Six big forex market-makers call for end to last look
Citadel Securities, Jump and Virtu among those repudiating controversial practice
The six largest non-bank liquidity providers in foreign exchange are publicly calling for the practice of last look to be eradicated and replaced with firm pricing.
Citadel Securities, Flow Traders, HC Tech, Jump Trading, Virtu Financial and XTX Markets issued statements denouncing last look after Risk.net revealed opaque and inconsistent practices among market-makers.
“Jump is unequivocally
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