EBS's move is meant to remove advantages enjoyed by high-speed, high-frequency traders. The Forex ECN wars are officially on! Just a few days after we reported the launch of Tradition's new Forex ECN called ParFX, comes word that ICAP's EBS is making a major change to the way it handles incoming orders. The change --…
Read moreHas EBS now lost its lead in the Forex ECN business to rivals Thomson Reuters and FXall? ICAP's Forex ECN unit EBS reported March FX trading volumes at $120.4 billion (average daily volume for the month), down 19% from February and down 2% from last year March. After two strong months to start the year, things slowed down at EBS in March.…
Read moreHas EBS recaptured its lead in the Forex ECN business over rivals Thomson Reuters and FXall? ICAP's Forex ECN unit EBS reported February FX trading volumes at $149 billion (average daily volume for the month), up 5% from January and up 18% from last year February -- but still below the above-$150-billion-per-day levels EBS saw throughout…
Read moreThe competitors in the Forex ECN business will jointly provide FX rate fixings in major currencies. In what seems like a move meant to fend off upstart bank-backed competitors such as ParFX and FastMatch, Thomson Reuters and ICAP's EBS unit have announced that they will jointly release 30-minute FX rate fixings. Currently, Thomson Reuters and…
Read moreICAP EBS volumes soar 22%; CME Group's FX futures volumes up 21%. Two leading FX aggregators, ICAP's EBS division (spot FX ECN) and the CME Group (FX futures), reported very healthy January trading volumes. CME Group's FX futures volumes were up by 21% over last January (but just 9% over a surprisingly strong December) to average…
Read moreMove is likely meant to repair / improve ICAP and EBS's relationship with key FX liquidity banks. As we have written before, ICAP and its Forex ECN unit EBS have taken steps to repair relations with large global banks that provide FX liquidity at EBS, after complaints by such banks that high frequency traders had…
Read moreDr. Viral Tolat co-founded Integral 20 years ago and was with Integral since. EBS management is taking some serious steps to try and keep up with rising rival FXall, and its parent company Thomson Reuters, in the Forex ECN business. ICAP's EBS unit has announced that is has hired Dr. Viral Tolat as its new CTO.…
Read moreICAP's EBS losing ground to FXall and Thomson Reuters in the FX ECN business. With competitors showing mixed results in what is usually a slow December FX trading season, ICAP's EBS unit reported its lowest monthly volumes since 2005 (!!), at $91.8 billion (average daily volume) 12% off last month and 4% below last year…
Read moreICAP's EBS taking drastic steps to bring back clients. ICAP's Forex ECN unit, EBS, may be losing market share to competitors such as Thomson Reuters and FXall (which recently passed EBS to take the #2 slot in the market), but EBS management is not taking it lying down. After last week announcing that it was…
Read moreEBS Direct to provide relationship-based, disclosed liquidity. ICAP-EBS, trying to play catch-up to competitors Thomson Reuters and FXall, has announced today the introduction of a new service called EBS Direct, to launch next month. Until now, all of EBS's services have been provided as an anonymous ECN matching platform. EBS claims to already have more…
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