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The sell side has largely realized the potential of technology to minimize the impact of FX market fragmentation, although experts suggest it could do more to extract value from the data generated by electronic trading.

International investors blame political uncertainty; locals view sell-off as weakening carry-trade dynamics.

The most active corporate FX traders have once again ramped up their use of algos, recognizing the potential for cost savings and risk management.

The prime brokerage market will be hoping for a boost from the imminent launch of BNY Mellon’s new service, which will represent a reversal of the trend for larger banks to leave the space.

Objective to increase transparency has largely failed but liquidity remains resilient, say senior traders.

Global cooperation between regulators must be preserved after the UK leaves the European Union, says Kay Swinburne.

Finance ministers and central bankers at the G20 have called for greater global coordination in their approach to cryptocurrencies, but that looks a remote prospect when different regulatory bodies in the same country cannot agree a strategy.

China’s interbank market trading platform and infrastructure provider has ramped up its technology partnership with NEX to capitalize on the ever-increasing appetite for algorithmic trading.

ESMA and IOSCO are looking at how best to tackle the issue of excessive leverage in the retail FX market – reactions among retail brokers are mixed.

Traders are having to manage a surge in the number of prices they handle, as counterparties implement FX code of conduct guidelines.

Euromoney looks at the approach taken by regulators to encouraging fintech innovation in North America, after the announcement of a formal information exchange arrangement between the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Comments made by the US regulator at an FX industry event in Miami in February have raised the hackles of some market participants over the thorny issue of ghost or phantom liquidity.

MarketFactory chairman James Sinclair sets out the reasons why FX liquidity could fragment further, in a new white paper.

The findings of JPMorgan’s 2018 e-trading survey underlined yet again the importance of effective execution policies and systems.

Industry experts on whistleblowing have been lobbying hard for reform, but it is still often the case that whistleblowers with the best of intentions have found themselves in legal grey areas, ending up blacklisted, bankrupt and unable to work in the City again.

Volatility in Q3 led to losses for Europe’s multinationals, report shows.

The forex market may have had a quiet 2017 with no big market dislocations, but liquidity is not as deep as it once was, while the buy side is becoming more discerning, driving changes in trading behaviour.

JPMorgan’s annual institutional e-trading survey shows rising appetite for mobile trading, but growth in algo execution has been slower than anticipated.

The impact of transaction cost analysis (TCA) on the FX buy side remains hard to quantify, despite the relative maturity of the technology.

While regulators across Europe eye up – and in some cases replicate – the FCA’s regulatory sandbox, an EU-wide fintech testing platform remains far from inevitable.

The latest cryptocurrency price crash is shining the spotlight on the regulation of these borderless, digital currencies, but the rules differ wildly from country to country; global super-regulator IOSCO is set to make an announcement.

London-based Cash Netting Services is aiming to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in annual costs for banks by helping them find netting opportunities on a bilateral basis.

Euromoney's latest coverage of the currency.

The pace of change at Imperial FX during the past 10 months highlights the scale of the task of transitioning from high-street remittance to an online platform.