Technology

• Tech and data

Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income

Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators

• 02 Jun 2020

• Trading

BLTs and glitchy Wi-Fi: lockdown life for FX execs

With traders transacting trillions from their living rooms, currency markets are adapting to new normal

• 26 May 2020

• Infrastructure

Buy side eyes outsourced trading amid Covid disruption

Pressure on trading continuity drives in-house desks to look outwards

• 25 Apr 2020

• Tech and data

Singapore engine push yet to win over all LPs

JP became latest to improve local pricing capability on April 1, but other LPs are sceptical

• 07 Apr 2020

• Tech and data

Treasurers turn to AI in bid for sharper forecasting

Wider automation could usher in future of ‘hands-free hedging’, but obstacles lurk in data standards and sharing

• 27 Feb 2020

• Tech and data

Asia keener to adopt mobile FX trading – BidFX

Fintech firm updates mobile app to offer more features; security concerns represent major development challenges

• 13 Feb 2020

• People

Oanda appoints Coulon as CTO

Emmanuel Coulon joins from ADSS, where he was global head of technology

• 27 Jan 2020

• Algorithmic Trading

Vanguard: automation is great until it doesn’t work

Andy Maack, head of FX trading, talks about the future of trading, algos and diversity

• 30 Dec 2019

• Technology

GFMA: expect new trade lifecycle technology to surface in 2020

FX industry will see more use cases for algos, AI, distributed ledger technology and order routing

• 27 Dec 2019

• Wholesale

JP Morgan: beating lower margins, flat volumes and the competition

Foresees collaboration with clients and technology providers on FX tech infrastructure, and working with regional players

• 24 Dec 2019

• Wholesale

FX HedgePool: move to clearing may be irresistible

Jay Moore says balance sheet pressures will redefine buy-side credit relationships

• 18 Dec 2019

• Foreign Exchange

Smarter trading in a fragmented world

FX Week recently hosted a webinar in partnership with Refinitiv to ask FX industry leaders to discuss geopolitical challenges, market changes and developments, and evolving technologies, and how they have shaped FX markets in Asia.

• 17 Dec 2019

• Awards

Weathering the storms of market turbulence

• 09 Dec 2019

• Trading Systems

SVB Financial Group invests in TickTrade Systems

Parent company of Silicon Valley Bank partners Toronto-based fintech to bolster FX offering

• 25 Nov 2019

• Awards

Best Bank Awards: Barclays

Barclays is voted Best bank for GBP/USD at the 2019 FX Week Best Bank Awards

• 20 Nov 2019

• Foreign Exchange

iBanFirst expands with NBWM acquisition

More than 1,000 clients will gain access to a variety of FX products and services, as well as financing for global growth

• 20 Nov 2019

• Trading Systems

Integral and Jefferies partner to cut buy-side costs with TrueFX

By centralising credit, liquidity and technology, costs could drop by up to 80%

• 12 Nov 2019

• People

Former ADS Securities CTO Rossiter is CEO of Tranquility Base

The capital markets front-office tech specialist previously worked at Barclays and CIBC

• 04 Nov 2019

• Awards

Asian currency trading gathers pace on EBS

Recent growth in Asian currency trading has been driven by new regional players entering the space. EBS explores how its trading platform has adapted to service this influx of traders – one factor that won it the best emerging market FX trading platform…

• 04 Nov 2019

• People

Geneva subsidiary boosts smartTrade’s presence

The technology provider also expands Paris sales team with two hires

• 30 Oct 2019

• People

Knight tapped to lead Baton’s Emea expansion

Citi veteran to head Emea as California-based firm opens London office

• 29 Oct 2019

• Awards

Collaborative solutions for better and wider access to liquidity, leading to improved management and hedging abilities

HSBC explores how its collaboration-based offerings and solutions can provide greater and more efficient access to liquidity, and explains why opening up direct access to its global network gives corporate and institutional clients improved management…

• 23 Oct 2019

• Trading

Euronext FX looks to derivatives for diversification

Euronext unveils new three-year strategic plan to invest in FX, data and analytics

• 11 Oct 2019

• Algorithmic Trading

JP Morgan traded $250 billion via NDF algos this year

A fifth of all the NDF algo volumes conducted by JP Morgan’s clients is being internalised

• 03 Oct 2019