The FX liquidity landscape is changing. In G10 markets especially, there is a definite decade-long trend towards lower so-called primary market volumes as a fraction of total lit liquidity…
Why are dark pools of liquidity becoming more meaningful for algo FX execution teams? The short answer is that we are seeing increased participation, a surge in matching success and trade volumes, so the flywheel is accelerating. With match rates in excess of 30%, the Siege MidPool is now a meaningful source of liquidity and […]
The introduction of electronically traded FX swaps is a significant development for the wider FX industry as a whole and one that opens up the potential for FX swaps algos going forward
In the specific context of an agency algorithmic execution, we define internalisation as the proportion of volume filled on Commerzbank’s principal liquidity coming from its automated e-FX market making desk. All of Commerzbank’s execution algorithms allow…
By Mathijs Peeters, Head of Distribution, Europe at Siege FX
The last two decades have witnessed the electronification of the largest OTC market in the world, the FX market. Its evolution has led to a blossom of trading options for liquidity seekers including different order and algo types …
By Zeke Vince, Global Head of eFX Sales at BofA Securities, the institutional broker dealer business of Bank of America
