| One of the most important and oft-discussed topics in asset management is benchmarking. Even though the daily turnover in global currency markets has reached over $4.7 trillion, (according to Bank for International Settlements) investors need to be aware of some key issues when it comes to benchmarking currency portfolios.
Growth in Global Currency Markets: In terms of daily turnover, global currency markets are almost 20 times the size of global equity markets and about 36 times the size of global bond markets. From 2007 to 2010, just the daily spot transactions had a 48% increase, from $1 trillion to $1.49 trillion............................................Full Article: Source |