EBS primed for change in online FX

Bank FX traders are up in arms about the plans of EBS, the interdealer FX broker, to allow hedge funds onto the platform. EBS says the pilot phase, which ended last month, was a success. Bank traders say it will create unstable trading conditions, and are beginning to talk about taking their liquidity elsewhere

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Banks are set to lose spread revenue trading foreign exchange, face a heightened risk of being left holding more loss-making positions and could bear the brunt of any collapse of an FX trading hedge fund.

These are the fears FX traders at some of the leading banks are entertaining now that their largest inter-dealer market-making system, EBS, is pushing ahead with plans to allow buy-side clients to trade on the platform alongside them.

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