e-Forex

Foreign exchange (FX) occupies a unique place alongside other members of the big four asset classes. It is much less likely to be traded for alpha generation than equity, credit or rates. Instead, many approach the market as a mechanism for access, as investors and proprietary trading firms use it to rotate into non-domestic markets. As such, the FX function has often sat...

FX options data is valuable because it reveals what market participants expect and how they are positioning for future currency moves, rather than simply showing what has already happened in the spot market.

Aspects of this data that are particularly useful include:

In institutional FX, almost every important decision ultimately starts with data.

From the price a bank shows its client, to the liquidity it chooses to hedge against, to the way it manages risk and executes trades, the quality and timeliness of market data can directly influence both client experience and trading performance. For a bank, the impact goes far bey...

The idle liquidity that Finteum focuses on specifically is only idle for a few hours. It is intraday liquidity, which institutions have not had the opportunity to generate any return on, until ...

Bloomberg has announced that dtcpay, a Singapore headquartered payment company, has adopted Bloomberg’s flagship real time market data feed, B-PIPE. B-PIPE provides dtcpay with access to high-quality foreign exchange data to support its treasury FX spot trading, enabling transparent pricing and enhanced cost management as the company manages FX exposures arising from multi cu...