Tech and data
‘FX markets are unreadable’
Foreign exchange markets are notoriously difficult to predict, so corporates shouldn’t bother, argues Simon Miles (right), currency strategist at Corporate FX. Instead they should focus on deciding how to hedge the risk so they can determine its real…
‘No’ votes lead to record flows
LONDON – The ‘no’ votes on the EU constitutionreferendums last week led to unexpectedvolatility in the currency markets, and the highestvolumes ever seen on some platforms.
EBS opens in Korea
SEOUL – EBS , provider of electronic trading and market data solutions, has opened in Korea as an offshore broker for non-South Korean won pairs.
WSS/Cognotec launch system
STOCKHOLM, NEW YORK AND LONDON – Vendors Wall Street Systems (WSS) and Dublin-based Cognotec have launched an integrated FX solution delivering connectivity to banks, offering pre- and post-trade connectivity to clients.
Chinatrust Commercial goes live with SaxoTrader
HONG KONG – Chinatrust Commercial Bank has begun trading over Saxo Bank’s online trading tool, SaxoTrader.
Wall Street Systems launches limit order product
NEW YORK – Wall Street Systems (WSS) has launched its FX Limit Orders Module. The module provides customers with an HTML-based environment for submitting spot foreign exchange limit orders to a dedicated execution bank.
Benefiting from yuan revaluation
The Lloyds TSB Financial Markets team suggests how to benefit if the Chinese yuan revalues and Asia follows suit
Bloomberg adds RBS and WestLB
NEW YORK – Royal Bank of Scotland Financial Markets (RBS) has added streaming forex spot trading via Bloomberg Professional Service to its existing e-commerce trading capabilities.
Reuters opens to buy-side
LONDON – Reuters has opened its FX trading platform to the buy-side community with the launch of FX trading over its information desktop last week.
Sybase moves into forex
DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA – Software vendor Sybase is to open its risk analytics platform to FX data. The vendor will now process risk and trade data for high-volume FX data feeds.
Citic chooses Sophis
HONG KONG – Citic Capital, the international investment banking arm of China International Trust and Investment Corporation (Citic) Group, has selected Risque as its core platform for risk management and proprietary trading for processing in FX,…
GFI launches Fenics dealFX
NEW YORK – GFI Group is to demo Fenics dealFX, a foreign exchange options trading system that it launches this week at the congress.
Reuters showcasing latest additions
STOCKHOLM – Reuters will be exhibiting its expanded electronic trading portfolio, including the impending Reuters trading for foreign exchange, at the congress.
How to benefit from a weaker pound
For the currency manager looking to take advantage of fresh sterling weakness, Simon Derrick, head of Bank of New York's currency strategy team, describes a simple, low-cost way for them to express their view
Interbank FX trading takes off in China
SHANGHAI – China Foreign Exchange Trading System (CFETS) opened its interbank FX trading business last week, leading to speculation that a shift in currency policy may be imminent.
HSBC embarks on radical tech revamp
LONDON – HSBC is radically overhauling its trading technology infrastructure to create a truly cross-asset class messaging platform to support its electronic trading operations globally.
eSpeed’s FX platform gets a makeover
NEW YORK – Electronic broker eSpeed is rolling out an improved forex trading platform to all its users over the next two months.
Chinese whispers cause confusion
BEIJING – Currency markets were thrown into disarray last Wednesday following an inaccurate news report by a Communist-party-backed news agency claiming China would allow the yuan to appreciate.
Marketmaker launches in HK
HONG KONG – Online forex service provider CMC Group has moved into Hong Kong with the roll-out of its internet-based Marketmaker platform.
Hotspot using TradeSTP
LONDON – Hotspot FXi, the multi-bank FX market operator, is set to use data distribution products vendor LogicScope Realisations’ TradeSTP deal notification software, say sources.
Profiting from a renminbi revaluation
Adam Cole, senior currency strategist at Royal Bank of Canada in London, looks for options strategies to play a China revaluation within a G-10 FX portfolio
COESfx adds real-time FX data
PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK – Electronic currency network (ECN) COESfx has launched a new service, providing real-time streaming forex data directly to currency traders’ desktops.