Opinion/Technology
Rules of conduct and the e-trading challenge
With the Global Code of Conduct set to look at e-trading, the industry must ask how this growing area can best be governed
Electronification of Asian FX only just beginning
Jay Hibbin, VP of capital markets services at Colt, says Asia offers opportunities for latency sensitive traders
Need for surveillance accelerates amid scandals
Scandals in various asset classes highlighted the need for greater surveillance on trading systems, says David Hesketh, chief operating officer of the Financial Skills Division of Markit
Defining innovation in e-FX
As the 2013 e-FX Awards open for entry, the parameters of innovation in FX technology continue to evolve in line with changes in the market environment
Taming HFT in the multi-dealer FX market
The introduction of a new market-maker status on multi-dealer FX platforms, with the holders of that status required to maintain orders on both sides of the market, would be a positive step in tackling the liquidity risk that arises from high-frequency…
The secret weapons of e-commerce
Banks don't have long left to finalise and implement changes to their single-dealer FX platforms
Dispelling the myths of HFT
Central bankers can no longer ignore the impact of high-frequency trading on the FX market
Smarter trading: exposing the real (time) benefits
Lessons are still being learned from the financial crisis, and financial institutions today keep credit risk constantly in mind. Firms are trying to demonstrate best practices to their clients, but many are trading with out-of-date credit information,…
Where now for foreign exchange?
FX Week editor Saima Farooqi looks back over the past 12 months and asks how the foreign exchange will now evolve?
The benefits of multiple market models
It might have been the timing of this year's FX Week USA congress, but an underlying theme that seemed to resonate was the need for the foreign exchange industry to lobby to prevent FX being swept up into the central counterparty clearing storm.
What a difference a year makes
The foreign exchange business was a clear outlier in what has been a historic year for global financial markets. But no single entity experienced as significant a reversal of fortunes as a result of the market turbulence this year as settlement system…
Retail FX: the light at the end of the tunnel?
Retail foreign exchange continues to be a beacon of light for wholesale FX banks, as they push ahead with plans to expand initiatives into next year.
Times getting heavy for metal traders
Gil Bray, head of product and business development at technology vendor Misys in New York, says the base metal OTC community needs to move with the times and reap the benefits technology can offer
CLS on shaky ground with third-party providers
Just as the front office begins to show signs of support for CLS, there's now doubt over commitment from the utility's third-party service providers, with at least one rumoured to be scaling back.
Forex contends with great expectations
The foreign exchange industry is set for a shake-out next year as re-pricing of risk forces change in the make-up of the industry.