Voices of the Golden Insight Award Jury | Greg Matwejev, Chief Market Strategist of BCR

WikiFX Golden Insight Award uniting industry forces to build a safe and healthy forex ecosystem, driving industry innovation and sustainable development, launches a new feature series — “Voices of the Golden Insight Awards Jury.” Through in-depth conversations with distinguished judges, this series explores the evolving landscape of the forex industry and the shared mission to promote innovation, ethics, and sustainability.

This interview features Greg Matwejev, the Chief Market Strategist of BCR to explore the sustainable development of the forex industry, investor protection, market transparency, and future standards. Drawing from years of hedge fund trading experience, he offers clear and forward-looking insights into what a healthier global forex ecosystem should look like.

Part 1: Sustainable Development in the Forex Industry

Q1: As BCRs Chief Market Strategist, how do you incorporate your hedge fund trading experience into forex strategies while ensuring trading security and controllable risks?

A: During my time as a hedge fund trader in Hong Kong, we executed a significant volume of trades in the currency space. Interestingly, our strategy was not overly complicated—it was built on one core principle: trend identification.

It didnt matter whether a currency was strong or weak; what mattered was that it showed a clear directional trend. Our approach was to identify these trends, and ride them for as long as possible, as this is where the majority of profit opportunities lie.

Translating that institutional experience to my current role at BCR has been quite natural. Whether Im conducting seminars, writing research, or giving market updates, I focus heavily on which currencies are trending, whether those trends are strengthening or weakening, translating that experience to the clients.

Q2: What can the industry learn from BCR when it comes to building client trust and creating safer trading conditions?

A: The CFD industry is gradually losing its personal touch. Many large brokers have become highly automated—clients onboard themselves, fund themselves, and may never interact with a real human being throughout their entire journey. This lack of human connection erodes trust.

At BCR, our approach is intentionally different: Every single client—regardless of size—receives a dedicated client advisor.

These advisors are available to help with Market updates, Platform navigation, Trade settings and General trading questions.

Our goal is to bring back some of the old-school brokerage professionalism—real conversations, real guidance, real support. This human connection builds trust and fosters long-term relationships. I believe many CFD brokers can learn from this model.

Q3: Where in the forex market is information asymmetry most likely to occur, and what has BCR done to improve transparency?

A: Information asymmetry is widespread in the FX market mainly because over 90% of global FX trading is conducted OTC (over the counter).

Large banks, hedge funds, corporates, and even central banks exchange massive flows of liquidity that retail traders can never see. This “dark liquidity” is critical for understanding institutional positioning, but CFD traders simply do not have access to it.

Although this gap is difficult to eliminate, BCR actively works to minimize information disadvantages for clients through two major initiatives:

1.Hiring client advisors with real trading backgrounds

This ensures that when traders speak to our team, they receive meaningful, market-relevant insights—not generic responses.

2. Providing constant, real-time market updates and research

From morning notes to intraday alerts and end-of-day analysis, we keep clients informed of important market developments at all times.

Q4: How should forex brokers integrate the concept of “Sustainable Development” into their real-world operations?

A: Sustainable development is vital, and there are multiple ways brokers can incorporate it into their business operations:

1.Reducing environmental footprint

For example, at BCR we have operated as a paperless office for years—simple but impactful.

2.Providing ESG-focused investment opportunities

Across markets like Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and the US, we offer single-stock CFDs that include numerous ESG-focused companies.

Clients who wish to align investments with sustainable values can do so with the help of our advisors.

3.Allocating marketing budgets toward green sponsorships

Most brokers dedicate large budgets to sports sponsorships.

Redirecting even a portion of these funds toward green initiatives or sustainability programs can meaningfully contribute to industry-wide development.

Sustainable development should not be a slogan—it must be reflected in a brokers products, culture, and long-term strategy.

Part 2: Golden Insight Award: Elevating Industry Standards

Q5: In your view, can the “WikiFX Golden Insight Award” enhance transparency and credibility in the forex industry, thereby safeguarding investors?

A: WikiFX already plays an important role as a kind of practical global industry overseer in the CFD space. It exposes misconduct, highlights risk, and pushes the industry toward higher standards.

And it‘s equally important to recognize the good actors—and that’s exactly what the Golden Insight Award does. It shines a spotlight on actors who demonstrate professionalism, transparency, and responsibility.

This helps investors identify who's trustworthy, and it encourages the industry to reward positive behavior—not just penalize negative actions.

Q6: How do you think the Golden Insight Award will shape a healthier forex industry in the future?

A: As the Golden Insight Award grows in credibility and prestige, more industry players will aspire to earn it.

This naturally creates positive competition, which would bring a more healthier CFD forex broking environment for everyone. Ultimately, this will lead to a more transparent, trustworthy, and sustainable forex ecosystem—benefiting both brokers and traders.

Part 3: About WikiFX — The Leading Global Forex Ecosystem Platform

Q7: What role do WikiFXs products and services play in enhancing industry transparency and standardization?

A:There is no other platform in the global market that provides what WikiFX does: a combination of data transparency, regulatory tracking, risk assessment, and broker evaluation—functions that are essential in an industry without unified global oversight.

WikiFX effectively acts as a standard-setting force. The products and services are actually essential, for both industry participants and investors.

About the Golden Insight Award

As the worlds prominent forex ecosystem service platform, WikiFX has been deeply rooted in the industry for over a decade and has become a technology-driven leader in forex investment security. To recognize the efforts of forex professionals in building a healthier industry ecosystem, we are proud to present the “WikiFX Golden Insight Award.”

The Award unite regulatory bodies, brokers, IBs, KOLs, industry media, service providers, and other forex industry professionals to jointly foster a global healthy forex ecosystem and recognize industry elites for their outstanding contributions.

Uniting industry forces to build a safe and healthy forex ecosystem. Together, let's foster a more transparent, secure, and sustainable forex industry. Visit the WikiFX Insight Awards website for more information: https://www.wikifxact.com/en/page/insight/index.html?source=zt