Technology news and analysis articles

Infrastructure

BIS and central banks partner to create CBDC ‘bridge’

Cross-border project will link up digital currencies of China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE

26 Feb 2021

Infrastructure

All roads lead to Bergamo: Euronext eyes new home for its tech

Market participants fear a “horrible” relocation project and more room for latency arbitrage

24 Feb 2021

Infrastructure

First P2P trade completed on Siege FX

Dark pool aims to match algo orders among its 30 buy-side clients

18 Feb 2021

Our take

New hedging tools for corps will test sales teams

Advances in automation could spell big changes in skills required of bank salespeople

17 Feb 2021

Tech and data

Overcoming the profitability challenges of corporate banking FX franchises

Corporate banking franchises face a number of barriers to their potential profitability. smartTrade Technologies’ unique multi-asset electronic trading solutions are focused on addressing these barriers, allowing customers to maximise profitability while…

16 Feb 2021

Tech and data

Banks boot up next-gen hedging bots

Automated FX hedging can save money and time, proponents argue. But corporates have qualms

11 Feb 2021

Infrastructure

Digital Vega, Spark deal hints at wider shake-up for platforms

Two trading tech firms seek point of difference as dealers cull vendor relationships in cost-cutting drive

29 Jan 2021

Trading

Optiver becomes first non-bank options market-maker on FXall

Dutch e-trading firm joins OTC FX options platform in a market taking electronic baby steps

26 Jan 2021

Trading

Machine learning will create new sales-bots – UBS’s Nuti

Technologists working to automate indications of interest from trading desks

10 Dec 2020

Trading

Asia’s FX markets step to the algorithm

Buy-side use of automated trading programs builds, albeit from a low base

23 Nov 2020

Our take

Benchmark rigging scandal: a remake in the making

Regulators should act now to prevent any repeat of the fixing scandal of 2013

20 Nov 2020

Infrastructure

Regulators voice concerns over cloud risk

Risk USA: failure of big cloud service provider could cause “a very large shock”, says NY Fed exec

19 Nov 2020

Trading

How low can you go: falling cost of FX fix sparks concern

Algorithms are reducing fixing fees, but some dealers are willing to go even lower – perhaps dangerously so

16 Nov 2020

Infrastructure

Ion-Broadway merger approved with strings attached

Broadway chief executive Tyler Moeller leads consortium to buy divested fixed income business

11 Nov 2020

Awards

FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best FX aggregator – smartTrade

Clients of all sizes are constantly searching for better ways to ensure best liquidity, and found a perfect solution in LiquidityFX from smartTrade, which also facilitates smart-order routing and distribution

11 Nov 2020

Awards

FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best buy-side FX trading platform – FactSet

The powerful automation capabilities of Portware Enterprise FX, the trading solution from FactSet, are highly sought after by clients eager to manage the increasing scale and complexity of their dealing requirements

11 Nov 2020

Awards

FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best FX analytics provider – First Derivatives

With its Kx Streaming Analytics solution, First Derivatives has put data-driven analytics in the hands of its clients, allowing them to react to data insights instantly and make smarter business decisions

11 Nov 2020

Trading

Time to reverse the fragmentation of FX liquidity

Vikram Srinivasan, head of spot product at 360T, argues that using technology to reverse the trend of liquidity fragmentation in FX will ultimately benefit market participants

26 Oct 2020

Tech and data

Banks rent ready-made algos for FX trading

NatWest, XTX Markets and others develop new outsourcing model for tech

14 Oct 2020

Infrastructure

Baton to launch payments system for emerging currencies

Fintech company joins efforts to tackle rising settlement risk

08 Sep 2020

Tech and data

Integral goes live with new UX for FX platform

Seventh generation of single-dealer platform built on HTML5 to allow for more customisation

07 Sep 2020

Infrastructure

Swaps platform aims to cut out the banks – but not entirely

Peer-to-peer newcomer FX HedgePool targets asset managers’ month-end hedging activity

06 Aug 2020

Tech and data

UK watchdog has competition concerns over Ion-Broadway deal

Trading tech giant has five days to address issues, or face months-long investigation

07 Jul 2020

Trading

How did markets fare with volatility in the new liquidity landscape?

By all accounts, markets have been relatively subdued for the past few years. Simon Campbell, group head of trading at CMC Markets, discusses how – while there have been occasional flurries of volatility around Brexit, the US elections and the trans…

16 Jun 2020

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