ACI FMA association’s new Model Code 2015 on governing ethics & market conduct
by Kylene Casanova
Updated version gives new guidance governing ethics and market conduct across fixed income, currency and commodity markets
Dealing & Trading Platforms
Background
Until the early 1990s corporate treasury dealing was carried out almost entirely on the phone or via fax, but that all changed with the launch of the online trading platforms which took 61% of active…
Read moreIFX Forum Publishes Version 2.4 of IFX Business Message Specification
by Kylene Casanova
Forum's Annual Meeting, April 27-29, to discuss Future Plans
FIX Trading Community releases Best Practices document for IPO process
by Kylene Casanova
Best Practice standards document for the automation of the Initial Public Offering process
Bloomberg TOMS designated as FCA approved reporting mechanism for MiFID reporting
by Kylene Casanova
Potential opens up to use a single trading platform for all asset classes
Kantox - the peer-to-peer FX netting service - has taken $1bn FX trades
by Kylene Casanova
From $0 to $1bn in 4 years. Peer-to-peer netting service is now well proven with over 1,000 corporate clients in 20 countries. “Here’s to the crazy ones…. who see things differently.”
New Change’s live mid-rate FX benchmarks COULD SAVE YOU MANY BPS/SPOT OR SWAP
by Kylene Casanova
The new benchmarks rates for 42 currency pairs could change global FX market forever as full transparency of your FX dealing costs will be visible
Corporates migration to FX algos and to Single Dealer Platforms will continue
by Kylene Casanova
Greenwich research shows that financial institutions and corporates are moving to single dealer platforms using algo trading
Bloomberg Swap Execution Facility in first year completes nearly 150,000 trades
by Kylene Casanova
Emergence of “packaged” trades allowed participants to better mitigate risk, and new multilateral trading facility (MTF) in Europe in development
Does CitiFX Pulse single dealer platform remove need for multi-dealer platforms?
by Kylene Casanova
SDP algorithmic FX dealing solutions and benchmark solutions are now so advanced and transparent that this is now a valid option. Should corporates avoid using MDPs for really large deals?
ITG launches FX Volatility Index application
by Kylene Casanova
New Index forecasts volatility in coming trading day based on historical trends & adjusts for implied volatility as well as recent volatility trends across dealers and ECNs on previous trading day
The classified ads section in a Bloomberg terminal is called POSH
by Kylene Casanova
It’s the Craigslist for seriously rich people
FX trading technology survey shows traders prefer single v. multi-dealer platforms
by Kylene Casanova
Bloomberg most popular of multi-dealer platforms covering far more currency pairs
Citi introduces new futures and options trading suite for CFOX platform
by Kylene Casanova
iti Futures and Options Smart Execution provides a comprehensive suite of futures and options trading features, Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) and order monitoring tools
SuperDerivatives goes live with its multi-bank multi-asset trade execution platform
by Kylene Casanova
Multi-bank multi-asset trading just became a lot easier
How to evaluate Investment Portals - internal analysis and questions to ask suppliers
by Kylene Casanova
Comprehensive checklist on how to choose the best Investment Portal for your company
Investment Portals
by Kylene Casanova
How to evaluate - the internal analysis required and the questions to ask suppliers
Thomson Reuters adds buy-side focussed enhancements to Eikon
by Kylene Casanova
New Microsoft Office link, charting app, portfolio analytics, real-time supply chain analysis tool
EMIR reporting new connections and Regis-TR expand connectivity
by Kylene Casanova
Traiana TR Connect connect to 4 repositories & how connections will evolve over coming months
SWIFT eases trade reporting for EMIR compliance
by Kylene Casanova
Does FileAct now offer better availability and reliability for reporting trades?
EMIR reporting progress - still uncertain outlook
by Kylene Casanova
The issues still to be resolved and where to get helpful advice
European Comission pushing ahead with Financial Transaction Tax
by Kylene Casanova
Despite opinion questioning its legality and a big drop in trading in Italy & France due to FTT
FirstMacro launch new revolutionary FX research and trading platform
by Kylene Casanova
Unique combination of fundamental research, quantitative analytics and technical analysis
360 Trading Networks Inc. receives temporary SEF registration by CFTC
by Kylene Casanova
Multi-asset class Swap Execution Facility to be available 360T trading platform
Thomson Reuters adds FXall users to their Eikon Messenger messenger service
by Kylene Casanova
Thomson Reuters has expanded the Eikon Messenger community on the buy-side through the integration of its FXall clients.