Foreign Exchange
Whether you are looking for reliable access to deep liquidity, a comprehensive range of electronic trading platforms and technology, or integrated cross-product capabilities, we provide a world-class foreign exchange service.
In recent years, we have become one of the world’s leading foreign exchange providers, ranked fourth globally1, precisely because we deliver a quality of service few can match.
Providing accurate prices
Electronically, we provide objectively priced spot rates for more than 100 of the most actively traded currency pairs. Using multiple independent pricing sources, combined with our deep-rooted knowledge of the marketplace, our innovative algorithmic pricing methodology calculates some of the most accurate foreign exchange prices available. Along with our robust infrastructure, this gives you and us confidence in the accuracy of our prices – even in times of extreme volatility.
Add this to our experienced discretionary trading teams strategically located in London, Greenwich and Hong Kong, and we believe we have the perfect mix on a 24 hour basis.
Finding innovative solutions
We can also create innovative solutions for all your trading and hedging needs. Our keen appetite for risk and strong cross product offering can deliver best execution whatever the scope or requirement, building the tools and structures that best add value.
Developing new technology
Precision pricing, market depth and sophisticated pricing controls allow us to facilitate request for stream (RFS), request for quote (RFQ) and a fully automated order book.
Within our electronic trading suite, RBS Trade, you can also access a variety of bespoke services. RBS FiX provides transparent benchmark execution, and FXmicropay delivers automated pricing of high volume BACS transactions.
Whether large corporate, financial institution, small/medium-sized enterprise or retail, we have the technology, knowledgeable people and market intelligence to meet your needs.
1. Ranked fourth globally for FX market share in 2006, according to Euromoney magazine’s May 2007 poll.
Contacts
We work with you to deliver the optimum solution to any foreign exchange-related problem.
Delivering competitive prices in leading currencies
Our rapid, consistent and tight pricing, combined with our large appetite for risk, gives us powerful capabilities in:
- A wide range of currencies, including G10 and emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and emerging Europe
- Vanilla products
- Exotics, such as butterflies, straddles, barriers and many others
Our currency options and structuring teams are based in London, Hong Kong and Greenwich, Connecticut.
Proving our value
We have the people, systems, models and experience to help you achieve your goals in currency derivatives. We are:
- Risk magazine Currency Derivatives House of the Year 2007
- Ranked first for Vanilla Currency Options Overall in the Risk Inter-dealer Rankings 2007
- Ranked second in Currency Options Overall Risk Institutional Investor End-User Survey 2006
- Ranked fourth in Global FX Market Share and third in Western Europe in the Euromoney FX Poll 2007
Meeting your needs
We provide product support, from innovative ideas to pricing and booking. We have strength in foreign exchange-linked Structured Investor Notes. And we offer risk analytics and IAS39 analysis to minimise your profit and loss volatility.
