Liquidity
e-FX Awards: Integral – Best e-FX Distribution Platform
Integral lets regional banks and lower-tier dealers reach clients on single/multi-dealer platforms and third-party systems without undue technology spend
Sapir heads up liquidity management at TraderTools
Moti Sapir’s promotion makes him responsible for all of the firm’s bank and non-bank liquidity provider relationships
Sucden Financial selects smartTrade’s FX platform
The institutional broker chooses LiquidityFX to support its expansion drive
World Bank bets on compression for emerging market currencies
New York-based start-up LMRKTS gets backing to support illiquid markets
Ex-Blacktree founders launch TCA firm Tradefeedr
Balraj Bassi and Alexei Jiltsov who ran the Quantitative FX hedge fund for 6 years have now set up a FX analytics company
Last look times should reflect faster data, say panellists
Risk warehousing timeframes have shrunk; market-makers no longer divided into banks and non-banks
Buy side abandons ‘guessing’ execution outcomes
Weisberg: “I think the relevant question today is: am I doing that right, and how am I sure I am getting the best outcome?”
Citadel Securities steps up push into disclosed trading space
Non-bank market-maker hires three to expand its direct client business and European coverage
FX Week Australia 2017 – in pictures
The premier conference for FX market participants in Australia and Asia-Pacific took place on March 23 in Sydney
EBS BrokerTec restructures; four management appointments
With a focus on seven core areas, the firm recruits Tim Cartledge as global head of FX and head of product
Counterparty diversification held back by banks, panellist says
PGGM investment manager says pleas to add NBLPs to the counterparty mix are ignored by banks and platforms
CME to go live with triangulation and monthly FX futures
Triangulation will link futures, and both volatility- and premium-quoted options markets on February 27
Effex used last look tactics to cheat FXCM clients, NFA states
NFA names Effex Capital as FXCM's preferential market-maker, which used 'hold timer' and 'previous quote' practices
XTX sounds death knell for last look
The NBLP launches new analytical tool, which Jeremy Smart says will make last look obsolete
Non-banks to get dark pool for inventory exchange
Competition could heat up for banks, but may cue tighter prices
Analytics, best execution and clearing to drive trends in 2017
Evaluation of liquidity is moving away from bank vs non-bank as clients gain more tools to assess execution behaviour
Better analytics will help NBLP differentiation and model validation
Clients will be looking to validate the capabilities of counterparties including banks – as well as their limitations
Risk-sharing efficiency of FX may be tested, BIS says
Study of FX markets highlights risk concentration amid a handful of top banks and the growth of electronic relationship trading
Integral adds Linedata's OMS to InvestorFX platform
The integration is expected to give Linedata's asset manager clients access to better netting and execution
Erste joins TraderTools' liquidity network
The bank will make prices in Eastern European currencies
Platforms and LPs welcome surge of activity
The outcome of the US presidential race is an early Christmas present for platforms printing new records
Trump victory boosts volumes and uncertainty
FastMatch experiences a small technical glitch overnight, but industry handles six- to seven-times normal volumes with ease
Citadel Securities provides liquidity for Invast Global
Invast Global's PurePrime facility offers bespoke, optimised FX and CFD liquidity, with multiple trading GUIs
Warm welcome for Stater's matched principal model
New prime-of-prime service has no intention of sparking a price or leverage war, its chief says