Tag: forex

BATS Announces London-based Hotspot

Since completing its acquisition of Hotspot institutional foreign-exchange (FX) market earlier this month, BATS Global Markets officials have not let the grass grow under their feet. The global exchange operator plans to deploy an instance of its Hotspot matching engine in its Slough facilities later this year. “We plan to move swiftly with this project…

Kevinonthestreet: FX Futures Volume Set to Rise

It’s only a matter of time before more investors move away from foreign-exchange (FX) swaps to FX futures, according to the latest research from Kevin McPartland, head of market structure and technology advisory service at analyst firm Greenwich and friend of the blog. He attributes the coming migration due FX swap’s higher regulatory and margin…

FastMatch Girds for Forex ECN Fray

It’s coming down to the wire for the launch of the latest forex trading venue, FastMatch, which will start matching orders on July 1. I had a chance to sit down with CEO Dimitri Galinov at the offices, which it shares with retail forex dealer FXCM in lower Manhattan just 72 hours before its launch. The new…

Social Media & Investment Banking

Can one of the most regulated industries truly leverage the benefits of social media? In this latest podcast  Rob poses this question, and more, to HFT Review’s Mike O’Hara, Let’s Talk FX’s Jon Vollemaere and MoneyScience’s Jacob Bettany who share their personal experiences running their respective social media sites for high frequency traders, forex traders as well as quants and academics.

Management Changes at Traiana

Forex post-trade processing vendor Traiana has tapped Citi veteran Andy Coyne to be its next CEO. Coyne steps into the role vacated by Traiana’s co-founder and current CEO Gil Mandelzis, who assumed the new role of executive chairman of the firm. Coyne has a long history in forex as the head of FX prime and…