Electronic trading
Do humans still have a role in institutional FX?
As machines take over interactions between the buy and sell side, what’s left for human traders, asks Record’s Vurgest
Hedge before the fix to avoid predatory traders – research
In simulations, slow and steady hedging for 4pm benchmark orders shaved up to 25% from costs
CME boosts FX access via new vendor partnerships
Tie-ups with Trading Technologies and Integral to bring new liquidity into EBS and Spot+ venues
How FX traders searched for the light amid tariff turmoil
Traders found consistent and actionable pricing in lit FX spot and futures order books during volatility rollercoaster in Q2, finds CME
Crackdown on FX vendors could raise costs for dealers
MTF designation could cost aggregators and EMSs $3m to set up and $1m in annual maintenance
BNP Paribas eyes selective algo white label tie-ups
The French bank struck its first FX algo white-labelling partnership with Lloyds
Citadel Securities’ head of electronic FX departs
Kevin Kimmel’s departure comes just two weeks after the resignation of sales director Brian Seegers
Disclosed trading an oasis in the FX liquidity ‘mirage’
LPs say growth of relationship-based trading bolstered market during April volatility
Eyes on automation as FX options volumes surge
Dealers and trading platforms are gradually making progress to electronify FX options pricing and workflows
State Street’s interop play for FX
About six years ago, State Street partnered with Interop.io to tie together its GlobalLINK suite of platforms. How does this play into the “re-use” mantra?
SpectrAxe hires Deutsche’s Schultz as Americas COO
Former prime brokerage exec will look to expand FX options venue’s credit intermediation network
EMS vendors address FX options workflow bottlenecks
Vol jump drives more buy-side interest in automating exercises and allocations
FX liquidity ‘worse than Covid’ amid tariff volatility, dealers say
Available liquidity for single clips dropped to as low as $20 million ahead of tariff pause
New FX swap matching platform aims to bridge voice and e-trading
FXswapX seeks to electronify “the last bastion of voice trading” in the interdealer market
Dealers bullish on Bloomberg chat interface for FX markets
Service expanded its API offering to integrate broker chats into banks’ engines for cash FX pricing late last year
Former Nomura FX co-head joins JB Drax Honoré
Kevin Connors joins agency broker as head of business and client development
Automated market-making tested by intraday FX vol
Price gaps in spot FX markets could be exacerbated by algos trading on headline risk
Tech firm OneChronos to offer ‘bundled’ equity-FX trading
New auction algorithms will optimise multi-leg trades; FX roll-out due in second quarter
Citi rolls out revamped SDP in emerging markets
Unified API will boost electronic pricing and automation for restricted currencies, says bank
XTX Markets hires Brook for Emea market-making
Sam Brook previously worked on buildout of NatWest’s e-FX liquidity desk
Deutsche Bank hires JP Morgan’s James to run AutobahnFX
Richard James will oversee the bank's electronic FX SDP offering