Tech and data
Natural language processing added to trade monitoring
Market participants can create bespoke analytics with Ideal Prediction's Scope tool
Mosaic to bring real-time performance analytics to FX
Platform will be in production with a major client in third quarter
HSBC brings in fintechs to strengthen its FX muscle
Bank quietly enlists fintechs to work within its fold, both to expand its capabilities and to let it focus on “superstar” technology in-house
Rise of workflow as the buy side's low-key hero
The goal is to build a “single source of truth” to cut costs, make better trading decisions and react quickly to new regulation
Noisy data hinders financial firms' use of machine learning: survey
Financial firms have adopted machine learning and AI, but poor quality of data means the technology isn't used to the fullest
China’s FX reserves hit seven-month high as capital flows back in
Reserves rise for fifth month in a row in March, as US-China trade thaw eases foreign investors’ concerns
Philippines joins regional payment settlement network
Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand already in system that aims to spur local FX markets
How the MAS is using AI to spot rogue trading behaviour
Trained using machine learning, the Apollo tool scours trading data for suspicious patterns
TraderTools to roll out algo suite for regional banks
Regional banks on the platform will be able to behave like HFTs in their local currencies
Broadway acquires Barracuda to build out tech stack
The combined entity will serve half of the top 50 banks in the fixed-income and FX space
RBI buys $5bn in FX swaps auction
Unusual move to inject long-term liquidity into the system is heavily oversubscribed
Seed CX adds new crypto pairs, lands ally in Asia
Institutional clients can now trade BCH/USD and LTC/USD, says Seed CX, which has partnered a Singapore fintech
Doing more with less in a post-Mifid II environment
In their quest to reduce costs, market participants look to automate more processes in 2019, says smartTrade CEO
Artificial intelligence to drive new BNP Paribas alpha FX index
Bank expects it to be of particular interest to investors seeking low-risk alpha from FX markets
Capitolis onboards more than 20 firms to FX novation service
Platform live and novating FX options for market participants, with more instruments to follow
New Change FX to supply independent rate to Jyske Bank
Danish bank will use provider’s independent FX data for better analytics
FastMatch’s FX Tape available via QuantHouse’s API
The move extends the FX consolidated tape’s reach to a wider audience
Bloomberg brings alternative data to online platform
Enterprise Access Point goes beyond traditional data with geopolitics and financial sentiment feeds
Wall Street vets vie to be BlackRock of crypto
Fund launch uses fundamental analysis to identify value propositions in high-risk industry
How tech will transform FX next: what the industry thinks
Market participants identify which sectors they see as ripe for disruption by transformational tech such as AI
JP Morgan rolls out algo workflow tool on Bloomberg App Portal
The integration should make the bank’s Algo Central software and FX trading services more accessible
Kace Pro adds FX options streaming
Few multibank portals offer streaming of FX options that can be white-labelled to clients
LiquidityFinder turns on liquidity matchmaking site
The website offers a consolidated view of liquidity providers for simple comparison