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FX Aggregation. Johann (Hansi) Leikert Manager Trading Solutions Europe East Phone: +43 1 53112 283 Email: johann.Leikert@thomsonreuters.com Rovinj , May 2012. AGENDA. Challenges for Banks Trends in FX Trading Thomson Reuters Dealing Aggregator What´s new in Reuters Matching.
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FX Aggregation Johann (Hansi) Leikert Manager Trading Solutions Europe East Phone: +43 1 53112 283 Email: johann.Leikert@thomsonreuters.com Rovinj, May 2012
AGENDA • Challenges for Banks • Trends in FX Trading • Thomson Reuters Dealing Aggregator • What´s new in Reuters Matching
What are the challenges for Banks in FX? • Price Aggregation • Lack of industry-wide consolidated tape • Own developed solution or third party vendor • First step for an winning automated trading operation • Managing multiple trading venues • Different locations and built-in distance latency • Varying frequency of price distribution • Lack of price normalization • Lack of consistency across venues that present depth of book • Differences in tick size and order types
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What´s new on Reuters Matching • New Matching API • New Matching GUI with depth of book this year • International Matching for Croatia • Thomson Reuters is Number One FX Liquidity Pool • $ 137 billion per day