Natsumi Matsuba, head of FX trading at Russell Investments, sits down with The TRADE to unpack the key opportunities across NDFs, futures, forwards swaps and options and what’s front of mind for FX desks across 2026, and beyond.

The TRADE catches up with Eric Brown, FX trader, T. Rowe Price, delving into the increasingly data-driven world of FX trading and unpacking how buy-side firms are reassessing how they evaluate algo performance.

Algorithmic trading is also becoming a key execution method for buy-siders trading in FX markets, with some participants directing up to 90% of flow through algos, according to a recent Coalition Greenwich report.

As geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty continue to drive currency markets, FX hedging is becoming an increasingly vital tool for global asset managers, Scott Ferguson, VP, lead analyst, FX and cash management, T. Rowe Price tells The TRADE, with demand rising for both dynamic and static strategies.

The TRADE sits down with Kaniel Gomes, senior trader, global fixed income and currencies at RBC Global Asset Management, to unpack the importance of the FX Global Code for buy-side firms, how the code has impacted FX desks and execution and any potential barriers to adoption.

The TRADE sits down with Inderjit Takk, VP, global head of trading at iA Global Asset Management, to unpack the empirical use of analytics across the foreign exchange space, including which innovations are front of mind, the importance of close collaboration between desks and data scientists, and the opportunities TCA poses for post-trade processes.

As buy-side traders continue to reassess how and when to deploy FX algorithms, scrutiny around performance metrics, data quality and trader expertise is ramping up, according to panellists speaking at the TradeTechFX US conference on Tuesday.

The TRADE catches up with Nowara Munir, investment officer, FX and rates trader at MFS Investment Management, to dissect the current state of play when it comes to restricted currencies, spanning regulation and market changes, innovation, and the biggest trading risks.

The TRADE catches up with Stéphane Xavier, emerging markets FX and rates trader, Neuberger Berman, to dissect the current state of play when it comes to frontier markets, highlighting the valuable diversification opportunities they present, decreasing complexity further opening the door to investors, and what to keep an eye on going forward.