Tech and data
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…
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
Dealers eye benefits of ‘on-chain’ FX
Automated market-makers are already used for EUR/USD trades – now can they tackle settlement risk?
Blockchain startup Symbiont files for bankruptcy
Clients included American Century, Citi, Franklin Templeton, State Street and Vanguard
Proactively managing volatile market data with the rule of three
Data volumes have spiked on the back of increased market volatility, and many systems across the front and back offices have struggled to keep up. KX explores how financial institutions can optimise data management and analytics platforms to cope with a…
Regional banks beef up FX pricing tools
TraderTools’ PriceOn tech enables regional banks to internalise FX flows similar to top-tier dealers
Vendors urged to curb toxic FX flows
FX Markets USA: Dealers may reward vendors that ‘self-regulate’, says Goldman Sachs’ Chattaway
Goldman brings ‘self-service’ pre-trade analytics to FX options
Mobile-based tool allows users to structure and price trades dynamically using data from the cloud
GFXC set to focus on FX market data access
Costs of data needed for buy-side benchmarking exercises under spotlight
CMC Markets’ 2021 technology drive
Richard Elston, group head of institutional sales at CMC Markets, discusses the highlights of recent technical developments, illustrating what that means for the company and its growing institutional client base
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With institutional clients increasingly interested in the opportunities that cryptocurrencies can offer, Swissquote has built a complete digital asset offering to match their requirements.
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