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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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Expert Opinion
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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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Harnessing the power of automation, AI and big data analytics: Bringing institutional grade toolsets to retail traders and investors
There was a time when the foreign exchange market was restricted to large banks, wealthy institutions and extraordinarily wealthy individuals. Not even 30 years ago, individual or retail investors faced...
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Cloud-based business intelligence: Unlocking new opportunities for FX brokers
Advanced data analytics are now available to brokers without them having to develop proprietary software, unlocking a new frontier for business growth, writes Andrew Ralich, Co-Founder and CEO, oneZero.
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Caveat emptor: As counterparties continue to champion technology, what really counts in the quest for great liquidity?
Financial institutions making bold claims about how they offer ‘best in class’ technology, delivering ‘world beating functionality’ and providing ‘unparalleled usability’ are nothing new. An explosion of innovative fintech providers in the FX space have ....
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Using AI to exploit the power of news to boost trading activities
When trading, navigating the news landscape of the financial markets can be likened to navigating the English Channel in a yacht. Traversing busy shipping lanes of fast moving traffic; timing your port departures and ...
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What do modern traders have in common with their medieval ancestors? Information overload!
We tend to believe that the issues that affect the day-to-day lives of traders and others who work in financial services are unique to our own time and place. In a world of skyscrapers and FinTechs...
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The state of stability: Are Stablecoins the next frontier?
By Henry C. W. Price with additions from Hugh Lawson-Tancred, GCEX Research and Advisory Board
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What is driving the Buy-Side demand for FX Futures?
Joshua Hurley quizzes Chris Callander on the extent to which FX Futures can replicate the flexibility of an OTC market, the key drivers pushing buy-side firms towards these products and why there is growing demand for them regionally in Europe.
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Changing consumer behaviour pushes banks to rethink FX infrastructure
Digital transformation is happening across every sector, and banks in particular are beginning to recognize a digital framework that allows their services to be accessed from anywhere will be key going forward.
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Equiti Group With Iskandar Najjar, CEO
Transitioning from broker to world class fintech and online trading services provider
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Sizing up your partners: Using data driven decisions to justify onboarding a new FX Liquidity Provider
In FX, margins are tight – so tight, in fact, that there isn’t any margin for error. Financial institutions can easily and quickly go from being slightly profitable to slightly unprofitable and therefore understanding the decisions which impact these margins is crucial.
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Fintech helping to reduce the cost of FX execution and hedging for SMEs
The process of transferring money between international bank accounts has changed immeasurably. Rewind a few decades to when businesses and consumers were forced to endure a costly and painful service with no alternatives to the banks and specialist money transfer companies that dominated the high street.
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