Tech and data
Interview with IDB's Amir Tal on the tech arms race
Amir Tal speaks to FX Week's Farah Khalique about how smaller financial services firms keep up with their larger rivals
In Brief, August 9, 2010
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In Brief, August 2, 2010
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UBS nabs BarCap trio in e-FX
LONDON - UBS has hired an electronic algorithmic trading team from Barclays Capital (BarCap) in London, according to an internal announcement today (July 27).
EBS chases competition with decimalisation launch
NEW YORK - EBS's plans to offer decimalisation at the end of August could lead to a fall in market liquidity, caution traders.
Smaller firms take e-FX trading internal
NEW YORK - The face of electronic foreign exchange trading is becoming more diversified as second- and third-tier banks become active contributors of liquidity, concluded panellists participating in the FX Week USA conference in New York last Tuesday …
Portware eyes streaming liquidity, TCA in FX upgrade
NEW YORK - Execution management system (EMS) vendor Portware has targeted liquidity management, extended algorithmic execution and transaction cost analysis (TCA) with version 5.0 of its Portware FX trading platform, released on July 13.
Gold should form an essential part of central banks’ liquidity portfolio
The credit crisis has highlighted that in times of turmoil, gold is one of the few assets that remains liquid, says Natalie Dempster, director of government affairs at the World Gold Council
Smarter trading: exposing the real (time) benefits
Lessons are still being learned from the financial crisis, and financial institutions today keep credit risk constantly in mind. Firms are trying to demonstrate best practices to their clients, but many are trading with out-of-date credit information,…
In Brief, July 5, 2010
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In Brief, June 28, 2010
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Banks boost Canada coverage
TORONTO - Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley are targeting the largely untapped Canadian institutional market with sales hires in Toronto.
In Brief, June 21, 2010
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Dow Jones and CME create FX index to hedge against US dollar
NEW YORK & CHICAGO – Dow Jones Indexes and CME Group have created a foreign exchange index that represents the value of the US dollar against six major world currencies, creating a tool for investors wanting to hedge themselves against changes in the…
Fixnetix connects to Hotspot; partners with MarketFactory
LONDON - Low-latency data and trading technology vendor Fixnetix has established co-located trading and market data connectivity to the Hotspot FX trading platform, a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group.
Morgan Stanley gets real-time with Traiana
NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley has gone live with Traiana’s real-time foreign exchange margin software as it builds out its prime brokerage business.
Misys and SmartStream in co-distribution deal
PARIS - Misys and SmartStream have entered a cross-distribution agreement to market each other's technology to clients.
In Brief, June 7, 2010
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In Brief, May 31, 2010
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Nexaweb melds FX pricing, trading on new platform
Burlington, MA-based Nexaweb Technologies, a provider of web-based business applications, has released a trading and price-discovery platform for foreign exchange markets, with pre-configured data connectivity, aimed at banks seeking to deploy a web…