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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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Retail’s revenge & how to level your brokerage up in 2021
Over the past year, plenty of column inches have been devoted to how the Covid crisis has been a boon to the retail trading industry. Registrations and volumes are up almost across the board, and it seems as though entirely new demographics are venturing out into the world’s capital markets.
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Centroid Solutions: A leading technology firm laser focused on Research, Innovation, and Risk Adjusted Performance
Centroid Solutions is a technology provider that combines real-time analytics, sophisticated risk-management, and advanced connectivity with extensive industry-knowledge to improve risk-adjusted performance and strengthen sustainability for brokers. We spoke with Cristian Vlasceanu the firms CEO to discover how it is differentiating itself in a highly competitive marketplace.
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Jumping the Crypto-Chasm: How Can Institutional Trading Firms Offer Digital Assets?
What seemed highly unlikely a few years ago is now taken for granted: an increasing number of institutional players are looking to offer digital asset services to their clients. Recent high-profile examples include Goldman, JPMorgan and Citi, who are all reportedly exploring crypto custody services.
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Future proofing your FX network connectivity needs
If there is one lesson to be learned from the unprecedented events of 2020, it is that we should always be prepared to expect the unexpected. This time last year, for example, who could have predicted the global shift to home working – and trading – as a result of the global pandemic?
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Why credit over-allocation continues to plague prime brokers and how technology can help
The problem of over-allocation in the FX market is not a new one but has been exacerbated by the move to electronic execution, Prime Brokerage and the related increase in volume and speed.
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The three AI/ML trends to watch in 2021
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are becoming increasingly central to any business strategy and this trend has only accelerated since COVID-19. The key to gaining significant advantage over the competition is talent (data practitioners with financial domain knowledge), along with targeted investment and access to the best technology tools.
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Swissquote: Seeking to be the world’s most pioneering and intuitive online bank
E-Forex spoke to Marc Bürki, Chief Executive Officer of both Swissquote Group Holding Ltd and Swissquote Bank Ltd to discover more about this highly innovative and forward thinking institution.
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The Nordics: What’s next for this already highly electronic FX market?
We explore how the electronic trading market has been evolving across the Nordic region and what steps leading providers have been taking to meet growing demand for new technology and digital FX solutions.
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FX Regulation in 2021
In response to the 2008 crash by the G20, we have had an unending set of new regulations in Financial Markets since 2009. Fortunately, for the time being at least, the regulatory avalanche of requirements and regulation is beginning to slow.
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Automation, algos and TCA: Exploring the future role of the trader and other key themes for e-FX
The benefits of electronification in the foreign exchange market have been emphasized by the turbulence of the past year, with reported increases in the number of firms turning to algorithms and the widespread adoption of technologies to handle the pressures of working at home.
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Exploring the benefits of more customised FX liquidity pools
By Noel Singh, Head of eFX Business Development at Sucden Financial.
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Risk Management: Helping brokers get to grips with an increasingly multi-layered and mission critical process
Nicholas Pratt sets out to discover what issues brokers should consider in order to implement more advanced and modern risk management programmes.
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CBDCs - How are central banks engaging with the rise of digital currencies?
Central banks have been pondering for some years the benefits and risks of introducing digital currencies but events are now converging that may speed up their adoption, writes Richard Willsher.
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DMALINK: The boutique electronic price discovery and execution venue
DMALINK is a boutique electronic price discovery and execution venue for professional FX traders streaming anonymous, proactively tailored and sustainable pricing with particular focus on Emerging Markets, Scandie crosses and CE3. We spoke with Founding Partner Michael Siwek to learn more about his firm and the products it offers.
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The evolving role of the Smart Order Router in FX
In this article, Medan Gabbay, Chief Revenue Officer at Quod Financial, explores the evolution of Smart Order Routing in FX by looking at what are the characteristics of smart order routing and how it can address the changing needs and challenges faced by the FX market in the future.
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FactSet: Moving to the forefront of Institutional FX trading
Following Portware’s acquisition by FactSet in October of 2015, the firm’s Multi-Asset Enterprise Trading platform has emerged as the go-to solution for advanced analytics and automated trading capabilities among the “Trillion Dollar Club” of the asset-management community.
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Commerzbank: Why e-FX clients are in safe hands with this bank
Commerzbank continues to innovate the range of e-FX trading tools and capabilities it offers its clients. e-Forex spoke to Dmitry Ilyaev, the bank’s Singapore based Global Head of eFX trading to learn more about its current offerings and how these enabled it to be there for its clients in the darkest days of last year’s Covid-19 lockdowns.
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Ramping up the digital proposition: Canadian e-FX providers look to meet increased demand
The Canadian foreign exchange market has grown dramatically over the past 15 years. Ever since the Bank of Canada and its subsidiary group - the Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) - began publishing average daily turnover numbers in April 2006, the market has more than doubled in that time.
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FX 2021 Exploring the digital road ahead
The dawn of 2021 is greeting foreign exchange professionals with new and ever more complex geopolitical, regulatory and compliance challenges, but those who have harnessed technology to their advantage will survive, even thrive.
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