Repackaging liquidity: Large sell-side institutions taking charge

It is clear that the dynamics of the FX market are rapidly changing and the large sell-side institutions are taking charge of their liquidity again.

The move by Barclays and then Deutsche to allow clients to put bids and offers onto their proprietary platforms is highly significant. Nobody from the sell side will, at least for the moment, say that they pose a threat to the multibank platforms but clearly they do. That threat extends to EBS, Reuters and the CME, although the need for an outlet for liquidity that cannot be matched up internally does provide these venues with a degree of protection.

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