The appetite for automation in FX swaps market is ramping up, however panellists at TradeTech FX emphasise that structural challenges – such as clearing and credit constraints – still continue to shape the pace of change.
As decades of experience exits the game, the next generation’s tech aptitude will bridge the gap, says Aberdeen Investments' Patrick Smith, speaking at TradeTechFX US on Wednesday.
As the buy-side digs further into the mechanics of liquidity provision, conversations around what make for ‘good liquidity’ have never been more interesting – expert panellists speaking at the TradeTechFX conference in Miami on Tuesday took stock.
Although FX options are gaining some traction across the industry, with electronification beginning to take shape, other instruments appear to be retaining dominance, panellists discussed at the TradeTech FX conference in Barcelona.
Market structure impacts and the potential for too much AI dependency were highlighted as a key are of focus for speakers on the algo panel at TradeTech FX 2025 on Wednesday.
As the FX market looks to navigate the bifurcation of alternative liquidity coming from main trading venues, such as major electronic communications networks (ECNs), and bilateral liquidity from less standardised venues, experts at TradeTech FX 2025 explored the impact this is having on market structure.
An oxford-style debate on the make-up of the future trader rounded out the TradeTech FX conference in style, wherein a captive audience were forced to question if the future truly is digital.
When it comes to FX options alternative liquidity is being perceived as increasingly natural, agreed expert panellists at the TradeTech FX conference in Amsterdam.
When it comes to the question of algos selection, “more is not necessarily better,” asserted one expert panellist at the TradeTech FX conference.
“One of the big things which I always say to everybody is that an AI model will not go to jail, the CEO will go to jail,” said one panellist.