Electronic trading
FX futures momentum challenges primary venues’ pricing role
Panellists suggest spot FX primary markets’ importance in models has “diminished”
Korea FX reforms expected to drive e-trading surge
Dealers say opening onshore FX market to foreign firms will push trading onto platforms
Banks and market-makers back BGC’s FMX
Group including BofA, Citi and Goldman buy 26% stake in spot FX, UST and futures trading business
BestX founder Jerome joins Deutsche Bank
Oliver Jerome joins the German bank as head of European FX product
Execution algos evolve to make buy-side liquidity providers
Latest range of FX spot algos could give new roles to banks and buy side
Banks face tough choices over single-dealer platforms
Costly upgrades and shifting execution methods by corporates could challenge SDPs
SocGen hires Estrada as global head of FX
John Estrada previously held the same role at Credit Suisse prior to his departure last year
Why last look needs a new look
Insufficient LP disclosures leave fund managers in the dark on pre-trade costs, says BidFX’s data head
Citi appoints new global head of FX product amid MD cuts
Ayesa Latif will oversee end-to-end delivery of FX products and services, as well as its electronic FX distribution platforms
New trading platform costs weigh on FX dealers
As roughly 75 platforms vie for business, LPs complain of struggle to keep up with connectivity costs
Deutsche Bank’s global spot trading head departs
Lee Merchant is latest in a string of senior FX departures for German dealer
LMAX taps real money clients with Cürex deal
Acquisition aims to offer liquidity providers diverse flows from asset managers
Measuring expected cost models on large FX trades
BestX study assesses factors influencing algo performance on trades over $100m in size
360T awaits key trading exemption from Canadian regulator
Venue’s new UK MTF can’t include Canadian firms until approvals are granted
BoE edges closer on FX settlement risk clarity
Central bank’s FX head says new survey will help to identify where risks may lie
CME unveils upcoming FX Spot+ trading platform
New Clob aims to bridge futures and spot FX liquidity
Banks deploy automated pricing for longer-dated FX swaps
Dealers are streaming and auto-hedging out to 10 years in some cases
Citi’s head of FX electronic platforms departs
Ala’a Saeed, who oversaw its single-dealer platform, leaves US bank
More, not fewer, FX platforms perplexes dealers
Predictions of consolidation have been wide of the mark
To rest or aggress? Trends in FX options Clob trading
Buy side’s execution style is evolving towards passive resting orders, finds CME Group’s Chris Povey
Credit Suisse’s global head of FX departs
John Estrada is the latest in a string of high-profile Credit Suisse FX traders to leave the bank
Electronic FX swaps execution advances on 360t
Sun platform could help banks auto-hedge and develop algo execution for the instruments
Corporate-focused banks see boom in FX trading volumes in H1
US banks report higher FX swaps and forwards volumes from corporates as SA-CCR effect wanes, BCG research shows
Nomura’s tech revamp propels its global FX push
Bank hopes overhaul of pricing tech and new single-dealer platform will boost FX business