However on a relative basis both did much better than Forex ECN rival EBS. But why? After setting volume records in June, Thomson Reuters FX and its still-separately-run subsidiary FXall reported forex volume slowdowns in July. Thomson Reuters FX came in at $114 billion daily in July, off 22% from June's $147 billion, and FXall…
Read moreFXall parent Thomson Reuters also has a nice month, with its best FX volumes in over a year. Forex ECN FXall, and its still-separately-run parent Thomson Reuters FX, each reported a nice month for forex volumes in June. FXall had its best ever month at $123 billion average daily volume -- up 14% over May…
Read moreRetail FX brokerages continue to set records in May, yet Forex ECNs were mostly treading water. Continuing the mixed-results FX volumes trend for May we've seen so far at the CME Group (up 15%) and at ICAP EBS (down 2%), Thomson Reuters and its FXall unit each reported ho-hum FX volumes results for the month.…
Read moreRetail FX brokerages set records in April, but Forex ECNs were mostly treading water. Continuing the mixed-results FX volumes trend for April we've seen so far at the CME Group (down 16%) and at ICAP EBS (up 7%), Thomson Reuters and its FXall unit each reported ho-hum FX volumes results for the month. Thomson Reuters…
Read more...although Thomson Reuters retakes the #1 Forex ECN title back from ICAP EBS. Continuing the mixed-results FX volumes trend for March we've seen so far at the CME Group and at ICAP EBS, Thomson Reuters and its FXall unit each reported ho-hum FX volumes results in March. Thomson Reuters was actually down 4% from February…
Read moreLawsuit brought by former TRI employee claims insider survey leaks. An interesting lawsuit brought against Thomson Reuters by former employee Mark Rosenblum claims that the bimonthly Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers had a "tiered" release, giving certain "ultra-low-latency" subscribers to the survey a brief trading advantage, based on receiving the information earlier. Rosenblum's…
Read moreFXall sets another record for best-ever month, but ICAP's EBS retains #1 Forex ECN crown. A two-month rally in January-February FX trading volumes has continued, with FXall ($110 billion average daily volume) and its parent company Thomson Reuters ($137 billion) each reporting nice up-months (see charts below). Nevertheless, neither company could surpass the $149 billion…
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 moreJanuary was a very strong month across the board in the FX world. After a 2012 which many FX brokers want to forget, as low market volatility kept trading volumes low, 2013 has clearly begun with a bang. After healthy January volume reports from Forex ECN ICAP EBS and from the CME Group (FX futures)…
Read moreFXall hits the $100 billion-per-day mark for just the second time ever. For the second month in a row, we see divergent results from Thomson Reuters (volumes down 8%) and its recently-acquired subsidiary FXall (volumes up 5%) in December. And with FXall hitting (exactly) the $100 billion-per-month volume level for just the second time ever,…
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