Nicola Tavendale

Could 2026 be a watershed year for algorithmic FX trading?

November 2025 in Industry Views

Following a rapid pace of change over the past five years, the past twelve months have seen the FX algo space move into a new era of adoption, with competitive differentiation and innovation remaining top of the agenda for ongoing algo development. Looking ahead to 2026, three of the market’s leading FX algo providers share their views on the opportunities for further growth, technological innovation and value-add services that will continue to fuel the adoption of algo execution among buyside clients. Nicola Tavendale writes.

To highlight the new direction that FX algo adoption is expected to take, Preston Mesick, Global Head of FX Algos at Barclays, shares details of recent developments that have been made to the core Barclays algo suite, all of which are product developments fuelled by customer feedback. He adds that the customisation concept can be applied in two ways, either by building a product just for a specific customer, or by extending the product to work for that customer and any other customers who To highlight the new direction that FX algo adoption is expected to take, Preston Mesick, Global Head of FX Algos at Barclays, shares details of recent developments that have been made to the core Barclays algo suite, all of which are product developments fuelled by customer feedback. He adds that the customisation concept can be applied in two ways, either by building a product just for a specific customer, or by extending the product to work for that customer and any other customers who

To highlight the new direction that FX algo adoption is expected to take, Preston Mesick, Global Head of FX Algos at Barclays, shares details of recent developments that have been made to the core Barclays algo suite, all of which are product developments fuelled by customer feedback. He adds that the customisation concept can be applied in two ways, either by building a product just for a specific customer, or by extending the product to work for that customer and any other customers who

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