Poll results confirm, Single Dealer Platforms best positioned to provide SEF routing capabilities


We have been running a poll asking whether Single Dealer Platforms should provide routing through to SEFs.

The results are shown below, and not unsurprisingly the majority of voters thought that SDPs should provide an aggregated view of SEF liquidity, and order routing capabilities.

Our survey echos the findings of a similar poll carried out during live Webcast last week on Regulation and OTC e-commerce: Future-proofing your systems (may require password), with some 80% of voters suggesting that Single Dealer Platforms will become more important rather than less important as new trading regulations unfold. Actual webcast available here

EuroMoney FX survey 2010 results – some thoughts


EuroMoney has just released the results of the 2010 FX Survey (sorry it’s subscription based).

2010 FX Share Top 10 ranking (2009)

1. Deutsche Bank (1)
2. UBS (2)
3. Barclays Capital (3)
4. Citi (5)
5. RBS (4)
6. JPMorgan (6)
7. HSBC (7)
8. Credit Suisse (9)
9. Goldman Sachs (8)
10. Morgan Stanley (11)

The top 10 has almost remained the same, with one new entry (and some slight shuffling of the deckchairs) and for the 6th year running, the mighty Deutsche Bank tops the poll – which is an amazing record! I touched on the factors that separate the top players in an earlier post here

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