01 / FX Alpha eBusiness Consulting

Independent advisory for FX trading & electronic FX.

We think FX from the trading floor — with market depth from three decades of bank practice. For banks, the buy-side, private equity and FinTechs.

Connecting two worlds

Trading floor & Technology floor

A gap rarely closed in the market — and one too many projects have stumbled over.

Trading floor

Three decades of FX trading, FX sales and FX structuring at BNP, Dresdner Kleinwort, Commerzbank and UniCredit. We know the market microstructure from inside.

Technology floor

From building our own eTrading platforms, pricing engines and risk management systems. We know what works in architecture, and what doesn't.

What we deliver

Strategy & Delivery

Advisory that doesn't stop at the pitch deck — it runs through to go-live in production.

Strategy

Platform strategy, business case, build-vs-buy decisions, vendor selection. Strategy that is operationally executable — not PowerPoint theatre.

Delivery

Architecture, implementation, testing, go-live. We stay through to running production and hand over cleanly to ongoing operations.

Our positioning

Independent & Connected

No commissions from banks or vendors. But deep relationships with all major market participants.

Independent

Our recommendation follows what delivers the best outcome for you. We don't sell products and aren't tied to any vendor.

Connected

Three decades of relationships with banks, platform vendors, trading firms and regulators. We open doors that often stay closed from inside.

Where we work

Local & International

The DACH region as home, mandates across Europe — with the linguistic and cultural depth international projects require.

Local

Based in Idstein near Frankfurt, at the centre of the German FX landscape. Personal contact, on-site when needed, no travel circus.

International

Mandates in Germany, Italy, the UK, Switzerland and Benelux. Working languages German, English, Italian — also in technical detail.

Clients

Who we work with.

Banks

Sell-side trading, eFX, sales, structuring — from regional institutions to global banks.

Hedge funds & asset managers

Buy-side with demanding FX needs — pricing, execution, counterparty strategy.

Private equity

Deal hedging, sign-to-close, cross-border M&A and exit repatriation.

Systematic trading & crypto

Trading firms with algorithmic FX strategies, including crypto FX and stablecoin topics.

Brokers

STP models, liquidity aggregation, pricing strategy for retail and institutional brokers.

FinTechs

Embedded FX, cross-border payment platforms, B2B FX API providers.

Sounds like your situation?

Let's have a 30-minute conversation, no commitment. We listen, give an initial view — and if we're not the right partner, we'll say so.

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