Profile : Alfred Eskandar : Portware
ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT EXECUTION.
Alfred Eskandar, CEO at Portware, a FactSet Company, discusses the pressures to enhance the trading desk and how investment processes are impacting...
FX trading focus : Profile : James Wood-Collins
THE GREAT DIVIDE.
James Wood-Collins, CEO Record Currency Management discusses divergent money polices and other themes going into 2017.
What have been the major trends this...
FX trading focus : Profile : Jon Vollemaere
EMFX IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
Jon Vollemaere, CEO and founder of R5FX explains why he is shining the electronic light onto emerging market currencies.
What is the background...
FX trading focus : Overview : Gill Wadsworth
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF FX.
Gill Wadsworth looks at how FX has ridden the political waves.
This year, a £1 bet on Donald Trump...
FinTech : The Cloud : Louise Rowland
BLUE SKY THINKING.
Cloud computing comes into its own. Louise Rowland reports.
It may impact almost every corner of our daily lives but, until recently, uptake...
Data management : Outsourcing : Heather McKenzie
MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.
While data is becoming increasingly crucial for financial firms, it is generally a rather messy business: significant investment is made...
FX trading focus : HFT : Dan Barnes
FX: THE PHANTOM LIQUIDITY MENACE.
The sterling flash crash is indicative broker liquidity has gone; the buyside must look for alternative counterparts in FX. Dan...
Regulation & compliance : MiFID II : Francesca Carnevale
PREPPING FOR MIFID II: A RICH FIRM’S GAME?
Although seemingly hitched to an endless reset button, MiFID II looks to be as transformational as its...
Trading infrastructure : Consolidation : Lynn Strongin Dodds
A SENSE OF DÉJÀ VU.
The latest round of exchange mergers took place in 2016 but politics may scupper the headline grabbing Deutsche Börse/LSE deal....
Market opinion : Impact of regulation : Dan Simpson
THE LONG AND WINDING FINISH LINE.
Although there have been numerous delays, Daniel Simpson, head of research at JWG Group explains why it is crucial...