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Research Reports

Peer-review-standard quantitative research from the FundInsight Research Lab, Singapore. All reports are based on proprietary tick data and available to registered institutional clients.

Research publications are available in full to registered institutional clients. Contact research@fundinsight.net or submit a request via the Secure Gateway.

R-2026-04Execution Research
April 202648 pages

Order Matching Efficiency in Multi-LP FX Environments: Gateway 2026 Performance Analysis

This paper evaluates the order matching performance characteristics of the FundInsight Secure Gateway 2026 infrastructure, analysing fill rates, rejection ratios, and market impact coefficients across 28 connected liquidity providers. Using a dataset of 3.2 billion order events processed during the Q1 2026 validation period, the report documents a 31% improvement in effective spread and a 94.6% reduction in order rejections compared to the 2021 Gateway baseline.

Methodology: Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) analysis, price-time priority optimisation, FIX 4.4 session analytics
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R-2026-02Risk Research
February 202662 pages

Multi-Layer Risk Governance in Institutional FX Trading: A Quantitative Framework

A formal specification and empirical validation of FundInsight's three-tier risk governance model, covering pre-trade order admission controls, intraday EWMA VaR monitoring, and post-trade P&L attribution. The paper introduces the Liquidity-Adjusted VaR (LaVaR) metric and documents its calibration methodology against realised execution cost data across 6 major FX pairs and 12 commodity instruments.

Methodology: EWMA covariance modelling (λ=0.94), Almgren-Chriss liquidation cost framework, Basel III capital attribution
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R-2025-11Liquidity Research
November 202554 pages

Liquidity Microstructure and Order Flow Toxicity: VPIN Analysis Across Multi-Session FX Markets

Application of the Volume-Synchronised Probability of Informed Trading (VPIN) metric to FundInsight's Level 2 order book data across the Asian, European, and North American trading sessions. The study quantifies adverse selection risk and documents the relationship between VPIN values and subsequent short-term price impact, validating VPIN as a leading indicator of intraday liquidity regime shifts.

Methodology: VPIN estimation, Kyle lambda price impact, Depth Imbalance Index (DII), cross-session regime analysis
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R-2025-07Execution Research
July 202539 pages

Smart Order Routing Efficacy: Slippage Attribution and Market Impact Across 28 Tier-1 LPs

Empirical analysis of slippage reduction attributable to the FundInsight adaptive SOR algorithm across 6 major FX pairs and 4 commodity instruments. The study documents per-LP fill rates, adverse selection costs, and market impact coefficients, and derives optimal LP allocation weights under the Almgren-Chriss framework for each instrument and session window.

Methodology: Almgren-Chriss optimal execution, convex optimisation, LP fill-rate attribution, market impact decomposition
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R-2024-09Quantitative Modelling
September 202467 pages

Volatility Regime Classification Using Hidden Markov Models: Cross-Asset Validation 2020-2024

Formal validation of the FI-VIX Hidden Markov Model (HMM) regime classification framework against realised volatility outcomes across FX, equity indices, and commodity markets spanning January 2020 to December 2024. The paper documents classification accuracy across five volatility regimes (calm, low-vol, moderate, high-vol, crisis) and evaluates the model's performance during the 2022-2023 rate tightening cycle.

Methodology: HMM regime classification, EWMA realised variance, Baum-Welch EM estimation, cross-asset back-testing
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FundInsight Research Lab has published 41 institutional research papers since June 2012.

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