Deutsche Bank and smartTrade Technologies announced the availability of the dbHedge algorithmic hedging solution as a new optional execution route on LiquidityFX, further enhancing the platform’s FX risk management capabilities for banks worldwide.
The integration of dbHedge into LiquidityFX augments smartTrade’s existing, extensive toolset for internalising FX flow and managing risk, giving regional banks a new option for managing risk positions. Following this development, banks can now choose to automatically and seamlessly access Deutsche Bank’s algo desk for risk management using a suite of dbHedge’s algorithms.
Deutsche Bank, via dbHedge, provides a curated service alongside the technology, working with each client to select the most appropriate algo and optimal settings for their specific risk profile—enabling automated, efficient management of externalized positions. Within LiquidityFX, banks retain full transparency and control, choosing when to internalise, when to externalise via standard execution, and when to route risk to Deutsche Bank through dbHedge.
By embedding dbHedge into LiquidityFX, smartTrade gives its clients another path for managing internalised risk—alongside the platform’s existing execution methods. Clients can benefit from using LiquidityFX to access Deutsche Bank’s global liquidity, institutional grade algorithmic execution and expertise of DB’s algo desk, resulting in consistent pricing, high execution quality and resilience across market conditions.
This integration of dbHedge into the smartTrade toolset can support lower traditional technology costs and scale barriers to sophisticated FX risk management, empowering smartTrade clients to compete more effectively in their home markets.
Vittorio Nuti, Head of Algorithmic Trading at Deutsche Bank, commented:
“dbHedge was built to give banks a smarter way to manage the risk they choose to externalize—combining our algorithmic execution capabilities with a curated service that helps each client determine the right algo and the right settings for their specific needs. We are integrating with smartTrade’s LiquidityFX as it is already relied upon by a large number of banks globally. We’re giving those banks direct access to Deutsche Bank’s algo desk technology and helping them achieve better execution outcomes for their central e-books.”
David Vincent, CEO & Co-Founder of smartTrade Technologies, added:
“Our clients already use LiquidityFX to internalise flow and manage risk. By integrating Deutsche Bank’s dbHedge, we are giving them a new, sophisticated route for externalising that risk—complete with Deutsche Bank’s curated service to ensure each client is using the optimal strategy. Deutsche Bank’s decision to integrate to LiquidityFX for the distribution of dbHedge reflects the strength of our platform and the scale of our client network. It reinforces our commitment to helping banks bridge the gap between local market knowledge and global trading sophistication.”
Source: Deutsche Bank
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