This year’s foreign exchange poll conducted by Euromoney shows that 44.48% of overall market share is concentrated in the hands of the top-five players. Last year, they held just 35.82% and in 2000 38.43%. Some banks say that in three to five years the poll will not extend beyond the top eight or 10 banks.
Volume begets volume, and flows are consolidating into the hands of fewer and larger players. Narrow spreads and pressured margins mean it is becoming increasingly difficult for regional and tier-two banks to be market makers.
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