Abstract
This IDC Financial Insights report examines the developing online retail
FX trading market trends analysis of major U.S. trading firms.
The report offers large banks and capital markets firms a
set of criteria to help evaluate partners as they develop
retail FX strategies.
"As banks consider alternative retail asset–class offerings, they
must consider FX as a legitimate offering. Retail trading volume
had exploded over the past several years and will continue
to see strong growth for the foreseeable future. There is
considerable competition in the market that banks need to consider
and better understand as they consider offering retail FX trading."
— Sean O' Dowd, senior analyst, Global Capital Markets group, IDC
Financial Insights
Table of Contents
- Financial Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Situation Overview
- Introduction
- Development of Online Trading in the United States
- Factors Behind the Growth of Foreign Exchange Online Trading in the United States
- Developments Impacting the U.S. Online FX Trading Market
- Commentary on Competitive Landscape
- Select Competitor Profiles
- Institutional Market Players
- Integral Development
- Geographic Coverage and Target Markets
- Strategy
- Financial Performance and Product/Service Offerings
- Assessment of Future Directions
- Weaknesses
- Technology Implementation Issues/Platform Functionality
- Retail and PWM Market Players
- FXCM
- Geographic Coverage and Target Markets
- Strategy
- Financial Performance and Product/Service Offerings
- Assessment of Future Directions
- Weaknesses
- Technology Implementation Issues/Platform Functionality
- GAIN Capital
- Geographic Coverage and Target Markets
- Strategy
- Financial Performance and Product/Service Offerings
- Assessment of Future Directions
- Weaknesses
- Technology Implementation Issues/Platform Functionality
- Interactive Brokers Group
- Geographic Coverage and Target Markets
- Strategy
- Financial Performance and Product/Service Offerings
- Assessment of Future Directions
- Weaknesses
- Technology Implementation Issues/Platform Functionality
- Competitor Instrument Evolution
- Future Outlook
- Essential Guidance
- Actions for Financial Institutions
- U.S. White-Label Partnership Components and Criteria
- Actions for Vendors
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
- Table: Integral SWOT
- Table: Forex Capital Markets (DBA FXCM) Firm Profile
- Table: FXCM SWOT
- Table: GAIN Capital SWOT
- Table: Interactive Brokers SWOT
- Figure: Groups Focused on the Retail Online FX Trading Market
- Figure: Active FX Participants and Volume Pyramid
- Figure: Key Competitors by Segment
- Figure: Key Competitors by Product
- Figure: Online Retail FX Industry Five Forces
- Figure: Integral Firm Profile
- Figure: GAIN Capital Firm Profile
- Figure: Interactive Brokers Firm Profile
- Figure: U.S. Competitor Instrument Evolution
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