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Contents: Editor’ s note:
3 Editor’ s note
4 Latest news and people moves
Keeping you informed of key industry developments
12 Preparing the FX Global Code for the AI era
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee( GFXC) continues to discuss what’ s front of mind for the next iteration of the FX Global Code, confirming that artificial intelligence is securely on the agenda as it looks ahead toward the forthcoming review – set for 2027.
16 The future of FX liquidity
The TRADE sits down with Nathan Vurgest, director of trading at Record Currency Management, to explore how buy-side FX desks can find genuinely differentiated liquidity, reduce workflow complexity and better understand the growing importance of counterparty dynamics.
17 LLMs opening up new alpha opportunities in systematic trading
Sitting down with The TRADE, Markus Ebner, head of multi-asset at Quoniam Asset Management, argues that AI and LLMs are opening up new alpha opportunities in systematic trading, but firms need disciplined signal monitoring, robust governance and faster processing to distinguish genuine innovation from noise and decay.
18 The evolving FX options ecosystem
The TRADE catches up with Christian Beinert, FX trader at MEAG, to explore how fragmented technology, manual workflows, limited liquidity and transparency continue to hold institutional trading back when it comes to the FX options market becoming more electronic.
19 FX credit constraints as an execution barrier
The TRADE sits down with Toby Baker, former head of FX trading at T. Rowe Price and co-founder of PeerLink, to discuss the fact that across the FX market, the problem isn’ t simply a lack of credit, it’ s that existing credit, collateral and legal capacity isn’ t always available where and when the trader needs it.
20 Finding genuine FX liquidity
The TRADE sits down with Joseph Forde, FX trader at Brown Brothers Harriman, to unpack the FX liquidity landscape and how analytics is increasingly enabling traders to make dynamic routing decisions while retaining human judgement.
22‘ Market uncertainty has always been a certainty’
The TRADE catches up with Tomás García-Purriños, senior asset allocation strategist, Santander Asset Management, to unpack how volatility is increasingly playing into FX trading strategies and how desks need to operate.
23 Using data smarter in FX
Per Ivarsson, quantitative researcher at Systematica Investments, sits down with The TRADE to discuss the increasingly important role of data across FX investment decisions, including which signals are most useful, and where the line lies between data usage and trusting your own judgement. 24 Full TradeTech FX 2026 conference agenda
Welcome back to Amsterdam! Once again, TradeTechFX brings together the brightest minds from across the global foreign exchange community for three days of discussion, debate and collaboration.
Over the next few days, the event will see industry leaders gather to exchange ideas, debate the biggest challenges and discover the innovations shaping the future of FX.
The TRADE is delighted to return as the official media partner to bring you the 2026 edition of The TRADETechFX Daily. As you’ ve come to expect, this magazine edition is full to the brim with exclusive buy-side content from heads of desks, senior traders, and execution specialists, as well as a news roundup, in depth features, and of course the full conference itinerary!
This year’ s agenda couldn’ t be more timely, reflecting the issues at the top of the priority list for 2026 and beyond, with topics including: the practical application of AI, the continually evolving liquidity challenges and market structure developments, the impact of geopolitical uncertainty on trading strategies, and how firms are adapting their technology stacks to deliver greater efficiency, resilience and performance.
Sessions will also explore the changing role of the modern FX trading desk, key regulations, and how we all play a part in success across the board. There’ s certainly no shortage of topics to debate!
Throughout the event, we hope this edition of The TRADETechFX Daily will be your companion, bringing you the latest news from the conference floor, exclusive interviews with industry leaders, insightful features and analysis, and the stories shaping conversations both inside and outside the session rooms.
Whether you’ re here to discover new ideas, strengthen existing relationships or build new ones, we hope you make the most of your time in Amsterdam. From all of us at The TRADE we wish you a brilliant TradeTechFX, be sure to stop by for a chat if you spot us on the ground.
Enjoy the conference, enjoy the Netherlands, and thank you for picking up The TRADETechFX Daily!
Claudia Preece Editor,
The TRADE
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