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Natixis turns on the taps in flow trading
- Flow rates volumes across cash and derivatives at the French bank’s corporate and investment banking arm jumped an impressive 230% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2023.
- This comes on the back of an 88% jump in global FX and rates flow volumes from 2021 to 2023; in the same period, total global rates cash and derivatives volumes were up by 273%.
- The rise has been fuelled by the addition of 2,250 new clients since 2021, of which roughly half provide flow business.
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