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February 2007

Market aggregators: Pendulum swings away from multibank platforms

Citing evidence from what he admits is a limited study, TABB Group partner Robert Iati feels that the decision of many of the leading FX banks to invest heavily in their own trading portals has left the multi-bank aggregating platforms looking vulnerable.


"The banks are certainly paying tens of millions a year [in systems development]. This can be justified by making the platforms multi-asset. The pendulum is moving back towards the banks" Robert Iati, TABB

After examining where both buy-side and sell-side dealers are trading, Iati says that this has resulted in the market fragmenting again, after what looked like a period when it would consolidate.

“We’re seeing a shift...


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