Tough year for FX and rates desks

The largest 250 trading firms are set to make a total of $32 billion from trading of Group-of-10 rates and $16.7 billion from currencies, according to data collected by Coalition Greenwich and reported by Bloomberg. Those are declines of 17% and 9% compared to last year, respectively and the lowest since 2021.I'm surprised by the decline given the volatility in fixed income and the yen. This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

Tough year for FX and rates desks

The largest 250 trading firms are set to make a total of $32 billion from trading of Group-of-10 rates and $16.7 billion from currencies, according to data collected by Coalition Greenwich and reported by Bloomberg. Those are declines of 17% and 9% compared to last year, respectively and the lowest since 2021.

I'm surprised by the decline given the volatility in fixed income and the yen. This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.