Best execution
Hedge funds’ pricing often trumps other buy-siders – SNB
Research shows “advantageous” prices result in outperformance of 139bp trading USD/CHF
Banks turn to analytics playbook to take on FX platforms
Dealers aim to lure clients from high-fee multi-dealer platforms with improved investment analytics
Bridging the gap between traditional and digital currency markets
360T explores how traditional solutions from the FX markets can further advance the digital currency space by diversifying its range of participants
Can ESG trading and best execution coexist?
Not everyone thinks making a statement on ESG would work against client interests
Buy-side traders start to cool on ESG-deficient dealers
Managers adopting ESG metrics in counterparty evaluations may exclude dealers that aren’t up to scratch
Hedging specialists vie for swelling FX overlay business
Custodians, banks and others look to capitalise on trend for buy side to outsource currency hedging
No fair: buy side takes on pricing problem in FX forwards
Interest in TCA is growing as new data sources offer glimpse into murky swaps and forwards market
For FX liquidity buyers, fewer providers mean better execution
As consumers’ understanding of best execution evolves, “quality over quantity” becomes buy-side mantra
New benchmark aims to break 4pm fix hegemony
Siren uses 20-minute trade window in a bid to combat fears of manipulation
Invesco bets on new tech to refine its FX trading
Home-grown tool will improve order routing and execution strategies, asset manager believes
FX options: the race to electronification has only just begun
Could years of entrenched voice trading in FX options be about to end as electronification gathers pace?
OTC FX options market gears up for faster electronification
Share of electronic trading remains low but host of factors promise to change that for good
Banks boot up next-gen hedging bots
Automated FX hedging can save money and time, proponents argue. But corporates have qualms
Mifid best execution relief for buy side hangs by a thread
Largest grouping in European Parliament faces uphill battle to suspend RTS 28 reporting
Banks rent ready-made algos for FX trading
NatWest, XTX Markets and others develop new outsourcing model for tech
Swaps platform aims to cut out the banks – but not entirely
Peer-to-peer newcomer FX HedgePool targets asset managers’ month-end hedging activity
Buy side hopes for best execution reporting carve-out
After EC exempts venues from best execution reporting, Aima argues funds' RTS 28 reports should follow
Buy-side firms reject EMS brokerage charges
Some users favour licence fee over per-trade charging – and have forced vendors to switch
Five’s company, six is a crowd
Simon Nursey at Digital Vega explores the optimum number of RFQs for FX options trades with a little game theory
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
Algo choice: how to implement a market impact/volatility trade-off
Quantifying how macroeconomic announcements affect market reaction is key to deploying the right FX algo, writes Alexei Jiltsov of Tradefeedr