Institutional Market Insights: Risk Management

Money Markets are a cornerstone of day-to-day cash aka liquidity management for both financial institutions and corporate treasuries; we need those instruments to fine tune what we do. And things are changing post the “run-on-the-bank 21st century version” which hit Silicon Valley Bank & Credit Suisse. So, understanding what is changing helps us make the most out of the necessity of optimising what we do around cash management. To gain some insight on the latest market developments, I spoke to Hugh MacMillen from iIxNotes. Hugh is a long-time Money Markets guy who has a passion for developing new products and marketplaces.

Deepcoin is a cryptocurrency platform started in 2018 and based in Singapore. Here is everything that you need to know about the platform, and whether it is safe to use.

How zero interest rates and economic stagnation create liquidity traps in financial markets.

A curated list of the top exchanges for trading crypto futures, options, and perpetual swaps.

This guide covers how leverage works across different asset classes, margin requirements, and the risk management practices every leveraged trader should follow.

Whether you are in FX, equities, or even crypto, you have to settle trades and make payments. That world is complex and fragmented. And the complexity keeps growing as we add new forms of future money: Stablecoins, tokenised deposits, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and e-money. All of those are niches which we have to manage. This article focuses on how you can fine tune your processes to best manage the scarce resource that is intraday liquidity.

Understanding toxic flow, latency arbitrage, and how to protect your brokerage book from sharp traders.

Find out 6 trading strategies every trader should know: Swing Trading, Position Trading, Day Trading, Price Action Trading, Algorithmic Trading, and News Trading.

Slippage is an issue for large parts of the FX markets, and is often exacerbated by last look trading practices. But what can traders do to avoid it?

Pairs trading is a quantitative, market-neutral strategy that exploits the historical correlation between two securities. When the spread between them diverges, traders go long on the underperformer and short on the outperformer, profiting from mean reversion.

Scalping is one of the most active trading styles to capture small price movements. This guide covers the mechanics of scalping, the platforms and tools best suited for it, and the risk management discipline required to make it sustainable.

Liquidity risk is an important part of running and planning a business. In this guide, we provide a brief overview of what liquidity risk is, why it’s important, and how to manage liquidity risk.

A comprehensive guide to DeFi yield farming, liquidity provision, and earning crypto rewards.

Olaf Ransome discusses the stability of stablecoins, and the associated risk

Brokers who decide to Run A B-Book Do So Primarily Because The Profit Potential Per Unit Traded Is Consistently Higher When Responsibly Managed, Than An A-Book Can Provide. In Addition, A B-Book Broker Has Significantly More Control Over Pricing And Fill Characteristics. As A Result, Their Clients Receive Improved Market Conditions And Regularly Report Greater Customer Satisfaction When Compared To A-Book Brokers.

Essential tools for managing A-Book/B-Book risk, exposure monitoring, and bridge hedging.

There are still traders who pursue the idea that Latency Arbitrage is a quick and easy way to a guaranteed profitable trading strategy. LiquidityFinder regularly receives enquiries from traders who experience difficulty in this area. We thought it would be useful to explain why this is not a strategy worth investing any time or effort in

We have created an overview of the various strategies forex traders use when trading FX as we realise that everyone as to start somewhere. If you are serious about trading, and it is advisable to be serious about trading if you are going to commit your own capital to this venture, then it would be advisable to work with a reputable trading academy. Studying on a short-term course with a trading academy would be a good investment that will help you preserve and grow your capital in what is by all measures a high-risk venture.