Foreign exchange market microstructure and the WM/Reuters 4 pm fix

A market fix serves as a benchmark for foreign exchange (FX) execution, and is employed by many institutional investors to establish an exact reference at which execution takes place. The currently most popular FX fix is the World Market Reuters (WM/R) 4 pm fix. Execution at the WM/R 4 pm fix is a s...

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Published in:The Journal of finance and data science 2016-03, Vol.2 (1), p.26-41
Main Authors: Michelberger, P.S., Witte, J.H.
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Behavioural finance
Exchange rate benchmarks
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Financial markets
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FX execution
FX market microstructure
Market manipulation
Market microstructure
WM/Reuters 4 pm fix
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Market manipulation
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WM/Reuters 4 pm fix
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