Hamish Risk

Recent stories by Hamish Risk

• Credit Suisse shakes up FX

  Merges EM fixed income with FX; Shooter in, Weidmann out

  Euromoney January 2012

• RBS hangs hat on prime brokerage to boost FX revenues

  Foreign exchange provides the best return on equity of any capital markets business. To drive more volume through their franchises, banks need a successful prime brokerage business. For RBS, it holds the key to making up lost ground in foreign exchange.

  Euromoney December 2011

• Foreign exchange: Eurozone crisis drives FX volumes

  Good Q3 results in volatile markets; Goldman revenues slump

  Euromoney November 2011

• Foreign exchange: A solution for option expiry

  FX option clearing plan stalls; Option expiry concerns might deter smaller participants

  Euromoney November 2011

• Foreign exchange: Business as usual for UBS in FX

  Revamped pricing boosts turnover; Profits from SNB intervention

  Euromoney October 2011

• Bloomberg challenges FX multi-dealer incumbents

  Foreign exchange volumes in the multi-dealer e-trading market are soaring. Competition to be the application of choice on end-users desktops is heating up. Can Bloomberg steal a march through its ubiquitous terminals? Hamish Risk reports.

  Euromoney October 2011

• Foreign exchange: SDR revision taskforce paves way for renminbi rise

  Offshore market meets convertibility rule; Global rebalancing bullish for Asian currencies

  Euromoney September 2011

• Foreign exchange: Is the Hong Kong peg to the dollar unsustainable?

  Inflation at 16-year high; Wealth gap widens

  Euromoney September 2011