Murex, the cross-asset financial technology solutions provider, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement to expand Murex’s managed services offerings, aiming to accelerate the adoption of its MX.3 platform on the cloud for capital markets participants.
The agreement will see the Paris-based financial technology vendor further scale its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, including its flagship MXSaaS and the cloud-native XVA as a Service solution, leveraging AWS infrastructure. The collaboration is designed to help financial institutions speed up deployment and upgrade cycles, enhance operational resilience, and meet evolving regulatory demands more efficiently.
The partnership has already shown early success, with Murex signing four new customers to its MXSaaS offering since the collaboration agreement was formally signed in June.
Elias Eddé, Murex CEO, commented on the market drivers behind the strategic shift: “Financial institutions face mounting pressure from macroeconomic volatility, regulatory demands and cybersecurity concerns. Running mission-critical trading and risk management platforms requires significant infrastructure investment and specialised resources to continuously maintain operational resilience and performance. Jointly with AWS, Murex delivers them as a service today powered by AWS, in a further extension of capabilities that Murex has developed over a long time with AWS.”
To gain deeper insight into the technical underpinnings of the collaboration, TradingTech Insight asked Charlie Sanderson, Director, EMEA Technology Partners at AWS, to elaborate on the specific services being utilised, particularly for the computationally intensive XVA as a Service solution.
“Murex’s xVA-as-a-Service leverages AWS’s comprehensive cloud infrastructure beyond basic computing power,” he explains. “The solution combines secure cloud storage, GPU-accelerated and serverless computing resources, and enterprise-grade database systems. Security is maintained through robust identity management and authentication protocols, while modern API services handle integration and message routing. This architecture delivers four key benefits: dynamic scaling for computationally intensive risk calculations, secure multi-tenant environment, high-performance data processing, and regulatory compliance. The solution seamlessly integrates with existing Murex MX.3 installations, enabling financial institutions to efficiently manage their xVA calculations while maintaining stringent security standards.”
The agreement also signals a significant step in the ongoing migration of mission-critical financial infrastructure to the public cloud. By partnering with an established core platform provider like Murex, AWS is aiming to address the historical reluctance of trading and risk departments to move away from on-premise solutions.
“This strategic collaboration demonstrates AWS’s commitment to transforming capital markets through partnerships that innovate to solve real industry challenges and help our customers transition to the cloud,” says Sanderson. “By working with Murex, a trusted industry leader, AWS shows how cloud technology can make previously prohibitive calculations accessible and cost-effective. The xVA service is a prime example – complex risk calculations that were once extremely costly or impossible with traditional computing are now available to a broader range of firms at a fraction of the cost. This approach, which is enabled through AWS cloud native services, helps overcome traditional barriers to cloud adoption in capital markets, making sophisticated risk management capabilities more accessible while maintaining the security and performance requirements of mission-critical applications.”
As part of the strategic shift, Murex is investing significantly in scaling its FinOps and DevOps practices to support a growing global customer base on its new managed services platform.
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