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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
SA-CCR changes the game – But will it change how you play it?
Mattias Palm, head of triReduce FX at TriOptima, explores the findings of a study comparing capital costs under the current exposure model (CEM) with the standardised approach to counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR)
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best market data provider – Bloomberg
As the threats posed by the Covid‑19 pandemic became increasingly real in early 2020, Bloomberg‘s quick thinking and smart investment allowed market participants to continue trading in FX markets
Embracing the next evolution of FX swaps
Gavin Wells, head of swaps strategy at 360T, explores new products and growth drivers in the FX swaps market, and explains how MidMatch – the firm's fully automated FX swaps limit order book with mid-rate matching capability – can help clients capitalise…
What are the upcoming trends in accessing emerging markets?
HSBC recently surveyed investors with emerging markets exposure, examining topics such as key drivers behind trading decision-making, market access concerns and opportunities, expectations from the dealer community, as well as upcoming trends in emerging…
Industry demarcation – Liquidity providers versus prime-of-prime brokers
The term ‘non-bank liquidity provider’ may not be new, but recent months have seen it used more liberally in corners of FX markets. Richard Elston, head of institutional at CMC Markets Connect – the recently rebranded business-to-business division of CMC…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best vendor for dealing technology – 360T
360T made the most of 2020 by building up its MidMatch platform – a fully automated FX swaps limit order book with mid-rate matching capability. It brings long-established technology into the FX spot market and applies it to FX swaps – and 360T plans to…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best bank for FXPB, post-trade services and SMEs – NatWest Markets
Despite unprecedented disruptions brought about by the Covid‑19 pandemic, new clients continued to use NatWest Markets’ FX prime brokerage business in 2020 due to its uniquely diversified approach
Overcoming the profitability challenges of corporate banking FX franchises
Corporate banking franchises face a number of barriers to their potential profitability. smartTrade Technologies’ unique multi-asset electronic trading solutions are focused on addressing these barriers, allowing customers to maximise profitability while…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best bank for FX algos, forwards and swaps, and Europe – BNP Paribas
Despite the uncertainty wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, BNP Paribas‘ history of sensible decisions has allowed it to thrive among the chaos through initiatives such as its interactive algo trading assistant Alix, which allows users to speak and receive…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best bank for regional/domestic banks – Standard Bank
Despite unprecedented volatility brought on by the Covid‑19 pandemic, Standard Bank managed to consistently make prices in African FX markets by nurturing a culture of constant evolution from within, while building on traditional skills and experiences
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best broker for NDFs and Best broker for spot – EBS
With the events of 2020 putting the FX market through opposing poles of extreme volatility, EBS has stood out from the crowd, offering clients the abliity to execute trades efficiently under unprecedented and extremely challenging circumstances
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best prime-of-prime house – Saxo Bank
Amid a year of uncertainty brought about by Covid-19, many professional traders turned to Saxo Bank – and its more than 40,000 financial instruments – to take advantage of the breadth of its offering
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best execution algorithm provider – Morgan Stanley
Facing evolving demands in a world struck by the Covid‑19 pandemic, Morgan Stanley has adapted to trends and readied a new non-deliverable forward product, while its algo product suite has outshone its peers
e-FX Awards 2020: Best liquidity provider for corporates; Best liquidity provider for options; and Best single dealer platform – Citi
While 2020 presented the FX industry with unprecedented challenges, technology came to the fore in a remarkable manner to smooth the transition towards a remote working environment
Liquidity, regulation and the FX Global Code – Non-bank FX in 2021 and beyond
As 2020 – a year that will undoubtedly remain etched in the memories of many for a long time to come – draws to a close, Richard Elston, group head of institutional at CMC Markets, explores the key themes he sees emerging across the non-bank FX community…
e-FX Awards 2020: Best non-bank algo provider – Tradepoint Systems
With the growing utilitarian nature of algorithms across instruments and functions, many top tier one banks have resorted to building in-house algo solutions. Tradepoint Systems offers an alternative, allowing banks to benefit from external expertise and…
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: FX house of the year, Australia and FX house of the year, NDFs – ANZ
ANZ found its conventional working practices upended by the Covid‑19 pandemic, but its access to global pools of liquidity in straitened times allowed its highly motivated personnel to act quickly in response to client demands
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best FX exchange – Singapore Exchange
High volatility and liquidity in FX markets caused soaring demand for risk management and record trading volumes when the Covid-19 pandemic struck. KC Lam, head of rates and FX at Singapore Exchange, describes how the firm avoided disruption as the…