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Barrington Partners crafted this report in response to the industry’s heightened focus on Foreign Exchange trading.  It examines the FX market from an operations and technology perspective.  Key issues addressed include Standing Instructions, Netting Trades, Restricted Currencies and Repatriation of Interest and Dividends. 

The report considers a number of specific topics relevant to current FX trading practices:

• An overview of the FX marketplace;
• The regulatory environment;
• Asset managers in the FX marketplace;
• Role of custodians in transacting FX;
• Standing instructions;
• Issues affecting buy-side Participants;
• Lawsuits and investigations.

Barrington Partners conducted interviews with a number of investment managers involved in FX trading; these interviews are collected and summarized in the report, focusing on the processes used for both restricted and unrestricted currencies. We offer recommendations for investment managers to develop best practices in their FX trading processes.

Finally, the report presents descriptions of the offerings from a number of technology/system providers and custodians, including:

• Four firms that offer multi-bank FX trading platforms;
• Four firms that offer transaction cost analysis, execution quality analysis, and/or benchmarking services;
• Extensive descriptions of the FX offerings from five custodial banks.