Liquidity-hunting algos the next big thing in FX NDFs

Other players are expected to follow Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas in introducing algos designed to source both internal and external liquidity for FX NDFs, despite limited liquidity in many non-deliverable currencies.

How to tap liquidity in non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) has been exercising the minds of FX houses this year. In February, Goldman Sachs introduced a smart algo for accessing internal and external liquidity NDFs. Four months later, BNP Paribas went live with its first NDF algo currency pairs (USD/INR and USD/KRW).

According to Ralf Donner, head of client FX algos at Goldman Sachs, there has been a consistent demand from clients – particularly in Asia – to trade NDFs in the same way as deliverable currencies.

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