Electronic trading technology and infrastructure has been a well-established bedrock of highly liquid markets such as equities, listed derivatives and spot FX for some time.
In the commodities space, the rate of adoption of electronic trading has been markedly slower. But the past year in particular has seen a notable upturn in demand for electronic commodities trading, from both newer entrants as well as more established venues.
In this report, Nicola Tavendale and Mike OHara of The Realization Group talk toOllie Cadman of Vela, Jamie Turner of the London Metal Exchange, Andrew Polydor and David Perkins of TP ICAP, Fraser Bell of BSO and Bill Fenick of Interxion about the drivers behind this change.
