Feature/Retail
Asia: the new frontier for global payments
With regulatory barriers lowered, the region is ripe for new entrants
China, the new land of opportunity for retail
The country's FX retail market has grown quickly in recent years and offers unprecedented opportunities. It is also about to undergo a major shift
Prime of prime providers see growth despite SNB fallout
Credit provision to smaller firms is increasingly becoming the domain of PoPs, but the focus will shift to pre-trade risk management
Best retail platform: Spotware Systems' cTrader
Spotware Systems wins the retail award having successfully launched a platform that challenges the dominance of MetaTrader in the retail market
Best liquidity distribution system: Saxo Bank
Saxo wins liquidity distribution award after adopting a prudent approach to sourcing the best liquidity for its white-label offering
Best retail platform: Citi
Citi wins top spot in retail category, in recognition of the success and growth of CitiFX Pro since its launch in 2008
Retail FX platforms braced for further consolidation
The FDIC last week unveiled proposed margin requirements for retail FX transactions in the US in the latest sign of a clampdown on the retail segment of the industry. How is regulation changing the shape of retail FX? Farah Khalique reports
e-FX AWARDS 2008: A celebration of innovations and evolution
The e-FX awards celebrate best practice and innovation in the forex market. The increasingly demanding needs of clients from the sell side to the buy side have meant technological developments continue at full throttle. This year was no exception. In…
A changing electronic forex landscape
The e-FX awards celebrate best practice and innovation in this space. This is the third time we have held the awards, and we took a fresh look at the categories, and in partnership with external consultants came up with a new range of awards to reflect…
FX Week's e-FX awards 2005
The following is an overview of our annual e-FX awards, as first published in our e-FX supplement.
e-fx AWARDS
The FX Week inaugural e-FX Awards