The FX market is evolving as rapidly as cryptocurrencies have arrived on the scene, so the interest in FX has grown in step with that.
New traders are contributing to market liquidity, trading is increasingly taking place on electronic channels and the fragmentation of trading venues has probably reached a peak.
In the absence of a structure based on regulated markets or specific legislation, FX participants created a code of ethics to ensure an orderly market.
ESMA has recently also adopted the FX Global Code as a baseline.
Here we briefly analyze the current FX market trends and explore how an automated surveillance system’s implementation for FX spot – with its specificities – can leverage on the LIST experience gained in the delivery of technology for market abuse detection regulations throughout the world.