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Functions of the foreign exchange market


               Two functions:


                              A: Converting currencies


                              B: Reducing risk



                                         Top 10 Currency traders

                                               % of overall volume, May 2014

                Rank  Name                                                            Market share

                1                                                                           16.04%

                                Citi

                2                                                                           15.67%
                               Deutsche Bank

                3                                                                            0.91%
                              Barclays Investment Bank

                4                                                                            10.88
                              UBS AG

                5                                                                            7.12
                              HSBC

                6                                                                            5.55
                               JPMorgan

                7                                                                            4.38

                               Bank of America Merrill Lynch

                8                                                                            3.25
                              Royal bank of Scotland

                9                                                                            3.10
                              BNP Paribas

                10                                                                           2.53
                               Goldman Sachs
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