The TRADE catches up with Dr Denisa Čumova, head of portfolio management and quantitative research at La Française Systematic Asset Management, to explore how FX is becoming more data and technology-driven, with durable performance still depending on high-quality signals, rigorous out-of-sample testing, realistic cost assumptions, and stronger model governance.

The TRADE sits down with Kat Furber, global head of FX trading (FXGO) at Bloomberg, to explore how FX trading is moving towards greater automation, scale and data-driven execution across increasingly complex products, and where technology can be used to augment rather than replace traders.

Per Ivarsson, quantitative researcher at Systematica Investments, sits down with The TRADE to discuss the increasingly important role of data across FX investment decisions, including which signals are most useful, and where the line lies between data usage and trusting your own judgement.

“Fragmentation by definition means that you break up something into isolated, completely non-communicating parts. And that's not the FX market,” affirmed one speaker at the TradeTech FX conference on Wednesday.

Though strong relationships remain relevant, the role of the sell-side is set to evolve as AI and automation increasingly gains pace across FX markets, said senior buy-siders speaking at TradeTech FX in Amsterdam on Tuesday.

The TRADE sits down with Joseph Forde, FX trader at Brown Brothers Harriman, to unpack the FX liquidity landscape and how analytics is increasingly enabling traders to make dynamic routing decisions while retaining human judgement.

The TRADE catches up with Hugh Whelan, head of liquidity management and data strategy at SGX FX, to explore what the future of FX markets may look like, spanning liquidity and risk, technology and interoperability.

The TRADE sits down with Nathan Vurgest, director of trading at Record Currency Management, to explore how buy-side FX desks can find genuinely differentiated liquidity, reduce workflow complexity and better understand the growing importance of counterparty dynamics.

The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) continues to discuss what’s front of mind for the next iteration of the FX Global Code, confirming that artificial intelligence is securely on the agenda as it looks ahead toward the forthcoming review – set for 2027.