Tech and data
Repositories must capture network analysis, says financial stability expert
Financial network analysis can be used to help regulators digest and understand the ‘data tsunami’ in the foreign exchange market, according to Kimmo Soramäki
Algos must be prepared for risk events, experts warn
Safeguards are needed for algorithmic execution tools to navigate risk events such as platform outages
Barx architects unveil MahiFX retail platform
David and Susan Cooney, who both worked on Barclays Capital’s flagship e-commerce platform in its early days, expect MahiFX to be available for trading later this month
Acquisition of Thomson Reuters risk business closes
Kondor+ product suite will now be known as Turaz, and will be 100% owned by Vista Equity Partners, with Bret Bolin as president and chief executive
Identifiers will place significant technology demands on industry, say dealers
Progress to create a new set of industry standard codes to identify institutions, products and transactions is moving forward as regulatory reporting deadlines loom, but it remains one of the biggest market structure challenges of 2012 for FX banks,…
WEBINAR: Cloud computing a 'transformational technology'
New technology allows barriers to be broken down and new communities to be created, says Integral's Harpal Sandhu
FX Week Europe: Algos prove their worth in volatile markets, say banks
By locating the best sources of liquidity and benchmarking execution to the rest of the market, algorithmic strategies add value in difficult markets, according to pioneers at Credit Suisse and Citi
Finch returns to DealHub to head new Singapore office
DealHub will open Singapore office in early 2012, under the leadership of former sales and marketing head Tim Finch
FX Week Europe: TCA key to effective algo execution, says Shell
Paul Downie, Shell's head of liquidity and FX, explains how thorough analysis of all available execution data has been key to the firm's trialling of FX algo tools over the past year
RMB diversification is ‘strategic’ says Nigeria’s central bank governor
Lamido Sanusi explains why he made the decision to convert 10% of the country’s reserves into renminbi
Gold-i partners with Vision Solutions for disaster recovery
Systems integration vendor has started to resell Vision Solutions' disaster recovery technology, Double-Take Software
Dow Jones pitches news-based algo trading to FX traders
News providers including Dow Jones and Thomson Reuters report widespread interest in news feeds that scan keywords in news stories to forge trading strategies, but some remain sceptical about whether they can genuinely add value for traders. Farah…
Saxo to reveal open FX positions on tradingfloor.com
Saxo Bank's trading commentary and analysis website, TradingFloor.com, this week unveils a new module to provide information on FX open positions
FX Week Asia: World economy 'needs alternative reserve currency'
Chinese renminbi looks poised for reserve status, but still no consensus on when it will happen due to forces beyond "anyone's control", senior academic tells FX Week Asia conference in Singapore
Multiple repositories will protect against technological failure
Regis-Tr will roll out its reporting services for foreign exchange in mid-November
RMB’s rise to reserve currency status accelerates
The possibility that renminbi will become a reserve currency in its own right appears to be becoming a reality, as a number of central banks have begun to diversify into the Chinese currency. Chiara Albanese reports
Profile: Credit Suisse Advanced Execution Services
Credit Suisse is one of a number of banks to have invested heavily in its algorithmic trading capabilities over the past decade. Clive Davidson talks to the bank’s algo trading team to find out how it plans to leverage its success in equity and FX…
Central banks shy away from euro reserves
New data from the IMF’s currency reserves database suggests reserves accumulation has slowed during 2011 and the appetite to hold euro reserves has also waned, particularly on the part of emerging market central banks
Gain launches new voice-trading desk
Gain Capital's GTX institutional offering adds a new phone-based execution service
Dispelling the myths of HFT
Central bankers can no longer ignore the impact of high-frequency trading on the FX market
e-FX success hinges on user experience as much as pricing, say banks
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets became the newest entrant to the e-commerce space earlier this month with the launch of its Arena platform. Miriam Siers talks to banks and technology firms to find out what differentiates platforms in this competitive space
RBC to roll out cross-asset e-trading platform
RBC DX will replace incumbent platform and cover FX, fixed income, money markets and deposits, officials tell FX Week
MarkitServ beefs up FX offering with Logicscope acquisition
Tie-up of two vendors will accelerate MarkitServ's push to offer FX clearing services including trade matching and connectivity to clearing houses
FXall launches EQA benchmarking tool
Execution Quality Analysis is formally rolled out for institutional FX traders, following a 12-month period of development and client testing