Electronic trading
Greater adoption of TCA in FX expected – Greenwich Associates
Survey shows increasing use of algos and electronic venues will spur the development of transaction cost analysis
Buy side to boost trading desk technology spend – Greenwich
Survey shows a larger share of budgets is being spent on technology while compensation costs shrink
US traders most likely to boost algo usage and EM participation
Globally, 38% of 200 FX traders surveyed by JP Morgan plan to extend their use of algorithms
Pragma announces LD6 expansion
The move enables the algo technology provider to improve services to its expanding client base
Mizuho opts for Thomson Reuters' FX Trading platform
The Japanese bank is the latest financial institution in Asia to adopt the venue
Compliance and risk aversion will dominate in 2017
The broker is building a set of next-generation solutions for customers less willing to tolerate risk amid cost pressures
Analytics and algos in focus as regulation hits
Credit Suisse sees best execution requirements being hammered home by Mifid II
Salmon warns on adherence as strategic decisions loom
In an exclusive interview with FX Week, the BoE's Salmon floats regulation as a possible vision for 2020; for now last look stays
BoE’s Salmon warns FX industry on adherence
Chris Salmon, the Bank of England's executive director for markets and lead on global code adherence, says regulation could be on the horizon as soon as 2020 if market participants don't adhere to the new Global Code
BIS completes draft of Global Code of Conduct phase two
The FXWG plans to send the document to various FX committees in the coming weeks
JP Morgan won't use non-bank liquidity providers in internal FX pool for now
The need for control and transparency, and the size of the franchise means the bank has no wish to add external liquidity
Growth of NBLPs thwarted by credit structure, platform heads say
Alternative LPs look to do more relationship-based trading rather than streaming prices anonymously
e-FX Achievement of the Year: Jon Vollemaere
From Reuters D22 to R5FX via Currenex, Vollemaere gains recognition for a career in e-commerce
Bank e-FX Initiative of the Year: DBS Bank
"The idea is that any customer from Europe or the US can use DBS as a one-stop convenience bank for Asia" – Peter Soh
Two more banks publish execution guidelines
JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley disclose their rules on execution and last look to clients
Record submissions for this year's awards
Shortlist of the 13th FX Week e-FX awards announced
ThinkLiquidity partners FX Bridge
Deal aims to strengthen risk management offerings for brokers
Symphony to unveil external chat function in June
In an interview with FX Week, CEO David Gurle says the user base will grow significantly this summer
Regulation will change markets, but slower than expected
But market participants say they are in the early stages of a transformation that could accelerate in the coming years
Latif set to join Citi in May from Goldman Sachs
Goldman's co-head of e-FX sales for Emea switches to Citi
Sales remuneration set for shake-up
Venues and brokers shift focus to quality of flow amid rising price competition
ParFX adds Hungarian forint
EUR/HUF and five other currency pairs are now available on the electronic platform
R3 adds five more banks to blockchain project
The number of participating banks rises to 30 since its September launch and R3 names the first team members
All-to-all FX to become commonplace by 2017
The divide between historic tiers of liquidity is rapidly disappearing, shows research from financial consultancy GreySpark