The TRADE 61 - Q3 2019 | Page 63

[ X X X X X X X X X X ] figuring out when you expect to put a particular trade on and provide pricing to you in that regard, there’s a whole sphere of functionality that we can bring to the FX space through ALiX.” In the long-term, BNP Paribas aims to take the new technologies in the form of ALiX and the new functionality and analytics on Cortex LIVE to other financial instruments and asset classes. Cortex LIVE, ALiX, as well as interactive algos Chameleon and Viper, could soon embark on a journey into equities or fixed income. BNP Paribas says this expansion is being considered amid a trend towards multi-asset trading in asset management. “We are now looking to extend our award-winning algo execution service to other asset classes such as fixed income, futures and so on. This is against the backdrop of the buy-side consolidating their activities and forming multi-asset trading desks. Eventually, we want ALiX to become that multi-asset BNP Paribas trading assistant,” Razaq concludes. Issue 61 // TheTradeNews.com // 63