And Finally...

It’s fairly obvious that, to use a buzzword of the moment, the FX market has operated asymmetrically for most of its history – banks have held sway and, until the advent of the non-bank high frequency market maker, had little competition. It took that challenge, allied to a few conduct issues, to redress the imbalance, but I am wondering if the pendulum – as happens so often in this business – is swinging too far the other way? And if it is swinging, what is driving it?