FX
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TCA Trends: Venue Analysis Tops Buy-Side Priorities
It’s no secret that institutional traders are utilizing transaction cost analysis (TCA) for equities trading as a tool for measuring execution quality and reducing slippage against trading benchmarks. But now that TCA has matured in equities, the question is where is TCA moving next?
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TCA: Bridging the Gap Between Equities and FX
Transaction cost analysis has been the Holy Grail of best execution in equities trading, but the evolution of TCA in foreign exchange trading must consider the OTC nature of currency markets.
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A Hard Look at Last Look in Foreign Exchange
The debate over ‘last look’ in foreign exchange trading has resurfaced in 2016 as regulators continue to eye the practice and investors worry about slippage and potential market abuse. Regulators are said to be scrutinizing FX dealing platforms that contain last look, a controversial practice that enables market makers to delay or reject trades from customers after they’ve agreed to a quoted price.
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FXCM Integrates CFD Pricing into FlexTrade’s Technology
FXCM and FlexTrade Systems today announced the integration of FXCM’s CFD pricing into FlexTrade’s OMS and retail trading technology.
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FX Liquidity and Technology — An Ecosystem in Flux
Change is accelerating in the electronic foreign exchange markets. With the fixing scandal and the currency rigging cases resulting in multi-billion dollar bank fines, investors are choosing a mix of liquidity providers or venues in an FX ecosystem that has become more complex.
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FlexTrade Expands FX Sales Staff for EMEA Region
FlexTrade Systems today announced the appointments of Glen Sargeant and Marek Lewandowski as FX Sales Managers for the company’s EMEA region. Based in the company’s London office, Sargeant will be responsible for buy-side client acquisition while Lewandowski will focus on cross asset acquisition opportunities with a specific focus on the FX space.
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Execution Management Systems Come of Age
According to Jamie Benincasa, FlexTrade’s senior vice-president of global sales, this trend has gathered pace during the past 18 months and is likely to continue as larger buy-side firms choose to upgrade systems to achieve even greater efficiencies in their FX trading workflow.
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Buy-Side FX Shifts in Evolving Market Structure
By Ivy Schmerken, Editorial Director As electronic trading grows on the buy-side and top dealers retreat from sharing market color, exchanges are snapping up FX trading venues. In July, Deutsche Borse said it will buy …
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Regional e-FX Perspective on the Middle East — e-FOREX
e-FOREX’s Richard Willsher investigates FX trading in the Middle East region, which not only presents a mixed picture of accelerating growth in technology but also slower development in product offerings. FlexTrade’s Vishal Kapadia, Vice President …
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FX Trading – Seven Trends the Buy-Side Needs to Consider
By Ivy Schmerken, Editorial Director It’s hard to escape the headlines about FX trading lately. Words such as rigging, currency manipulation, chat rooms and billion dollar fines are grabbing attention and alarming many buy-side customers. It’s …