Retail trading: Saxo Bank finds value in growth from a retail niche

The oft-perceived wisdom is that consolidation into the hands of fewer and fewer major players will continue. But the emergence of a new breed of service providers suggests this is simplistic.

Lars Seier Christensen, Saxo Bank “We’re still really just scratching at the surface of this market’s potential”
Lars Seier Christensen, Saxo Bank

According to the most recent Bank for International Settlements (BIS) triennial central bank survey covering activity in foreign exchange in April 2004, trading has consolidated into the hands of fewer players. BIS noted that in the US, just 11 banks accounted for 75% of FX turnover in 2004 compared with 20 in 1998. It seems the big are getting bigger, leaving the smaller players to scrabble around for the crumbs from a rich man’s table.

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