Executive Summary
This report provides detailed information on Foreign Exchange investing according to financial institutions located across Asia excluding Australia, New Zealand and Japan, including helpful benchmark data such as:
- Trading volume by product
- Product usage rates
- Average number of dealers used & concentration of business with dealers used
Graphic slides include:
- Trading Volume by Transaction
- Trading Volume by Type of Institution
- Trading Volume by Region
- Use of Emerging Markets Currencies
- Use of Asian Currencies
- Use of Products
- Use of Dealers’ Research
- The average no. of dealers used increased for all buckets, with insurance companies & fund managers showing the biggest increase
- The smaller sized institutions allocate a larger proportion of their business to their top 3 dealers and use fewer dealers
- Electronic and voice trading allocation of business to top 3 dealers are broadly similar
- Proportion of FX Trading Volume, by Channel
- Use of Electronic Trading
- Electronic Trading in Currency Options
- About a third of currency options and 30% of NDF are traded electronically
- Current and Expected Use of Exchange-Traded Currency Futures and Options
- Online Trading- Type of System Used
- Most Important Factors for Prioritizing Single-Dealer E-Trading Platforms
- Use of APIs and Algorithmic Model Trading
- Use of Trading Cost Analysis
- Use of Prime Brokers
Research is based on in-person and telephone interviews with 308 respondents between September through November, 2014. The data in this report is based upon aggregated results from individuals participating in the study.