Jonas Virtanen is the Head of FX Spot Trading at SEB, where he leads the global FX Spot & Quant team. A specialist in Spot Markets and electronic trading, Jonas has contributed to the evolution of SEB’s market-making capacity, particularly in the areas of flow internalization and the development of systematic hedging strategies. With over 15 years of front-office experience, he focuses on balancing macro-driven risk-taking with data-driven pricing innovation.
Jonas brings a unique tactical perspective to the desk as a former professional esports athlete. By applying the same competitive discipline and decision-making to the financial markets, he offers a distinct viewpoint on navigating today’s complex and fragmented FX liquidity landscape.
As FX trading becomes increasingly automated, both buy-side desks and liquidity providers are looking more closely at the factors that shape liquidity quality and execution outcomes. Differences in quote timing, last-look practice, consistency of pricing, and routing choices (including skew safety) can all influence fill rates and access to genuinely differentiated liquidity across venues.
This session will examine how traders assess liquidity using practical data points- such as markouts, fill behaviour and rejection pattern- and how LPs manage their pricing and quoting processes to support stable and predictable execution. Speakers will explore how execution tools and workflows are evolving on both sides, how firms balance speed and certainty, and where sensible improvements in transparency and pricing practices could strengthen access to high-quality liquidity.
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