Foreign Exchange

Incoming individual previously led the launch of EBS Direct into a new bilateral FX trading venue – which is now owned by CME Group.

The TRADE sits down with Joseph Forde, FX trader at Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), to unpack the best approach to panels, highlighting the key factors when it comes to analysing bank performance, the importance of a flexible structure, and what should be front of mind to maintain effective, long-lasting relationships with liquidity providers.

The FX solution from ION was chosen for its end-to-end processing functionality of FX cash and derivative products.

The move follows LMAX’s acquisition of Cürex last year, increasing the business’ proposition for asset managers and other buy-side participants.

An oxford-style debate on the make-up of the future trader rounded out the TradeTech FX conference in style, wherein a captive audience were forced to question if the future truly is digital.

When it comes to FX options alternative liquidity is being perceived as increasingly natural, agreed expert panellists at the TradeTech FX conference in Amsterdam.

When it comes to the question of algos selection, “more is not necessarily better,” asserted one expert panellist at the TradeTech FX conference.

Prime brokerage and peer-to-peer liquidity were just some of the solutions explored by TradeTech FX panellists looking to access diversified liquidity sources in light of the reduction in warehousing by banks.

“One of the big things which I always say to everybody is that an AI model will not go to jail, the CEO will go to jail,” said one panellist.