Articles by Commercial Editorial
CMC Markets: the journey to institutional price‑maker
CMC Markets Connect has leveraged its unique position in the institutional and retail spaces to ensure continuous innovation. Company head Richard Elston describes how it has established itself as a disruptor in the FX space
The post-trade revolution: transforming the ability to manage liquidity and risk
Alex Knight, head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Baton Systems, explores the ongoing technological revolution in post-trade processing that consigns the problems of inefficient, costly and restrictive processes to the past
Best liquidity aggregation services, Best new venue initiative and Best venue for forwards/swaps – 360T
360T‘s efforts to reduce fragmentation and increase transparency in FX markets, and its launch of a non-deliverable forward (NDF) streaming service to improve how NDF prices are delivered, has earned it three awards at the FX Markets e-FX Awards 2021
Best venue for spot – Euronext FX
With a new subsidiary in Singapore facilitating non-deliverable forwards trading and the addition of disclosed liquidity pools, Euronext FX has significantly ramped up its FX offering
Best liquidity provider for forwards/swaps and Best liquidity provider for options – Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank has invested in refining its pricing models and risk management approach for the forwards and swaps market to offer the best liquidity, pricing and workflow solutions
Best exchange for FX – Eurex
Eurex has built a unique FX solution with an excellent selection of liquidity providers active across the entire trading day
Best compression/optimisation service for FX – TriOptima
Financial firms have sought out TriOptima’s compression and optimisation solutions over the past year
Best single-dealer platform – UBS
With the continuous development of NEO FX, UBS has positioned itself as more than just a liquidity provider
Best trading technology for FX – Quod Financial
e-FX Awards 2021
Best prime-of-prime broker and best retail FX platform – Saxo Bank
e-FX Awards 2021
How big data has changed dealing for good
Artur Deliergiev, algorithmic quantitative trading manager at CMC Markets, looks at the changes brought about by automation on the trading floor and why he considers it a step in the right direction
The ongoing electronification of FX in Asia
Martin Haines, managing director, Asia, at KX explains how KX Insights – a cloud-first, real-time analytics platform – can add scale and efficiency to real-time analytics programmes for customers in Asia to adapt to different trading environments and…
Best settlement initiative – Baton Systems
Baton Systems has made it its mission to open up the world of FX settlement
Segmenting your client franchise for profit
Ludovic Blanquet, chief product and strategic planning officer at smartTrade, investigates the complex dynamics of profitable e‑FX franchises, the importance of building and consolidating client trust, and how a technology partner such as smartTrade can…
Asia FX Awards 2021
Asia FX Awards 2021
Best prime broker and Best algo provider – BNP Paribas
Focus on FXPB and algos wins client respect for BNP Paribas
The future of FX clearing and where the market could end up
Uncleared margin rules (UMR) implementation is a large undertaking for firms and there remains a great deal of preparatory work to ensure UMR readiness, with complex infrastructure and resources needing to be put in place. FX is not part of the new rules…
Swissquote banks on swaps and forwards for institutional clients
Institutional FX liquidity manager Maxime Mordelet explains Swissquote’s plans to broaden its product range, with a focus on becoming more competitive in FX swaps and forwards
Is ‘retail’ FX flow becoming more challenging?
With retail flow on the up, there is a need to capture and grow into the new opportunities being presented. Finalto is doing just that with its expertise and innovative, flexible offerings
The global FX code – Digging deeper on ‘last look’
The global FX code has – at a top level – succeeded in improving the quality of the eFX market in recent years. A set of common principles has been laid down and received well but, with a public consultation that could result in further reform, Richard…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best bank for Latin America and USD/BRL – Santander
Santander is committing to upholding liquidity in the Latin American FX markets and serving clients through the challenges posed by the Covid‑19 pandemic by further enhancing its product offering in 2021
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: FX House of the Year, China – China CITIC Bank
For Chinese yuan trading, many investors are still wary of the two-way fluctuations in the market. Following the currency reform in 2015, foreign investors could rest assured that threatening volatility is past. China CITIC Bank has a strong belief that…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best bank for USD/CAD – Bank of Montreal
The Covid‑19 pandemic caused a spike in trading volumes, weakening USD/CAD in early 2020. While many expected this uncertainty to suppress CAD, it rebounded faster than expected and has strengthened over the past year