Algo trading increasingly attractive to corporates, says Greenwich report

Number of corporates using algos up slightly in 2016; significant boost from earlier adopters

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Greenwich: “Trading algorithms are attractive to corporates, as they allow them to trade passively and capture the spread on orders, reducing market impact"

The use of foreign exchange algorithms significantly increased among corporates in 2016, both in the number of users and the share of flow executed through algos, according to the latest report by Greenwich Associates on the use of algos in the FX industry. 

The results, published in a paper called Long-Term Investors Embrace FX Algos, are based on 78 interviews with buy-side FX traders across the globe between June and August 2016, conducted by Greenwich Associates.

“Trading algorithms are

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