Best swap execution facility: GFI

Ron Levi at GFI — Ron Levi, chief operating officer, GFI

- Eva Szalay
- 14 Jul 2014

The advent of swap execution facilities (Sefs) at the end of last year caused unprecedented upheaval in currency markets, as brokers and both sell- and buy-side participants scrambled to interpret and adapt to changes in derivatives-trading rules.

US persons have been able to trade FX options and non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) on Sefs since October 2, 2013, but they are not yet mandated to do so by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As a result, on-Sef FX liquidity is low and many

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