UBS earns post-trade and CLS plaudits
These awards come as the bank - along with its peers - grapples with the challenges posed to processing efficiency by the growing volume of foreign exchange trades. The rise of algorithmic trading and the expanding retail sector in particular have resulted in greater numbers of lower-value trades - meaning banks have to process more tickets, but pay more per dollar earned to process them.
This has been a consistent feature of the past five years, said Colin Parry, global head of money market
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Best FX single-dealer platform for Asia currencies: UBS
UBS’s single-dealer platform, Neo, demonstrated its resilience throughout the market stress of the past year, providing exceptional FX liquidity to its clients in Apac across all currencies, including emerging markets pairs and precious metals
Best Asia FX derivatives exchange: SGX
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Driving growth of FX services in Apac: HSBC
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The go-to FX bank in Apac: HSBC
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FX house of the year Japan: MUFG
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Best FX prime broker for Asia: NatWest
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FX house of the year G10 (Asia hours): Wells Fargo
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