FX e-options take off says Tullett Prebon
LONDON – Tullett Prebon said revenues from pure electronic options trading have taken off in 2010, and it expects the trend to continue as regulators get tough on transparency.
“Clients' appetite is now focused on being as electronic as possible and they want to feed the need for greater market transparency of audit trails,” said London-based David Perkins, managing director of electronic broking, Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Tullett Prebon.
He said that, as markets convulsed in the wake
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