When Cliff Lewis became chairman and chief executive of Currenex in January 2003, he signalled his intention of reinventing the company. It would no longer be simply a high-technology utility for the buy side but rather a broader foreign exchange marketplace run on a for-profits basis. Few at the time gave Lewis any real chance of success, especially as it was widely predicted that the multi-bank platform space was ripe for consolidation. This contraction of trading venues has yet to occur and it might be that Currenex’s sale revives the topic, at least as a debate even if not as a reality.
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