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Webinar : Cloud-computing in Foreign Exchange
- The Big Game Changer
Listen to this webinar about this paradigm shift in software delivery, the promises it holds for FX market participants and how it will affect FX markets in general.
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Abstract
Cloud-computing stands to democratize the foreign exchange industry by introducing a shared resource model, which advances the fundamental economics of trading these markets. Combined with a regulatory environment predicated on reducing systemic risk and increasing transparency, and the game looks set to change for the incumbent providers of foreign exchange liquidity. This webinar will act as a forum to debate the implications of cloud-based trading technology on the microstructure of the FX market. Panelist will discuss the application of cloud-computing in foreign exchange from new business opportunities, impact on liquidity, risk management and transparency, as well as meeting prudential requirements under incoming Dodd-Frank, Emir and MiFID II.
Discussion points
- What is cloud computing?
- What impact does cloud computing have on the microstructure of the foreign exchange market i.e. on trading and liquidity?
- How will it affect the profitability of banks and their market-making activities?
- Could cloud computing spell the end of single bank platforms?
- Is regulation going to have a significant unnatural change on the structure of the market?
- What role does cloud-computing play in managing systemic risk and price transparency?
Speakers
- Moderator: Saima Farooqi, Executive Editor, FX Week
- Joseph F. Conlan, Global Head of FX Sales, FCSTONE, LLC
- Javier Paz, senior analyst, AITE GROUP
- Harpal Sandhu, Chief Executive Officer, Integral
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