State Street Rolls Out BestXecutor
September 16, 2024
State Street is rolling out the next development in its transformation of GlobalLink Digital with the integration of a new… Read More »
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State Street is rolling out the next development in its transformation of GlobalLink Digital with the integration of a new… Read More »
The run of relatively subdued month-end FX fixes, in terms of market impact, continued in August, although savings were still… Read More »
It’s peak migration season, not just in the Masai Mara but also in the world of FX platforms: major players… Read More »
A new paper published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) as part of its Bulletin series, takes an early… Read More »
By historical standards it was a very quiet month end FX 4pm Fix, with the potential savings from calculating over… Read More »
While in recent years the FX platforms have occasionally struggled to match the pace of growth seen in FX markets… Read More »
The latest turnover surveys from the UK and US FX committees indicate that automation continues to grow in the FX… Read More »
In the latest Voice of Experience Column, Ted Holloway discusses the growing issue of data ownership, and also takes a… Read More »
One aspect of the growth in fintechs in foreign exchange markets has been the emergence of independent third-party analytics firms… Read More »
With so much pressure to always do the right thing, be all inclusive, have an engaged and healthy workforce and… Read More »
Amidst a generally quieter month end, with savings below average on offer for using a longer fixing window, there were… Read More »
Whilst it is undeniable that data and analytics advances have greatly enhanced the relationships between FX liquidity providers and customers,… Read More »
The walls are crumbling. In the age-old build vs buy debate the last bastions of the in-house camp are crumbling… Read More »
Just over a year since it upgraded its algo tech stack, Bank of America has published a study of TWAP… Read More »
All dealer-to-client trading in the FX market comes with a degree of tension around the outcomes for each party, and… Read More »
Although still below the average of 2023, May’s month-end Fix provided more serious market impact for users of the five-minute… Read More »
Don’t bother with them, don’t invest in them, don’t throw any resource at it. This is the first in a… Read More »
Smaller technology providers are facing a tough choice as they attempt to adhere to UK and EU rules defining what… Read More »
April continued to relatively subdued start to 2024 when it comes to market impact at the month-end Fix, notwithstanding which,… Read More »
Both the UK and EU have sought to clarify the ‘trading perimeter’ in financial markets, bringing ‘platforms’ and ‘technology providers’… Read More »
For the third consecutive month, the potential savings from using a longer window for the month-end FX Fix were below… Read More »
One of the FX themes of the transition to T+1 settlement in North American securities markets has been the attitude… Read More »
It was a mixed bag of outcomes at the February month-end FX benchmark fix, with six of the regular currencies… Read More »
The world’s FX committees recently released FX turnover data for October 2023, indicating that spot FX activity was down compared… Read More »
The latest execution data from the semi-annual FX turnover surveys published by the UK’s FX Joint Standing Committee and New… Read More »
While the 2024 edition of the JP Morgan e-Trading Edit has the expected concerns over volatility and liquidity at the… Read More »
Market impact at the month-end FX fix was significantly lower than the average, indeed the potential savings from using the… Read More »
Once again, we’ve been trawling through the latest FX turnover reports from the UK, US, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia… Read More »
Data released by seven FX committees around the world indicates that the FX market continued to grow through to October… Read More »
It is likely to be one of the biggest events of the year in the FX industry, and as Marc… Read More »
Regulatory changes are increasing the cost of managing OTC FX portfolios. Eurex’s Jens Quiram, global head of FIC derivatives and… Read More »
Analysis of the 12 month-end fixes in 2023 suggests that market impact was slightly reduced from the 12 months previously,… Read More »
I hate having to do this, but sadly I have to pass on news of another tragic passing in our… Read More »
2023 closed out on a nasty note for users of the WM five-minute benchmark fix with the last two months… Read More »
By Lisa Danino-Lewis, Chief Growth Officer, CLS As we approach 2024 amid uncertain market conditions and an ever-changing geopolitical and… Read More »
The customer relationship is something often discussed in financial markets (often using cliches), but now a study has sought to… Read More »
Investors whose funds use the five-minute WM window for the month-end FX fix missed out on potential savings of more… Read More »
Today, (28 November) marks the six-month threshold for the headline act of the past six months in markets, the US… Read More »
The pattern of lower market impact at the month-end FX fix continued in October, with potential savings from using the… Read More »
Randomisation was seen as the key to “cleaner” FX markets when launched, but now, as Eva Szalay reports, the two… Read More »
It was another quieter than average month-end FX benchmark Fix in September, with the good news being that two of… Read More »
With The Full FX View The latest FX market microstructure study by Bank of America looks at what happened on… Read More »
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has issued a final report for Project Mariana, which tested the cross-border trading and… Read More »
For dealers of a certain generation the words “five-eighths a half, might pay nine-sixteenths for a Japanese name” evoke the… Read More »
We all dream of retirement right? Well, Eva Szalay has some words of wisdom – and warning – for those… Read More »
Market impact was once again a factor at the August month-end FX fix with the potential savings from a window… Read More »
In 2019, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) flagged what was clearly seen by the authorities as a growing problem… Read More »
It was very much a mixed bag for those platforms that report FX turnover on a monthly basis when looking… Read More »
With volatility lower in April 2023 than the previous April, more customers turned to competitive channels to execute their FX… Read More »
Longer windows to calculate month-end fixes continue to offer substantial potential savings thus far in 2023, however they remain below… Read More »
