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Best trading technology for FX – Quod Financial
e-FX Awards 2021
Best prime-of-prime broker and best retail FX platform – Saxo Bank
e-FX Awards 2021
How big data has changed dealing for good
Artur Deliergiev, algorithmic quantitative trading manager at CMC Markets, looks at the changes brought about by automation on the trading floor and why he considers it a step in the right direction
The ongoing electronification of FX in Asia
Martin Haines, managing director, Asia, at KX explains how KX Insights – a cloud-first, real-time analytics platform – can add scale and efficiency to real-time analytics programmes for customers in Asia to adapt to different trading environments and…
Best settlement initiative – Baton Systems
Baton Systems has made it its mission to open up the world of FX settlement
Segmenting your client franchise for profit
Ludovic Blanquet, chief product and strategic planning officer at smartTrade, investigates the complex dynamics of profitable e‑FX franchises, the importance of building and consolidating client trust, and how a technology partner such as smartTrade can…
Asia FX Awards 2021
Asia FX Awards 2021
Best prime broker and Best algo provider – BNP Paribas
Focus on FXPB and algos wins client respect for BNP Paribas
The future of FX clearing and where the market could end up
Uncleared margin rules (UMR) implementation is a large undertaking for firms and there remains a great deal of preparatory work to ensure UMR readiness, with complex infrastructure and resources needing to be put in place. FX is not part of the new rules…
Swissquote banks on swaps and forwards for institutional clients
Institutional FX liquidity manager Maxime Mordelet explains Swissquote’s plans to broaden its product range, with a focus on becoming more competitive in FX swaps and forwards
Is ‘retail’ FX flow becoming more challenging?
With retail flow on the up, there is a need to capture and grow into the new opportunities being presented. Finalto is doing just that with its expertise and innovative, flexible offerings
The global FX code – Digging deeper on ‘last look’
The global FX code has – at a top level – succeeded in improving the quality of the eFX market in recent years. A set of common principles has been laid down and received well but, with a public consultation that could result in further reform, Richard…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best bank for Latin America and USD/BRL – Santander
Santander is committing to upholding liquidity in the Latin American FX markets and serving clients through the challenges posed by the Covid‑19 pandemic by further enhancing its product offering in 2021
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: FX House of the Year, China – China CITIC Bank
For Chinese yuan trading, many investors are still wary of the two-way fluctuations in the market. Following the currency reform in 2015, foreign investors could rest assured that threatening volatility is past. China CITIC Bank has a strong belief that…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best bank for USD/CAD – Bank of Montreal
The Covid‑19 pandemic caused a spike in trading volumes, weakening USD/CAD in early 2020. While many expected this uncertainty to suppress CAD, it rebounded faster than expected and has strengthened over the past year
SA-CCR changes the game – But will it change how you play it?
Mattias Palm, head of triReduce FX at TriOptima, explores the findings of a study comparing capital costs under the current exposure model (CEM) with the standardised approach to counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR)
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best market data provider – Bloomberg
As the threats posed by the Covid‑19 pandemic became increasingly real in early 2020, Bloomberg‘s quick thinking and smart investment allowed market participants to continue trading in FX markets
Embracing the next evolution of FX swaps
Gavin Wells, head of swaps strategy at 360T, explores new products and growth drivers in the FX swaps market, and explains how MidMatch – the firm's fully automated FX swaps limit order book with mid-rate matching capability – can help clients capitalise…
What are the upcoming trends in accessing emerging markets?
HSBC recently surveyed investors with emerging markets exposure, examining topics such as key drivers behind trading decision-making, market access concerns and opportunities, expectations from the dealer community, as well as upcoming trends in emerging…
Industry demarcation – Liquidity providers versus prime-of-prime brokers
The term ‘non-bank liquidity provider’ may not be new, but recent months have seen it used more liberally in corners of FX markets. Richard Elston, head of institutional at CMC Markets Connect – the recently rebranded business-to-business division of CMC…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best vendor for dealing technology – 360T
360T made the most of 2020 by building up its MidMatch platform – a fully automated FX swaps limit order book with mid-rate matching capability. It brings long-established technology into the FX spot market and applies it to FX swaps – and 360T plans to…
FX Markets Best Banks Awards 2020: Best bank for FXPB, post-trade services and SMEs – NatWest Markets
Despite unprecedented disruptions brought about by the Covid‑19 pandemic, new clients continued to use NatWest Markets’ FX prime brokerage business in 2020 due to its uniquely diversified approach
