Trading Systems
Goldman's Patel joins XTX Markets
Jigar Patel will head the market-maker's e-commodities business
Sales remuneration set for shake-up
Venues and brokers shift focus to quality of flow amid rising price competition
January volumes up on December, down on year
Average daily volumes rose across major FX platforms, but were far off the numbers posted a year ago
Brandon-Bravo quits GTX
FX veteran with more than three decades of experience leaves the ECN after six years
FXCM study underlines segregated pricing advantages
Retail clients gain better or equal prices than on interbank and futures platforms more than 90% of the time
Moon joins Eurobase as group financial chief
Jonathan Moon leaves PayPoint, where he worked for more than 19 years
Banks explore Mosaic platform to help ailing Ficc revenues
The aim is to discover new business opportunities and more valuable clients
Abacas issues first asset-backed coin on bitcoin blockchain
The exchange, launched in June 2015, allows managers to exchange assets without owning them
R3 connects 11 banks via distributed ledger
The firms complete mock trades in a series of experiments that could determine blockchain's application in the finance industry
FastMatch slashes rates
New fee schedule takes effect on March 1, as the platform aims to double its market share this year
Bank of China chooses smartTrade's LiquidityFX
The bank chooses the eFX platform to support growing trading volumes
TradAir opens office in Singapore
The technology provider expands operations in Asia to serve its growing client base
FXSpotStream adds 12th liquidity provider
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ goes live on the trading venue's price aggregation service
Further consolidation among venues and providers ahead
2016 will see more focus on the cost of trading, which will drive platform consolidation, says FXSpotStream's Alan Schwarz
2016 will be the year of the great liquidity unbundling
Regulation and the highly specialised nature of FX will lead to more partnerships, says Zar Amrolia, co-chief of XTX Markets
2016: the year Europe moves towards a regulated market
MiFid II, last look and the first Fed rate hike in nearly a decade will be key influences
Price of credit and connectivity to be 2016 focus
Relationship between the cost of credit and third-party connectivity will be key
More contraction in PB and market-making ahead
Banks' retrenchment from market-making and credit provision will be key themes
Transparency and control will be key goals in 2016
OMS provider Barracuda FX's chief executive says more needs to be done to prepare for the new regulatory landscape
The theme for 2016 is China, China and China
China and India are the real opportunities until 2020, says R5FX
FX set for year of change
"No-one's job got easier. And, fundamentally, I think a fair percentage of the market is reassessing how they approach their activities," says Phil Weisberg of Thomson Reuters
Digital Vega puts efficiency at top of agenda
Efficiency, transparency and reducing costs will be the key themes in 2016, says Mark Suter
MiFid II delay gives market participants more preparation time
They should use the extra time wisely, says expert
Banks move towards active compliance
Banks are taking a less passive approach and striving to spot wrongdoing early on