The Black Cowrie Foreign Exchange group offers innovative e-commerce solutions, highly competitive trade execution, as well as scalable and cost-effective cleaning solutions. The desk provides a timely strategy on data and events that drive markets. Clients are able to trade through traditional FX channels as well as leverage cutting-edge e-commerce solutions to optimize execution.
Black Cowrie Foreign Exchange operates a 100% client-focused business. Our team is committed to offering the highest quality, value-add services to clients.
Black Cowrie eFX trading and Prime Brokerage platforms bring clients direct market access to liquidity across a range of Foreign Exchange products.
Offerings:
- Trade execution across all currencies and products
- Intelligent execution platform enabling direct market access to external liquidity
- Flexible e-commerce services
- Scalable and cost-effective prime brokerage services
- High-quality macro insights and analysis
Black Cowrie FX Prime Brokerage
Black Cowrie FX Prime Brokerage provides clients a full suite of credit intermediation services across a wide spectrum of interbank counterparties and institutional trading venues. As a full-service offering, clients receive collateral and trade netting efficiency through a single credit relationship with Black Cowrie. This service is provided to institutional clients including hedge funds, corporates, broker-dealers, and banks.
FX Prime Brokerage Highlights:
- Dedicated FX Prime Brokerage client coverage and support
- Expansive product offering including spot, forward, NDF, options, and precious metals
- Efficient onboarding and competitive commercial terms
- Direct market access to a bank, non-bank and ECN counterparties
- Real-time client portal display, customizable reporting tool and flexible trade confirmation delivery options
Black Cowrie eFX
Black Cowrie eFX trading platform brings institutional clients direct market access to liquidity across a range of Foreign Exchange products. This electronic solution offers powerful, reliable, and secure execution tools to complement Black Cowrie’s dedicated global coverage team. By providing the unique combination of personal attention and leading-edge technology, Black Cowrie can accommodate the business requirements of the most sophisticated clients.
Product Highlights:
- Advanced eFX trading solutions for foreign exchange
- 24×6 fully integrated platform with dedicated sales and trading specialists located in New York, London, and Singapore
- Aggregated liquidity that offers superior pricing and dynamic order execution capabilities
- Accessible over GUI, FIX API, and most third-party platforms
- Straight Through Processing via FIX API
- Robust, low latent technology
- Highly configurable GUI layout based on clients’ needs
Strategy
Black Cowrie’s Foreign Exchange desk provides in-depth and relative-value analysis in a variety of market conditions. The Strategist looks to add value to clients by providing relevant and timely analysis and commentary, particularly seeking early identification of market opportunities or to identify market reaction or overreaction to current developments.
