The WMR Fix and its Impact on Currency Markets - Norges Bank
1 Introduction In the summer of 2013, the London WMR 4pm Fix moved from the ne print of foreign exchange contracts to the headlines of newspapers. The London WMR 4pm Fix (or just the \Fix" hereafter) is a key reference rate in the spot foreign exchange market used extensively by market participants. 1 Given the high degree of reliance that investors place on benchmarks, the 2013 news reports . . .
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