Tech and data
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
The ongoing electronification of FX in Asia
Martin Haines, managing director, Asia, at KX explains how KX Insights – a cloud-first, real-time analytics platform – can add scale and efficiency to real-time analytics programmes for customers in Asia to adapt to different trading environments and…
Time trials: how fast can you trade FX?
XTX calculations reveal how long different pairs take to trade throughout the day
Deep XVAs and the promise of super-fast pricing
Intelligent robots can value complex derivatives such as exotic options in minutes rather than hours
Carney warns CBDC delays play into hands of big tech
Delays risk entrenching the power of tech firms and encouraging less desirable forms of money, former BoE governor says
Quantum trading and the search for the perfect clock
Government push to overhaul satellite technology could improve time-stamping accuracy for trading firms – and for regulators
Dealer concentration in FX forwards
Counterparty Radar: data shows panel depth and top bank share correlated to size of manager’s book
Quantum kit offers HFTs ‘100-fold’ speed boost
After spotting FX arbitrage opportunities, new tech faces real-world test in Japanese stocks
Vanguard, FX forwards kingmaker
Counterparty Radar: How the fund giant influenced banks’ overall forwards fortunes in 2020
US funds’ FX forwards settlement dates show clustering effects
Counterparty Radar: Analysis shows concentrations appear on certain dates, which can differ by currency
New benchmark aims to break 4pm fix hegemony
Siren uses 20-minute trade window in a bid to combat fears of manipulation
Passive algos and patient traders
Are all passive fills worth having? XTX’s Matt Clarke says not
Bloomberg’s new data retention policy vexes buy-side firms
Impacted users will have to pay extra to retain communications data for longer than two years
Price limits in FX algos: fill your boots
Do limits affect performance? Double machine learning helps answer the question, says BestX quant
FX industry shows little appetite for single API
Market players sceptical over need for standard programming code to connect clients with services
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
Optimisation firms prep for SA-CCR boom
FX expected to be big focus of industry’s new slimming drive – and vendors are jockeying for position
Overcoming the profitability challenges of corporate banking FX franchises
Corporate banking franchises face a number of barriers to their potential profitability. smartTrade Technologies’ unique multi-asset electronic trading solutions are focused on addressing these barriers, allowing customers to maximise profitability while…
Banks boot up next-gen hedging bots
Automated FX hedging can save money and time, proponents argue. But corporates have qualms
Capitolis signs data deal with CLS
FX optimisation service to use settlement utility’s data to help boost efficiency
Project Helvetia proves central banks can use tokenised assets – BIS
Benoît Cœuré says project marks “the beginning of the further evolution of central banking”
FX markets start to test sentiment data
Already widely used in equities trading, data derived from news and social media is now being applied to foreign exchange
How to navigate fragmented NDF liquidity
Liquidity consumers need to embrace dialogue with their LPs as an integral part of the liquidity curation process, argue HSBC execs