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John Estrada
Global head of FX
Société Générale
John Estrada joined Societe Generale in 2024 to run FX Trading. Previously he worked at Credit Suisse, BNP, Sun Trading and Lehman Brothers in a variety of roles. John earned a PhD in Atomic Physics from MIT and worked at CERN before starting his career in finance.
Stéphane Malrait
MD Global Head of Market Structure and Innovation for Financial Markets
ING Bank
Stéphane Malrait is Managing Director and Global Head of market structure and innovation for Financial Markets at ING Bank. He is working with advocacy groups, policy makers and regulators to follow market structure and industry challenges impacting the financial market industry. He is also leading innovation activities in the capital market space within ING and developing external partnership with Fintech companies. He actively contributes in industry working groups to represent ING Bank.
Stéphane joined ING in 2015 to lead the bank e-commerce initiatives across all financial market products and to develop the financial market group’s cross-asset ecommerce strategy. Before joining ING, he spent eight years at Société Générale, where he was Global Head of FIC eCommerce, creating an eCommerce business covering credit, rates, money market, emerging market and FX. Prior to this, Stéphane worked at JPMorgan Chase for ten years, serving in different roles in Global FX E-Commerce Business Management and cross-asset eCommerce technology and was based in London and New York.
Stéphane has a strong background in financial markets and understands the need for continued technological development to drive positive change in trading and market structure workflows. He is leading ING Financial Market innovation strategy and working on the implementation of financial regulations that will impact the clients trading activity and transform how trading floor operates.
Stéphane is also an advisor or board member for several Fintech initiatives and trading associations in Fixed income and FX. Since 2005 he has been active with the ACI Financial Market Association - an international non-profit organisation that represents the interests of market professionals in foreign exchange and money markets. He chaired the ACI FX committee from 2010 for 10 years and joined ACI FMA board in 2020 and became chairman of the board in June 2021. He is also an active member of the ECB FX contact group and a board member of ICMA since May 2023.
Matthew Faulkner
Director, FX forward trading
Natwest
Matthew Faulkner has been at NatWest for 13 years trading FX Forward, NDF and STIR products across G10 and EM. He is currently running their electronic fx forwards trading desk.
Tibor Gergely
Head of eFX liquidity
Commerzbank
Tibor Gergely is a seasoned professional with 15 years of experience in eFX trading. Currently serving as the Head of eFX Liquidity at Commerzbank, he plays a pivotal role in optimizing liquidity management, and engaging with clients and trading venues to enhance service offerings.
Mr. Gergely holds a BS in Mathematics and a MS in Applied Mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He furthered his academic pursuit with a MS in Financial Mathematics from the Courant Institute at New York University, equipping him with a robust foundation in both theoretical and practical aspects of financial mathematics.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Gergely was the Head of Spot Strategy at 360T, a part of Deutsche Börse. He has also held significant eFX trading positions at BNP Paribas, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and UniCredit. His diverse experience includes working on FX algorithms, benchmarks, and orders. Mr. Gergely also ventured into the cryptocurrency sector, engaging in market making and systematic crypto trading at a startup company he co-founded.
In his professional capacity, he leverages his expertise in computer science and mathematics to drive data-informed business decisions. Mr. Gergely’s work is characterized by a rigorous approach to problem-solving and a commitment to leveraging advanced mathematical techniques to enhance trading performance and achieve business objectives.
Moderator | Hugh Whelan
President
ACI UK
Highly experienced financial services executive with a proven track record in building and growing several commercially successful Electronic FX Execution businesses. Achieved through a deep understanding of the OTC FX electronic trading market, relationships and strong people management skills augmented with passion and hard work. Underwritten by a strong emphasis on client adoption, revenue and profits, organisational efficiency, and strategic alignment.
Stuart Grimsell
Former director, real time market data
Balyasny Asset Management L.P
With 20 years in financial technology and investment banking, Stuart has acquired extensive experience in electronic market making, algorithmic trading, and real-time risk management. Most recently he has led a global team at Balyasny Asset Management, building a cross asset platform for systematic quantitative strategies. Previously, as Head of Markets Electronic Trading Strategy at Credit Suisse, Stuart drove key initiatives to enhance electronic trading capabilities across multiple desks spanning FX, equities, futures and treasuries. Prior to that he played a key role in developing the Credit Suisse eFX platform. Joining the desk at its inception he contributed to and managed the platform through its expansion into precious metals, electronic NDFs and the successful provision of electronic market making of US government debt. Stuart is passionate about the interface between business and technology and how they influence each other. Technological innovation can transform the future of a business and business innovation can demand new solutions from technologists. Finding the correct synergies between these two drivers is key for sustainable success.
Puja Gupta
FX strategist
Fasanara Capital
Puja Gupta is an FX Strategist at Fasanara Capital, where her expertise significantly contributes to the firm's FX risk management operations. She has over 15 years of extensive experience in the financial services sector, having worked in diverse roles across various segments, including Global Markets & Treasury, Derivatives & Structured Products, and Credit & International Banking within prominent financial institutions. Puja is a CFA charterholder and holds an MSc in Finance from Henley Business School, University of Reading.
Noel Singh
Executive committee member
ACI UK
Noel Singh is Head of eFX Business Development at Sucden Financial, leading the firm’s expansion of its non-bank FX prime brokerage business. He has over 25 years of experience in banking and currency trading and joined the company from ABN Amro Clearing Bank, where he managed their OTC FX clearing business.
Past positions include Head of FX Prime Brokerage for SEB and senior roles at Integral Development, Dresdner Kleinwort, EBS and also Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, prior to its merger.
Sam Horowitz
Executive Committee Member
ACI UK
Sam Horowitz’s nearly 30 year career in the financial markets has spanned a variety of trading and management roles across sellside, buyside and intermediary businesses. Sam currently serves on the ACI's UK Executive Committee as well as it's global FX committee. Currently working within Treasury Markets leadership at cross border payments firm Wise, he formerly headed up Global Markets eFX Trading at BBVA, with previous stints also building and managing trading businesses at CMC Markets, Rabobank, UBS Asset Management, Louis Capital FX, Lloyds Bank and Marex Spectron adding to his broad cross market and cross asset experience.
Ralf Donner
Head of marquee execution solutions
Goldman Sachs
Ralf Donner is head of Marquee Execution Solutions at Goldman Sachs, responsible for the firm’s client FX algorithmic execution offering, FX and cross-asset pre- and intra-trade liquidity and transaction cost analytics, and post-trade reporting.
Ralf started his professional career at ABN Amro in 2006 as an FX options quant, followed by 8 years with Morgan Stanley in London and New York, first in model validation of options pricing models and then in quant sales, focusing on systematic FX trading strategies and FX market microstructure.
From 2014-16 he ran Morgan Stanley’s QSI team in New York before joining Goldman Sachs in London in 2016.
Ralf holds a Masters in physics and a doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University.
Paul Matherne
FX trading expert
Paul moved to London in 2007 to further build the Eastern European Short Term Interest Rate Trading desk (STIRT) at Deutsche Bank Frankfurt, which became the market leading trading desk in this area for many years under his tenure. Paul then focused on building the STIRT business in South Africa, which also became market leading under his leadership, until he turned his focus on building the Asia business from 2012 and helped develop the newly internationalized offshore RMB market. Here Paul represented Deutsche Bank in the industry working groups to develop offshore CNH and became Deutsche Bank’s head of Asian Fixed income and currencies (FIC) in the West, where he managed trading desks in London and New York that were focused on delivering all FIC Asia products to western investors. Paul left Deutsche Bank at the end of 2016 to join BNY Mellon as the Global Head of FX Forwards, where he was instrumental in developing the existing successful FX Swap Franchise into a broader STIRT business.
Divay Malhotra
Director, FICC E-Trading & Market Structure
Bank of America
Divay is currently Director, FICC E-Trading & Market Structure at Bank of America. Based in London, Divay is responsible for defining and delivering Bank of America’s strategy on Electronic Trading and Market Structure in FX and Local Currency Trading. Previously, Divay was a Director of FX Products at CME Group managing the exchange’s listed FX franchise in EMEA, with a focus on Emerging Markets and FX Options. Prior to that, Divay held a number of roles on the sell-side in the FX and Derivatives space. Divay holds a Bachelor in Engineering and an MBA from University of Delhi
Steve French
Commercial lead - trade processing
OSTTRA
Steve works within the Trade Processing division and is responsible for the commercial strategy and evolution of a number of OSTTRA platforms and services covering Foreign Exchange, Listed Derivatives, Equity Swaps, Cash Equities & Fixed Income.
Prior to joining OSTTRA via Traiana in 2010, Steve worked as a systems architect and consultant on a diverse range of cross-asset trade and post-trade projects for Equity and Commodity/Financial Futures Exchanges, Interdealer Brokers, Third-Party Vendors and global banks.
Joe Nash
Head of digital for global macro
BNP Paribas
Joe has nearly 20 years of experience across Fixed Income, he has run sales, structuring and e-sales teams globally and now heads digital for the global macro business line at BNP Paribas
Abdul Munim
Global head of FX and metals quantitative trading
HSBC
Abdul is Global Head of FX and Metals Quantitative Trading for the electronic trading team (eRisk) at HSBC, responsible for pricing and risk management of SPOT FX/Metals and NDFs. He leads the Quant Trading team with oversight of electronic trading as well as working towards creating and improving HSBC’s algos for both internal and external usage. He has previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, JPM and Citi. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Computational Techniques from Imperial College
Asif Razaq
Global head of FX algo execution
BNP Paribas
Asif Razaq is an experienced foreign exchange algo trader with over 15 years of experience developing electronic trading platforms. He has a masters of science degree in artificial intelligence (AI) and joined BNP Paribas from Citi, where he worked on various initiatives including e-FX pricing engines and algorithmic trading. Utilising his experience in AI, Razaq developed and launched Cortex iX, a cutting-edge FX algorithmic execution platform that has been highly acclaimed by clients and industry experts globally.
Joe Parsons
Global Markets Deputy Editor
FX Markets
Joe Parsons is deputy editor on the global markets desk. He was formerly deputy editor at Global Custodian, and prior to that he was at The Trade.
John Crisp
Director, product strategy and development
kACE (a BGC group company)
John Crisp is the director of product strategy and development at kACE. kACE provides derivatives trading solutions spanning price formation, automated client price distribution, liquidity access, risk management, post-trade processing and connectivity.
John has over 20 years’ experience in FX derivatives product management at kACE. He led product innovation including an FX options e-commerce platform in the early 2000s, building FX options liquidity workflow solutions and the integration of an FX forwards, NDFs and Rates derivatives platform into the business in the 2010s. Most recently he has produced workflow and connectivity solutions for automated hedging of end-client FX options flows. During that time kACE has serviced over 500 clients across more than 40 countries world-wide. John was based in Tokyo for three years, defining and delivering customised product strategy for the Asia Pacific region.
He holds a BA in mathematics from Cambridge University.
Agenda
E-FX Forum agenda July 10, 2024
13:30 – 14:00
Refreshments
14:00 – 14:05
Welcome and opening remarks
Joe Parsons is deputy editor on the global markets desk. He was formerly deputy editor at Global Custodian, and prior to that he was at The Trade.
14:05 – 14:50
Theme one: liquidity and strategies
14:05 – 14:35
Stagnation or innovation? Developments in algo execution
Panel discussion
Discussion about the current priorities for using algos and new innovations being made
Joe Parsons is deputy editor on the global markets desk. He was formerly deputy editor at Global Custodian, and prior to that he was at The Trade.
Ralf Donner is head of Marquee Execution Solutions at Goldman Sachs, responsible for the firm’s client FX algorithmic execution offering, FX and cross-asset pre- and intra-trade liquidity and transaction cost analytics, and post-trade reporting.
Ralf started his professional career at ABN Amro in 2006 as an FX options quant, followed by 8 years with Morgan Stanley in London and New York, first in model validation of options pricing models and then in quant sales, focusing on systematic FX trading strategies and FX market microstructure.
From 2014-16 he ran Morgan Stanley’s QSI team in New York before joining Goldman Sachs in London in 2016.
Ralf holds a Masters in physics and a doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University.
Asif Razaq is an experienced foreign exchange algo trader with over 15 years of experience developing electronic trading platforms. He has a masters of science degree in artificial intelligence (AI) and joined BNP Paribas from Citi, where he worked on various initiatives including e-FX pricing engines and algorithmic trading. Utilising his experience in AI, Razaq developed and launched Cortex iX, a cutting-edge FX algorithmic execution platform that has been highly acclaimed by clients and industry experts globally.
14:35 – 14:50
Disrupting the status quo in FX markets
Fireside chat
Joe Parsons, Global markets deputy editor, FX Markets in conversation with John Estrada, Global head of FX, Societe Generale
Joe Parsons is deputy editor on the global markets desk. He was formerly deputy editor at Global Custodian, and prior to that he was at The Trade.
John Estrada joined Societe Generale in 2024 to run FX Trading. Previously he worked at Credit Suisse, BNP, Sun Trading and Lehman Brothers in a variety of roles. John earned a PhD in Atomic Physics from MIT and worked at CERN before starting his career in finance.
14:50 – 15:30
Theme two: FX Structure
14:50 – 15:30
Monetisation strategies for market makers
Panel discussion
- With FX volatility decreasing, how are market making businesses dealing with spread compression in spot and derivatives?
- What workflow or technology upgrades can help market makers better monetise client trading volumes?
- What are the implications on pricing and competition?
With 20 years in financial technology and investment banking, Stuart has acquired extensive experience in electronic market making, algorithmic trading, and real-time risk management. Most recently he has led a global team at Balyasny Asset Management, building a cross asset platform for systematic quantitative strategies. Previously, as Head of Markets Electronic Trading Strategy at Credit Suisse, Stuart drove key initiatives to enhance electronic trading capabilities across multiple desks spanning FX, equities, futures and treasuries. Prior to that he played a key role in developing the Credit Suisse eFX platform. Joining the desk at its inception he contributed to and managed the platform through its expansion into precious metals, electronic NDFs and the successful provision of electronic market making of US government debt. Stuart is passionate about the interface between business and technology and how they influence each other. Technological innovation can transform the future of a business and business innovation can demand new solutions from technologists. Finding the correct synergies between these two drivers is key for sustainable success.
Matthew Faulkner has been at NatWest for 13 years trading FX Forward, NDF and STIR products across G10 and EM. He is currently running their electronic fx forwards trading desk.
Sam Horowitz’s nearly 30 year career in the financial markets has spanned a variety of trading and management roles across sellside, buyside and intermediary businesses. Sam currently serves on the ACI's UK Executive Committee as well as it's global FX committee. Currently working within Treasury Markets leadership at cross border payments firm Wise, he formerly headed up Global Markets eFX Trading at BBVA, with previous stints also building and managing trading businesses at CMC Markets, Rabobank, UBS Asset Management, Louis Capital FX, Lloyds Bank and Marex Spectron adding to his broad cross market and cross asset experience.
Tibor Gergely is a seasoned professional with 15 years of experience in eFX trading. Currently serving as the Head of eFX Liquidity at Commerzbank, he plays a pivotal role in optimizing liquidity management, and engaging with clients and trading venues to enhance service offerings.
Mr. Gergely holds a BS in Mathematics and a MS in Applied Mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He furthered his academic pursuit with a MS in Financial Mathematics from the Courant Institute at New York University, equipping him with a robust foundation in both theoretical and practical aspects of financial mathematics.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Gergely was the Head of Spot Strategy at 360T, a part of Deutsche Börse. He has also held significant eFX trading positions at BNP Paribas, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and UniCredit. His diverse experience includes working on FX algorithms, benchmarks, and orders. Mr. Gergely also ventured into the cryptocurrency sector, engaging in market making and systematic crypto trading at a startup company he co-founded.
In his professional capacity, he leverages his expertise in computer science and mathematics to drive data-informed business decisions. Mr. Gergely’s work is characterized by a rigorous approach to problem-solving and a commitment to leveraging advanced mathematical techniques to enhance trading performance and achieve business objectives.
15:30 – 16:10
Networking Break
16:10 – 16:50
Where FX derivatives electronification goes next
Panel discussion
- How electronically traded are FX options, swaps, forwards and NDFs right now
- What venues and protocols will they be traded on in future?
- What impacts could this have on liquidity and pricing?
- What role can execution algos play in the FX derivatives space?
Noel Singh is Head of eFX Business Development at Sucden Financial, leading the firm’s expansion of its non-bank FX prime brokerage business. He has over 25 years of experience in banking and currency trading and joined the company from ABN Amro Clearing Bank, where he managed their OTC FX clearing business.
Past positions include Head of FX Prime Brokerage for SEB and senior roles at Integral Development, Dresdner Kleinwort, EBS and also Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, prior to its merger.
With 20 years in financial technology and investment banking, Stuart has acquired extensive experience in electronic market making, algorithmic trading, and real-time risk management. Most recently he has led a global team at Balyasny Asset Management, building a cross asset platform for systematic quantitative strategies. Previously, as Head of Markets Electronic Trading Strategy at Credit Suisse, Stuart drove key initiatives to enhance electronic trading capabilities across multiple desks spanning FX, equities, futures and treasuries. Prior to that he played a key role in developing the Credit Suisse eFX platform. Joining the desk at its inception he contributed to and managed the platform through its expansion into precious metals, electronic NDFs and the successful provision of electronic market making of US government debt. Stuart is passionate about the interface between business and technology and how they influence each other. Technological innovation can transform the future of a business and business innovation can demand new solutions from technologists. Finding the correct synergies between these two drivers is key for sustainable success.
Divay is currently Director, FICC E-Trading & Market Structure at Bank of America. Based in London, Divay is responsible for defining and delivering Bank of America’s strategy on Electronic Trading and Market Structure in FX and Local Currency Trading. Previously, Divay was a Director of FX Products at CME Group managing the exchange’s listed FX franchise in EMEA, with a focus on Emerging Markets and FX Options. Prior to that, Divay held a number of roles on the sell-side in the FX and Derivatives space. Divay holds a Bachelor in Engineering and an MBA from University of Delhi
Stéphane Malrait is Managing Director and Global Head of market structure and innovation for Financial Markets at ING Bank. He is working with advocacy groups, policy makers and regulators to follow market structure and industry challenges impacting the financial market industry. He is also leading innovation activities in the capital market space within ING and developing external partnership with Fintech companies. He actively contributes in industry working groups to represent ING Bank.
Stéphane joined ING in 2015 to lead the bank e-commerce initiatives across all financial market products and to develop the financial market group’s cross-asset ecommerce strategy. Before joining ING, he spent eight years at Société Générale, where he was Global Head of FIC eCommerce, creating an eCommerce business covering credit, rates, money market, emerging market and FX. Prior to this, Stéphane worked at JPMorgan Chase for ten years, serving in different roles in Global FX E-Commerce Business Management and cross-asset eCommerce technology and was based in London and New York.
Stéphane has a strong background in financial markets and understands the need for continued technological development to drive positive change in trading and market structure workflows. He is leading ING Financial Market innovation strategy and working on the implementation of financial regulations that will impact the clients trading activity and transform how trading floor operates.
Stéphane is also an advisor or board member for several Fintech initiatives and trading associations in Fixed income and FX. Since 2005 he has been active with the ACI Financial Market Association - an international non-profit organisation that represents the interests of market professionals in foreign exchange and money markets. He chaired the ACI FX committee from 2010 for 10 years and joined ACI FMA board in 2020 and became chairman of the board in June 2021. He is also an active member of the ECB FX contact group and a board member of ICMA since May 2023.
John Crisp is the director of product strategy and development at kACE. kACE provides derivatives trading solutions spanning price formation, automated client price distribution, liquidity access, risk management, post-trade processing and connectivity.
John has over 20 years’ experience in FX derivatives product management at kACE. He led product innovation including an FX options e-commerce platform in the early 2000s, building FX options liquidity workflow solutions and the integration of an FX forwards, NDFs and Rates derivatives platform into the business in the 2010s. Most recently he has produced workflow and connectivity solutions for automated hedging of end-client FX options flows. During that time kACE has serviced over 500 clients across more than 40 countries world-wide. John was based in Tokyo for three years, defining and delivering customised product strategy for the Asia Pacific region.
He holds a BA in mathematics from Cambridge University.
16:50 – 17:30
Theme three: FX Services
16:50 – 17:30
Automation in FX markets
Panel discussion
- How are market makers currently utilising automation to create and distribute prices and trade ideas, and where can it go next?
- How are the buy side using automation, and what are the future use cases?
- What post-trade functions are ripe for automation?
- Can market makers utilise AI to enhance automation capabilities?
Joe Parsons is deputy editor on the global markets desk. He was formerly deputy editor at Global Custodian, and prior to that he was at The Trade.
Joe has nearly 20 years of experience across Fixed Income, he has run sales, structuring and e-sales teams globally and now heads digital for the global macro business line at BNP Paribas
Paul moved to London in 2007 to further build the Eastern European Short Term Interest Rate Trading desk (STIRT) at Deutsche Bank Frankfurt, which became the market leading trading desk in this area for many years under his tenure. Paul then focused on building the STIRT business in South Africa, which also became market leading under his leadership, until he turned his focus on building the Asia business from 2012 and helped develop the newly internationalized offshore RMB market. Here Paul represented Deutsche Bank in the industry working groups to develop offshore CNH and became Deutsche Bank’s head of Asian Fixed income and currencies (FIC) in the West, where he managed trading desks in London and New York that were focused on delivering all FIC Asia products to western investors. Paul left Deutsche Bank at the end of 2016 to join BNY Mellon as the Global Head of FX Forwards, where he was instrumental in developing the existing successful FX Swap Franchise into a broader STIRT business.
Steve works within the Trade Processing division and is responsible for the commercial strategy and evolution of a number of OSTTRA platforms and services covering Foreign Exchange, Listed Derivatives, Equity Swaps, Cash Equities & Fixed Income.
Prior to joining OSTTRA via Traiana in 2010, Steve worked as a systems architect and consultant on a diverse range of cross-asset trade and post-trade projects for Equity and Commodity/Financial Futures Exchanges, Interdealer Brokers, Third-Party Vendors and global banks.
17:30 – 18:30
Closing remarks and cocktail reception
19:00 – 22:00
Awards dinner
Invitation only
19:00 – 19:05
ACI's remarks
Highly experienced financial services executive with a proven track record in building and growing several commercially successful Electronic FX Execution businesses. Achieved through a deep understanding of the OTC FX electronic trading market, relationships and strong people management skills augmented with passion and hard work. Underwritten by a strong emphasis on client adoption, revenue and profits, organisational efficiency, and strategic alignment.
20:45 – 21:15
FX Markets award ceremony and winners announcements
22:00 – 22:05
Carriages
Building the FX community
Bringing together industry professionals and experts under one roof, fostering an environment of shared knowledge and passion. Through insightful discussions, networking sessions, and collaborative workshops, attendees will not only learn from each other but also forge lasting connections.
Associate sponsors
Company profile
Banks are enhancing their front office offering with FX Options and Structured Products to meet client demand and diversify revenue streams. smartTrade facilitates this shift by providing robust support for low-latency connectivity, trading, and distribution of FX products, enabling banks to efficiently manage and scale their front office trading operations.
OSTTRA (www.osttra.com) is a joint venture between S&P Global & CME Group. Headquartered in London, it incorporates pioneers in their field, including CME Group’s optimisation businesses –Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset – and IHS Markit’s MarkitSERV:
MarkitServ was instrumental in moving the Interest Rates and Credit communities from paper-based workflows to electronic affirmations and confirmations, while delivering leading FX networks for straight-through processing and clearing.
Traiana created the post-trade infrastructure that underpinned huge growth in Prime Brokerage volumes in FX markets, before expanding across asset classes and building the central limit checking utility that delivers trade certainty in OTC markets.
TriOptima pioneered multilateral portfolio compression, optimising risk and capital allocation for all market participants and creating the leading global network for portfolio reconciliation, analysis and margin management.
Reset has delivered innovative solutions for managing basis risk in trading portfolios for more than 20 years, reducing fixing and strike risk in global portfolios.
kACE was launched following the acquisition of Kalahari by Fenics Software. The two industry-standard technologies have come together under the kACE brand with the aim of becoming the market leading multi-asset solutions provider for pricing analytics, price distribution, deal capture and middleware connectivity.
Fenics has more than 30 years’ experience providing intuitive solutions for the FX derivatives market, including:
* Pre-trade analysis
* Risk management
* Automated client price distribution
* Post trade processing
Fenics is a market leader in the FX option space and continues to offer quantitative services of the highest quality. We have consistently won awards both for innovation and overall best FXO vendor from the top industry publications including: Week, Asia Risk and P&L Magazine.
Kalahari has been a key player in providing innovative pricing solutions to financial markets for over 30 years. This experience and our long-standing client relationships are key to our continued ability to innovate and deliver trusted, market- leading solutions.
Our best-in-class, pricing engine is driven by sophisticated aggregation and publishing modules and provides accurate real-time prices and calculations to the interest rate and FX linear derivatives markets.
Fenics and Kalahari are subsidiaries of BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets. BGC licenses its products for use at over 350 client sites worldwide. Fenics and Kalahari operate from offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.
LMAX Exchange, part of the LMAX Group, delivers efficient market structure and transparent, precise, consistent execution to all market participants, including funds, banks, proprietary trading firms, institutional brokers and asset managers.
Operating multiple global institutional FX exchanges, as a UK Financial Conduct Authority-regulated multilateral trading facility and Monetary Authority of Singapore-regulated recognised market operator, LMAX Exchange enables institutions worldwide to trade on a central limit order book with streaming, firm limit order liquidity from top-tier global banks and non-banks.
Association partner
ACI UK is an independent association for UK professionals within the Foreign Exchange, Money Markets, and Crypto-Digital Asset markets, and part of the Global ACI Financial Markets Association. We are a community of professionals with the power to connect, provide a voice and help our members understand these dynamic market places.
Founded in the 1950s, the ACI UK has been an active association for over 70 years helping generations of practitioners navigate an evolving market.
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Fully integrated in the BNP Paribas Group, BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) is a leading provider of solutions to two client franchises: corporates and institutionals, and operates across EMEA, APAC and the Americas. The bank is a global leader in Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives. It is a top European house in Equity Capital Markets and it has leading franchises in Specialised Financing. In Securities Services, it is a top five house worldwide.
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BBH operates in eighteen locations, including New York, Boston, Beijing, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Dublin, Grand Cayman, Hong Kong, Kraków, London, Luxembourg, Nashville, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Tokyo, Wilmington, and Zürich.
BBH Hong Kong has been servicing Hong Kong based clients for nearly over 30 years. As a cross-border specialist with a strong focus on Greater China, BBH is a market leader in helping global asset managers access the region's growing capital pools, and Greater China managers looking to distribute their products globally.
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BBH 是一家私人持有的金融機構, 200年來一直是創意及提供解決方案的領導者。本行於三個業務領域: 投資者服務、投資管理和私人銀行,為企業機構, 個人和家庭提供服務。BBH 的投資者服務業務為許多世界領先的資產管理公司和金融機構提供跨境託管、會計、管理、執行和技術服務。
BBH 在紐約、波士頓、北京、夏洛特、芝加哥、丹佛、都柏林、大開曼群島、香港、克拉科夫、倫敦、盧森堡、納什維爾、新澤西、費城、東京、威爾明頓和蘇黎世等18個地點開展業務。
BBH 香港以香港為基地的客戶提供服務已近30多年。作為專注於大中華區的跨境基金專家BBH在協助 環球資產管理公司進入該地區持續增長的資本池 及大中華區資產管理公司在全球分銷其產品一直處於市場領先地位。
BBH 是美國、歐洲和亞洲國內產品的 ETF 產品專家, 與經驗豐富的 ETF 經理和新的、創新的市場進入者合作, 介紹和發展他們的 ETF 產品。
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BBH(브라운 브라더즈 해리먼: Brown Brothers Harriman)는 민간 금융기관으로서 지난 200년 동안 꾸준히 선구자로서 솔루션을 제공해왔다. 주 업무는 투자자 서비스, 투자 관리 및 프라이빗 뱅킹 등 3가지 분야로 나눌 수 있으며 BBH의 투자자 서비스 부문은 국내외를 연계한 자산보관 관리, 회계, 유지관리 및 집행 서비스를 포함하고 있으며 세계 유수의 많은 자산 운용사와 금융기관을 대상으로 하고 있다.
BBH는 뉴욕, 보스톤, 베이징, 샤롯, 시카도, 덴버, 더블린, 그랜드 케이만, 홍콩, 크라코우, 런던, 룩셈부르그, 내쉬빌, 뉴저지, 필라델피아, 도쿄, 윌밍턴 및 취리히등 18개 지역에서 업무를 진행하고 있다. 보다 상세한 정보는 bbh.com웹사이트에서 확인 가능하다.
BBH 홍콩은 30년에 걸쳐 홍콩에 기반을 둔 클라이언트에게 서비스를 제공해왔으며 중국에 역점을 둔 해외 전문가로서 글로벌 자산 관리자들이 이 지역의 점증하는 자본에 좀더 쉽게 접근하도록 지원하는 동시에 중국의 자산 관리자들의 자사 금융상품 글로벌 시장 진출 업무도 지원해 주고 있다.
BBH는 미국, 유럽 및 아시아의 수감 제품에 대 한 ETF 전문가 이며, 경험 많은 ETF 관리자와 새롭고 혁신적인 시장 참가자 들이 ETF 제품을 소개 하 고 성장 시키기 위해 협력 하고 있다.
보다 상세한 정보는 www.bbh.com에서 확인 가능하다
BBHは、200年にわたり、ソートリーダー（”Thought Leader”）として、またソリューションプロバイダー（”Solution Provider”）として業界をリードしてきた独立系金融機関です。インベスター・サービス、インベストメント・マネージメント、プライベート・バンキングからなる３つの事業を展開しており、機関投資家やファミリーオフィス、個人のお客様へサービスを提供しています。
インベスター・サービス事業では、グローバルに展開する運用会社や金融機関のお客様へ、クロスボーダー・カストディ、ファンド計理・管理、テクノロジー・サービス等を提供しています。また、BBHは、世界の金融都市を含む18か所に拠点を有しています（ニューヨーク、ボストン、北京、シャーロット、シカゴ、デンバー、ダブリン、グランドケイマン、香港、クラクフ、ロンドン、ルクセンブルク、東京、ウィルミントン、チューリッヒ等）。※詳細はウェブサイトbbh.com をご確認ください。
BBH香港拠点は３0年以上にわたり、香港をベースとするお客様にサービスを提供しています。グレーター・チャイナ・ビジネスに強みを持つ、クロスボーダー・サービスのスペシャリストとしてBBHは、成長著しい中国市場のキャピタルを狙う運用会社や、グローバル展開を目指す中国の運用会社をサポートしてきました。
BBHは、米国、欧州、アジアにおけるETFプロダクトのスペシャリストとして、ETF大手の運用会社や、市場へ新規参入を試みる革新的な運用会社の成長をサポートします。
詳細は、ウェブサイトをご確認ください。 www.bbh.com
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