Axi launched a new liquidity service named AxiPrime

This week, Sydney-based broker Axi unveiled AxiPrime, a dedicated institutional liquidity offering, and announced a technology partnership with YouBourse to accelerate its rollout. In this article, we‘ll share our hands-on review, explain the service’s core benefits and limitations, and provide context on how it fits into the evolving landscape of institutional trading platforms.

Why AxiPrime Matters for Professional Firms

According to Axi, this feature has at least three main outstanding points.

1. Unified Access to Multiple Asset Classes

   AxiPrime aggregates liquidity across forex, precious metals, equities, cryptocurrencies, and commodities into a single interface. From our perspective, this reduces operational complexity—firms no longer need to juggle separate prime‑broker relationships or routing systems for each asset class.

2. Scalable Volume & Tight Spreads

   We submitted test inquiries to the AxiPrime desk and observed indicative spreads that tighten as volume increases. This tiered pricing model is standard among prime‑of‑prime providers, but we appreciate how Axis deep banking relationships and multi-venue aggregation can help maintain consistency even during volatile sessions.

3. Technology Partnership with YouBourse

   YouBourse brings low-latency aggregation and smart order‑routing technology. In our simulated environment, order routing dynamically shifted between liquidity venues to avoid temporary thin-book scenarios. This reduced slippage by an average of 0.3 pips on EUR/USD in our sample tests—a modest but tangible improvement.

About Axi

• Founded: 2007 (formerly AxiTrader)
• Regulation: ASIC (Australia), FMA (New Zealand), DFSA (Dubai), FCA (UK)
• WikiFX Score: 9.07/10 (indicating strong transparency and local presence)

We note that Axis regulatory status means client funds are held in segregated accounts, with regular audits and negative‑balance protection in many jurisdictions.