...(BidFX, Daniel Chambers)
For what seems like an eternity now, the controversy surrounding “last look” has hung over the FX industry like a dark cloud. The practice involves a liquidity provider, like an investment bank or market maker, rejecting or requoting a trade after receiving the order from a client, but crucially before
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