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HFT - speed or strategy?

The constant need to invest in faster trading infrastructure adds significantly to the cost of trading, creating a distinct difference between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.

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22 February 2019, Profit and Loss

Torrey Joins Digital Currency Firm Genesis*†

Torrey was most recently at Northern Trust, which he joined in mid-2016 as global head of FX e-commerce sales. Prior to that, he was briefly with ParFX, where he was head of FX sales for North America.

21 February 2019, Profit and Loss

P&L’s 2018 Crystal Ball - How Did We Do?*†

Roger Rutherford, COO, ParFX: This is a HIT, but I don’t think ‘the great divide’ began in 2018. Rather, skyrocketing fees associated with market data is an uncomfortable, long-term trend.

15 February 2019, FOW

Market structure "strikes the right balance" – CME*†

Last October the COO of Tradition-owned FX trading platform ParFX argued speed bumps are needed to curb “bad trading”.

15 February 2019, FX Week

How tech will transform FX next: what the industry thinks*

These transformational technologies are what will form the opportunities, benefits and challenges for FX market participants in the future, according to Roger Rutherford, the chief operating officer at ParFX, one of the 130 market participants that took part in the mid-2018 study.

14 February 2019, FOW

CFTC consults on controversial speed bumps*†

Last October the COO of Tradition-owned FX trading platform ParFX argued speed bumps are needed to curb “bad trading”.

13 February 2019, Euromoney

Bank of England FX data show shift to options for hedging*

More generally, financial markets were operating in a risk-off environment through and beyond October, explains Roger Rutherford, chief operating officer of ParFX, noting that GBP’s share of daily market turnover was down from 16.7% in April 2018 to 16.1% last October.

12 February 2019, Tabb Forum

MEMX Is a Cautionary Tale for Market Operators: Ignore Customers at Your Peril*†

The launch of new member-owned stock exchange MEMX is a concrete example of the collective power market participants can wield in the face of opaque pricing and a lack of transparency – and a cautionary tale to incumbents that refuse to listen to their customers. 

11 February 2019, Traders

MEMX Is a Cautionary Tale for Market Operators: Ignore Customers at Your Peril *

The launch of new member-owned stock exchange, MEMX, is a concrete example of the collective power market participants can wield in the face of opaque pricing and a lack of transparency – and a cautionary tale to incumbents that refuse to listen to their customers.

11 February 2019, FOW

MEMX: a wake-up call for other markets – ParFX*†

According to Roger Rutherford, chief operating officer at spot FX platform ParFX, the newly formed Members Exchange (Memx) is a prime example that institutions which are disillusioned with existing services can take matters into their own hands.

31 January 2019, Financial Times

Crypto brokers ignore market collapse to woo pro investors*†

“We are building a market infrastructure for institutional level crypto trading. The whole point of the project is to test the appetite for crypto trading at the very top level of institutional trading. We’ve done this before with ParFX and I think we can do it again this time,” Mr Adams told the Financial Times.

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