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Recent press coverage (here) about top Global FX banks setting up a new ‘inter-bank’ only FX platform, dubbed “PureFX”. At first glance, this looks like a repeat of ‘doomed’ BrokerTec Consortium (set ...
The "Global FX Division" of AFME, SIFMA and ASIFMA (three global FX Trade bodies) have written to the US Treasury setting out clearly, why FX Swaps and Forwards should be exempt from Dodd F...
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) today released data covering outstanding positions in the global OTC Derivatives markets. Outstanding OTC positions are down some 4% to $583 trillion, alt...
It’s always a good sign, when your competition attempts to copy you. Bond Vision, the bank to client arm of the MTS bond trading platform, yesterday announced the launch of a suite of Single Dealer P...
Last week I posted a short summary of a Blog I found which dealt with the issues surrounding the new OTC legislation and the question of what is a Swaps Execution Facility (SEF). I was amazed to see ...
In my efforts to understand the implications of the new legislation covering OTC Derivatives, I came across an excellent blog called ‘Streetwise Professor’ written as you would expect, by a streetwise...
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has just released the latest 2010 Triennial Survey survey of global FX market volumes (the most authoritative survey of global FX market activity) Headlin...
In the past, perceived wisdom had been that bank trading platforms are for trading, whilst their research portals were for in-depth research – and never the twain shall meet. And whilst many banks pa
While many banks talk of providing trading via the iPhone or other mobile devices to institutional clients, so far very few have done so. In the non-professional (retail) market, most spread betting f...
Interesting comment in FX week (sorry password required) about the problems with some banks FX feeds… “Banks must improve their foreign exchange pricing and trading infrastructure or risk losing orde...
Research by Greenwich Associates (released in March 2010) states that around the world, multi-bank electronic trading platforms captured about 40% of overall FX trading volume in 2008-2009 and single...
WallStreet & Technology touches on an interesting topic relating to last weeks near 1,000 point fall in the Dow in late US trading. Data released by Gomez Inc (see chart at end of article), shows...