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FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best buy-side FX trading platform – FactSet
The powerful automation capabilities of Portware Enterprise FX, the trading solution from FactSet, are highly sought after by clients eager to manage the increasing scale and complexity of their dealing requirements
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best FX analytics provider – First Derivatives
With its Kx Streaming Analytics solution, First Derivatives has put data-driven analytics in the hands of its clients, allowing them to react to data insights instantly and make smarter business decisions
Time to reverse the fragmentation of FX liquidity
Vikram Srinivasan, head of spot product at 360T, argues that using technology to reverse the trend of liquidity fragmentation in FX will ultimately benefit market participants
e-FX Awards 2020: Best ECN/MDP for forwards/swaps and best market data provider – 360T
360T comes into its own in the quest to electronify the FX swaps space
e-FX Awards 2020: Best prime-of-prime broker and best retail FX platform – Saxo Bank
Saxo Bank’s extensive financial instrument offering and unrivalled access to the world’s markets attracted multitudes of professional traders to the prime-of-prime and retail broker in the tumultuous first half of 2020
e-FX Awards 2020: Best liquidity aggregator/connectivity service – Avelacom
Connectivity and IT infrastructure provider Avelacom strives to optimise low-latency connectivity between trading hubs to match the leaps made by electronic trading in FX markets in the first half of 2020
e-FX Awards 2020: Best prime broker – BNP Paribas
European bank BNP Paribas offers stability and partnership in FX prime brokerage, doubling revenues and tripling the volumes it handles over the past 18 months
e-FX Awards 2020: Best trading software for FX – FactSet
Data and technology solutions provider FactSet offers a data-driven approach to automated trading, propelling asset management clients towards automated trade executions based on real-time analytics – a scenario the firm’s head of FX trading services,…
Asian currency trading gathers pace on EBS
Recent growth in Asian currency trading has been driven by new regional players entering the space. EBS explores how its trading platform has adapted to service this influx of traders – one factor that won it the best emerging market FX trading platform…
Best FX analytics award – Bloomberg
Satisfying diverse market needs in Asia has proven a challenge, as firms demand efficient workflows and greater access to international markets. Bloomberg explores how its analytics offerings can meet the needs of clients, increase transparency in the…
Renminbi internationalisation gathers pace
China is continuing its drive to make the renminbi an international currency, as well as opening up its onshore financial system to international investors, thus increasing opportunities to hedge investments in China. Volkan Benihasim, head of FX cash…
The global FX problem demanding a local solution
Andrew Wood, business development manager at CMC Institutional, outlines the key considerations for firms seeking a liquidity provider, focusing on the importance of a strong local presence and how a comprehensive understanding of local customs and…
Video Q&A: Jonathan Woodward, Refinitiv
Wei-Shen Wong speaks with Jonathan Woodward, head of Asia-Pacific for transaction sales at Refinitiv, about being named Best FX Technology Provider and Best G10 FX Trading Platform at the FX Week Asia Awards 2018.
Cost efficiency without sacrificing access to liquidity
FX Week talks to Richard Elston, head of institutional at CMC Markets, about the transforming landscape of foreign exchange, including structural changes and fragmentation in FX markets, organisations’ varying liquidity needs and a shift towards cross…
FX trading emerging markets – An Asia‑Pacific power shift
EBS examines the increase in uptake of its EBS Market platform – which was voted best emerging market FX trading platform in the FX Week Asia Awards 2018 – in Asia‑Pacific, and how this reflects a growing interest in currencies in the region.
Increased electronic execution in Asia-Pacific markets
UBS explores how its Neo platform can offer clients access to a range of features and functionalities across products including foreign exchange, rates and credit, and equities and research, while working alongside multidealer platforms to tailer…
FX market structure in flux – The future of FX derivatives markets
As regulation transforms the structure of foreign exchange markets, the focus is shifting towards increased efficiency and cost reduction. A survey conducted by FX Week in association with LCH ForexClear explores the impact of the financial crisis on FX…
FX as a service: five reasons why it is becoming popular
Regulation is raising costs within the asset management sector and heightening demand for more efficient trading operations. HSBC offers its Global Intermediary Services initiative, which can provide clients with a ‘wheel of FX services’
Video interview: Harpal Sandhu, Integral
Harpal Sandhu, CEO of Integral, discusses the priorities of his organisation and its clients in the run up to Mifid II implementation
Mifid II – The final sprint to FX compliance
This webinar explores the race to Mifid II compliance, in particular how flexible cloud-based FX solutions can carry firms to the January 3rd finish line
The trend towards best practice in institutional FX settlement
Marisa Kurk, senior managing director and chief operating officer at Mesirow Financial Currency Management Group, explores best practice in foreign exchange settlement
Collaboration provides risk mitigation services with an exciting compression tool
Established less than two years ago, triReduce CLS FX has already eliminated nearly $3 trillion in gross notional value from participants’ outstanding FX forward and swap portfolios – of which $2 trillion was eliminated in the last six months alone