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How Tools for Brokers has undergone a major business transformation in the middle of economic crisis and stayed profitable
The history of Tools for Brokers (TFB) began 10 years ago when the world and the Forex market both looked very different compared to today. Back then, there was less competition, less regulation, and most definitely less understanding of the best way to move forward.
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Impressive global growth continues at IS Prime
IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, is one of the fastest growing Prime of Prime brokers globally. The FCA regulated firm has a reputation for excellence in terms of liquidity, multi-asset execution and risk consultancy services for institutional clients. e-Forex talks to Managing Partner, Raj Sitlani to find out more.
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Gold-i accelerates development of Matrix
Following recent announcements about the expansion of Gold-i’s development team, e-Forex spoke to Chris James, Chief Technology Officer at Gold-i to find out more about the innovative FinTech company’s current product development focus and future plans.
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Combining FX data and analysis gives asset managers insight to preserve alpha
Everyone now knows the value of “big data.” However, as with everything that is perceived to have some value, owners have quickly become protective. Some FX platforms are disrupting this trend, realising that the power of data collection from varied sources can enhance the decision-making process and Alpha opportunities for both buy- and sell-side clients.
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Evaluating FX algos: the need for common analytics infrastructure to enable better decision making
Usage of foreign exchange algorithmic execution has grown steadily. Emerging in the FX market in the early-2000s, the adoption has been especially active over the last decade. Growth has also been driven by a range of factors including growing FX markets fragmentation, the decreasing balance sheet of FX dealers, the demand from regulators to develop a more holistic approach to best execution, and sharp increase in passive tracking assets under management with the focus on execution costs to minimise tracking errors.
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Obermind - Taking platform development to the next level
Alexander Talei is the Founder of Obermind, a fast growing quantitative research and technology development firm which has set out to help financial technology and trading firms to build, deploy and scale on its new platform. We asked him to tell us more about this venture and the toolsets and robust infrastrature Obermind is building for intelligent automation across a wide array of markets.
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DMALINK - A very smart operator looking to disrupt the FX status quo
e-Forex spoke to Michael Siwek, Founding Partner of DMALINK to gain an insight into how an idea drawn up 7 years ago on the back of a paper napkin is shaping out to overhaul the FX ECN model for the buy-side and challenge the status quo of double charging, reporting inefficiencies, and costly use of credit. Since its launch, DMALINK has undergone significant transformations from operating an FX agency to a data-centric platform with a unique ECN-model, delivering benchmarked trading services that enable market makers to price buy-side clients at $0, blended with upcoming AI-powered liquidity management and anomaly detection across spot, forwards, futures, and NDFs
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Bloomberg: Taking the lead in shaping the client e-FX trading experience
Bloomberg is a pioneer in supporting the growth and evolution of electronic trading in FX. e-Forex spoke to Tod Van Name, Global Head of Foreign Exchange electronic trading at Bloomberg, about how it is leading the way in the ongoing development of this space despite the accelerated pace of change in recent months.
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Digitally enabling risk management: Accelerating to smart treasury
By Yi Hahn Chin, Head of eFX Solutions - EMEA, Corporates at Citi, and his colleagues Erik Johnson, Dr. Duncan Cole, Kelvin Ang and Ray Pereira.
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The inexorable rise of FX Algos
By Brendon Bigelli, EMEA Spot & Algo Specialist at 360T
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Why you need independent data to differentiate between execution processes
By Xavier Porterfield CFA, Head of Research at New Change FX
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Increased electronification, higher costs, and lower yields for LPs: How will FICC markets evolve?
All market participants desire efficient markets and low cost risk transfer. Electronification has seemingly offered a path to achieving this. However, is the current model unsustainable? Vivek Shankar investigates.
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