Electronic trading
BNPP sets ‘axe trap’ to expose skew sniffers
French bank deploys real and fake axes plus AI trackers to gather data for identifying predatory clients
BofA’s e-FX rebuild pulls it closer to rivals
Deploying its equities tech stack, bank seeks to get ahead with its algo and e-FX offerings
CME’s FX Link sees bumper volumes as dealer use cases grow
Offsetting rates impact and FX swaps price discovery cited as new reasons to use venue
Currenex loses US court bid to reveal XTX trade secrets
Judge also rules the venue must reveal its own matching code in class action case
LMAX eyes electronic FX swaps with FX HedgePool deal
Exchange group will leverage new acquisition’s tech for FX swaps Clob
UBS taps Averre for electronic FX STIR role
Former BNPP veteran will lead electronification and automation strategy for STIR trading
China set to extend NDF trading scheme for onshore banks
CFETS expected to introduce RFQ functionality and more currencies for non-deliverable forwards
Jane Street ups its game in FX market-making
High-frequency trading firm now streaming bilateral spot FX liquidity to clients
FX forwards dealers face added challenges in P&L analysis
Mark-out tools for forwards and swaps trading may not be a panacea
Full amount trading picks up as dealers improve pricing
As much as 70% of volumes at some FX venues are now traded as full amounts rather than in slices
FX algo users change tack to navigate market doldrums
BestX data finds traders ditching TWAP in favour of more opportunistic execution styles
New fee plans for FXGO rile dealers
Bloomberg plans to charge spot FX market-makers from next year
Barclays global head of eFX trading joins FMX
Shterenberg previously held senior algo execution and G10 FX trading roles
FX venues improve ‘stickiness’, Citi review finds
Improvements in tech stability, execution quality and bespoke services appease users
Survey: FX swaps e-trading sees greater client sophistication
BofA study shows increasing electronic trading of derivatives as users embrace MDPs and APIs
Common FX solution needed for mid-tier banks, says SG’s Estrada
e-FX Forum: Fee compression and costly tech spending should encourage dealer collaboration, he says
FX options’ MDP migration
Volumes on multi-dealer platforms are climbing, but dealers warn pricing may not be optimal
e-FX awards 2024: The winners
JP Morgan takes home a record five wins, while BNP, DB and NatWest have two each
State Street hires FactSet’s Matsko for GlobalLink business
New hire to take on global sales head role
FX automation plans focus on predictive analytics – panel
Panellists suggest banks could explore AI tools for foreign exchange pricing
SpectrAxe fires up OTC FX options Clob
Go-live marks first electronic all-to-all venue for buy-siders trading the instruments