Bad clocks block forex best-ex

To get a good deal in fast-moving forex markets, buy-side firms need to know the time. Some don’t

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Timestamp face-off: dual dangers of OMSs mean some investors don’t know what time it is

Flavor Flav, the hype man for hip-hop superstars Public Enemy, famously wore a large clock around his neck, so he knew what time it was.

He would not have been a success in modern foreign exchange markets, where participants increasingly need to care not just about hours, minutes and seconds, but also milliseconds and even microseconds. Unfortunately, in the form of clunky order-management systems (OMSs), observers claim some buy-side firms are still using the equivalent of Flav’s clock.

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