After a very slow September, data from Forex ECN FastMatch indicates that October 2018 saw a modest 3% increase in trading activity, with FX trading volumes coming in at $19.2 billion ADV, versus $18.6 billion ADV the previous month. We'd note that September was the slowest month of 2018 for FastMatch, and volumes remain well below the…
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Following the normal summer slowdown in trading seen at a number of leading institutional FX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that September 2018 FX trading volumes were down even further, coming in at $18.6 billion ADV. That is 4% below August's $19.5 billion, and also represents the lowest average-daily-volume figure of any month in 2018 for…
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Continuing a string of somewhat slow set of trading volumes being reported for the summer months by leading institutional FX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that August 2018 FX trading volumes were down 3% from July, with average daily trading volumes coming in at $19.5 billion. However, despite the seasonal slowdown, FastMatch's figures for both…
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Pan-European exchange operator Euronext has announced the acquisition of approximately 8% of additional interest in FastMatch, a global FX spot market operator, operating as a Euronext company since August 2017. Euronext acquired a 90% stake in FastMatch for $153 million. In combination with the stake in the company that Euronext acquired in August 2017, Euronext…
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Institutional electronic FX platform Fastmatch has announced its partnership with Celer Technologies. Celer has developed a sleek design for Fastmatch to compete with other front end trader platforms. With comprehensive and easy-to-use functionality; from order management and execution; flexible pricing displays; Algo execution, to a seamless onboarding and supporting management console, Celer has provided Fastmatch with competitive…
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