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FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best buy-side FX trading platform – FactSet
The powerful automation capabilities of Portware Enterprise FX, the trading solution from FactSet, are highly sought after by clients eager to manage the increasing scale and complexity of their dealing requirements
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best FX analytics provider – First Derivatives
With its Kx Streaming Analytics solution, First Derivatives has put data-driven analytics in the hands of its clients, allowing them to react to data insights instantly and make smarter business decisions
Time to reverse the fragmentation of FX liquidity
Vikram Srinivasan, head of spot product at 360T, argues that using technology to reverse the trend of liquidity fragmentation in FX will ultimately benefit market participants
e-FX Awards 2020: Best ECN/MDP for forwards/swaps and best market data provider – 360T
360T comes into its own in the quest to electronify the FX swaps space
e-FX Awards 2020: Best prime-of-prime broker and best retail FX platform – Saxo Bank
Saxo Bank’s extensive financial instrument offering and unrivalled access to the world’s markets attracted multitudes of professional traders to the prime-of-prime and retail broker in the tumultuous first half of 2020
e-FX Awards 2020: Best liquidity aggregator/connectivity service – Avelacom
Connectivity and IT infrastructure provider Avelacom strives to optimise low-latency connectivity between trading hubs to match the leaps made by electronic trading in FX markets in the first half of 2020
e-FX Awards 2020: Best prime broker – BNP Paribas
European bank BNP Paribas offers stability and partnership in FX prime brokerage, doubling revenues and tripling the volumes it handles over the past 18 months
e-FX Awards 2020: Best trading software for FX – FactSet
Data and technology solutions provider FactSet offers a data-driven approach to automated trading, propelling asset management clients towards automated trade executions based on real-time analytics – a scenario the firm’s head of FX trading services,…
The importance of minimising market impact
Market impact is a nuanced subject – one industry veterans are well aware of. But, with fundamental changes over the past decade shifting how FX markets function, a swath of new service, technology and liquidity providers has emerged. David Fineberg,…
How did markets fare with volatility in the new liquidity landscape?
By all accounts, markets have been relatively subdued for the past few years. Simon Campbell, group head of trading at CMC Markets, discusses how – while there have been occasional flurries of volatility around Brexit, the US elections and the trans…
Will a regulatory shake-up see market quality improve?
Richard Elston, head of CMC Institutional, talks to FX Week about how regulatory change is manifesting itself in 2020 and why this will leave the entire industry in a stronger position for the future.
Accessing liquidity in emerging market currencies
HSBC explains the importance to global investors of accessing local expertise to mitigate FX market risk and execution costs.
Smarter trading in a fragmented world
FX Week recently hosted a webinar in partnership with Refinitiv to ask FX industry leaders to discuss geopolitical challenges, market changes and developments, and evolving technologies, and how they have shaped FX markets in Asia.
Building a hedge fund to challenge legacy players
Ross Newell, business development manager at CMC Institutional, discusses some of the challenges faced by those looking to formalise their independent FX trading activities into a structured fund, and why the demands of the investors should never be…
Rising initial margin costs tilts the balance in favour of clearing
As international standard-setters have extended the implementation period of the lowest threshold for the uncleared margin rules (UMR) to 2021, Kahyang Chong, head of ForexClear product, Europe, the Middle East and Africa at LCH, explores the options…
Asian currency trading gathers pace on EBS
Recent growth in Asian currency trading has been driven by new regional players entering the space. EBS explores how its trading platform has adapted to service this influx of traders – one factor that won it the best emerging market FX trading platform…
Collaborative solutions for better and wider access to liquidity, leading to improved management and hedging abilities
HSBC explores how its collaboration-based offerings and solutions can provide greater and more efficient access to liquidity, and explains why opening up direct access to its global network gives corporate and institutional clients improved management…
The significance of a well-capitalised prime broker
Andrew Wood, business development manager at CMC Institutional, explores the pivotal connection between capitalisation and the future success or failure for funds starting up, and the importance of minimising order rejection.
Best FX analytics award – Bloomberg
Satisfying diverse market needs in Asia has proven a challenge, as firms demand efficient workflows and greater access to international markets. Bloomberg explores how its analytics offerings can meet the needs of clients, increase transparency in the…
FX house of the year – Malaysia
Thomas Tan, CIMB’s Kuala Lumpur-based global head of treasury sales and FX, explains how the bank has responded to the call for improved efficiency and more accessible FX liquidity via such platforms as Clicks and BizChannel, and a night desk serving…
FX house of the year – Japan
It is said that smooth seas don’t make for skilful sailors – and today’s foreign exchange market is no exception. This year, corporates and institutions in Japan looking for a steady hand in the storm of geopolitical uncertainty have looked to Nomura for…