Foreign Exchange
 

Barclays Capital provides FX execution and risk management services for clients of the Barclays group around the globe.  Our principle product components are G7 spot, forwards, vanilla and exotic FX options and structured products. The firm has won numerous awards across the full product spectrum ranging from ecommerce to complex derivatives.  Our mission is to offer the most comprehensive range of products and services to our clients, executed in the most efficient way.

Barclays Capital is a leader in the FX Prime Brokerage space and our offering is an integral part of the firm’s suite of electronic execution and clearing services alongside equities, fixed income, interest rate derivatives, commodities and futures.

BARX for FX Trading, Barclays Capital's award-winning FX platform, provides institutional traders with 24-hour, two-way executable streaming prices in over 40 currencies and 240 currency pairs.  Over 70% of our cash trades are transacted via BARX.

  • Live single-click executable streaming prices for spot
  • Configurable pricing displays, rate calculators, quick deal panels and history graphs
  • Exceptional execution speed
  • Precision Pricing - valuable pricing to 0.1 of a pip

Our clients range from large multi-strategy hedge funds to active real money accounts and FX specific retail broker-dealers and we service them through the London, New York, and Tokyo time-zone hubs, with regional sales teams located across the globe. Clients benefit from cross-asset margining under Global Netting, with dedicated account service teams across all time zones.


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The Foreign Exchange research team 

produces a daily notes review data and events for each time-zone, identifying tactical opportunities in the currency market. The FX Weekly Brief leverages provides thematic and insightful macro research, whilst the Global FX Quarterly outlines a comprehensive global currency outlook.

 
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