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SMBC Nikko Securities Adopts smartTrade LiquidityFX

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SMBC Nikko Securities has adopted LiquidityFX, the fully hosted and managed FX platform from smartTrade, the multi-asset electronic trading platform provider, to enhance its FX trading activities in Japan. The firm was looking for a digital platform with sophisticated workflows – which enable the streamlining of trading processes using APIs – to achieve operational and cost efficiencies.

LiquidityFX – an end-to-end solution with connectivity to over 130 liquidity providers – was selected. The platform enables aggregation, smart execution, risk management, order management, analytics, payments and multi-channel distribution, supporting a range of instruments including FX spot, forwards, swaps, NDFs and options.

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