Tech and data
OMS wars: a new hope for the future
While Jedi powers may be needed to unpick the complexities of some order management workflows, but the dark side of these systems can be defeated by new enhanced solutions
Data reveals hidden clockwork of FX forwards market
More than 70% of Vanguard’s volumes and nearly half of Pimco’s regularly occur on just four calendar days
Non-banks in RTGSs: greater efficiency or more risk?
Policy-makers and practitioners from central banks in Brazil, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Rwanda and the US share their perspectives
FX automation plans focus on predictive analytics – panel
Panellists suggest banks could explore AI tools for foreign exchange pricing
FX automation: mission incomplete?
This FX Markets webinar delves into the evolution of FX trading desks, the challenges to automating trade workflows, and what vendors and liquidity providers are doing to address this
Banks, vendors mine AI for corporate FX hedging
New machine learning algos can help corporate clients adjust hedging ratios, but tech’s effectiveness is limited by data quality, experts caution
Breaking out of the cells: banks’ long goodbye to spreadsheets
Lenders are cutting back on Excel amid tighter regulation and risk concerns
Outlook for e-FX: opportunities and risks for banks
As electronification spreads into new areas of FX trading, banks are under pressure to digitise more of their offerings to remain competitive. The race is now on to automate pricing, trading and hedging in areas such as non-deliverable forwards, swaps…
Why last look needs a new look
Insufficient LP disclosures leave fund managers in the dark on pre-trade costs, says BidFX’s data head
Measuring expected cost models on large FX trades
BestX study assesses factors influencing algo performance on trades over $100m in size
Bloomberg deploys new chatbot tool to Terminal
Offering allows users to surface data and notifications from internal systems without leaving Instant Bloomberg chatrooms
FXPBs see compression tech as key for credit optimisation
FX Markets USA: Providers hope new tech solutions can help replenish credit lines to hedge funds
JP Morgan pulls plug on deep learning model for FX algos
FX Markets USA: Bank turns to less complex models that are easier to explain to clients
US insurers take different paths to hedge FX
Counterparty Radar: Maturity and size of FX forwards trades vary significantly between firms
Corporates’ tech stacks face pressure from rising FX volatility
Treasurers and CFOs are worried about how their FX tech will cope with a potential increase in hedging activity
Analyse this: why the buy side is hungry for FX trade data
TCA data from vendors is just the start as buy-side firms enlist quants to analyse execution
BNPP, NatWest turn to CobaltFX for credit limit management
The service will help the two banks rein in risks of credit overallocation on interbank platforms
What’s the right price limit for an algo?
BestX assesses the different impacts a price limit can have on FX algo performance
LSEG’s FXall to open access for banks’ NDF algos
Move tipped to help smooth buy-side adoption of algo execution for non-deliverable forwards
Wheels on fire: automated algo selection takes off in FX
Embrace of workflow automation and data analytics is driving asset managers’ adoption of FX algo wheels
Fenics’ Kace launches FX options OMS
The system will help regional banks tap white-labelled liquidity from a single access point