Electronic platforms: Single portals of discovery predicted for multiple assets

There’s widespread agreement that there are too many portals providing FX prices but consolidation has been slow. Is the market going to stop waiting and roll out multi-asset platforms instead?

John Eley, Hotspot FX John Eley, Hotspot FX: confidence is key

A recently released Barclays Capital survey of 800 of the bank’s e-commerce clients suggests that the days of providing a one-product platform may be numbered. Among its other findings, the survey concluded that most e-trading users want to have multiple assets available on a single trading platform. To an extent, more sophisticated players in the market can create virtual multi-asset platforms. Vince O’Sullivan, director, European e-commerce at Barclays Capital, says that the bank is already delivering multiple product lines to its clients through FIX APIs.

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