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Currenex takes algo plunge

NEW YORK – Currenex is moving into algorithmic trading with the launch of CX SmartOrder, a platform that enables customers to use a number of standard models or to create their own.

Reuters and CME to set up FXMarketSpace

LONDON & CHICAGO – Industry heavyweights Reuters and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have confirmed plans to establish a centrally-cleared FX market-place for early next year, as reported by FX Week (May 1).

Differentiate to accumulate

Banks are taking a variety of approaches to make money in a high-volume, low-margin environment, says Giulio Pignatti-Morano, FX & MM solutions manager at Calypso in San Francisco

Reuters and CME to set up FXMarketSpace

LONDON & CHICAGO – Industry heavyweights Reuters and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have confirmed plans to establish a centrally-cleared FX market-place for early next year, as reported by FX Week (May 1).

Lava moves into interbank FX space

NEW YORK – Citigroup subsidiary, Lava Trading has confirmed plans to launch a new interbank forex trading system this year. The move makes it the first of a number of platforms rumoured to be taking the plunge into the space.

A changing interbank landscape

The decision by the world's largest interdealer broker, Icap, to acquire spot FX broker EBS bears significant implications for the current landscape of the FX industry.

Icap concludes deal with EBS

LONDON – Interdealer broker Icap's agreement to acquire electronic forex heavyweight EBS last week could signal a shift in the current landscape of the forex market, say analysts.

Icap concludes deal with EBS

LONDON – Interdealer broker Icap's agreement to acquire electronic forex heavyweight EBS last week could signal a shift in the current landscape of the forex market, say analysts.

There are no options benchmarks

The following is a case study of option volumes with delayed delivery, by Nasir Afaf, global head FX options, Commerzbank Corporates & Markets in London

COESfx enhances online platform

PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK – Electronic communication network (ECN) COESfx has enhanced its platform by adding expanded trading features and a streaming news feed for its retail and institutional investors.

Barclays set to start forex algo trading

LONDON – Barclays Capital is looking at ways to bring algorithmic trading to businesses within the futures, FX and fixed-income sectors, according to Amy Nauiokas, Barclays' former head of global e-commerce. Nauiokas has been promoted to head of Barclays…

Reuters to calculate official spot rate

HONG KONG – Reuters is to be the official exclusive calculator and distributor of the benchmark spot US dollar/Hong Kong dollar fixing rate. This new official spot USD/HKD fixing is owned and administrated by Treasury Markets Association (TMA) in Hong…

April – a perfect storm for Asian FX?

Investors could profit from the prospect of an unusually volatile month for the normally low-vol USD/SGD. Sean Callow , senior currency strategist at Westpac Institutional Bank in Singapore, explains how this can be achieved

Trading FX implied volatility

How frequently does one need to hedge to effectively trade implied volatility? Duncan Farnsworth , head of risk analytics in the currency structuring group at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London, offers a solution

The winners take it all?

In the past few years, it has become clear that the winners in FX are those that were first to commit to the right IT investment.

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