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A-Team Group Receives Strategic Investment to Expand its Services
In some very exciting news here at A-Team Group headquarters, publisher of this news service, we’re pleased to say that we have received strategic investment from Finelight Group, a well established media and marketing organisation. This investment will enable us to expand the range of events and content marketing services we offer to our clients…
Barchart and SIGMA Financial AI Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance AI-Driven Trading Solutions
Barchart, the market data and technology solutions provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with AI-driven trading solutions provider SIGMA Financial AI. The collaboration will combine Barchart’s extensive market data with SIGMA’s advanced AI and machine learning technology to offer enhanced tools and insights for investors and traders. “This partnership is highly synergistic, benefiting both…
London Stock Exchange Group Acquires Veris Post-Trade Processing Business from Axoni
Trade workflow applications and real-time data replication technology provider Axoni has agreed to sell its post-trade processing business and related intellectual property to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). Launched in 2020, Veris is a post-trade reconciliation and lifecycle management platform for equity swaps, used by leading banks and asset managers. The platform streamlines data…
Inside CME Group’s Strategic Migration: Moving Globex to Google Cloud
Earlier this summer, CME Group and Google Cloud announced plans to create a new, ultra-low latency private Google Cloud region and co-location facility in Aurora, Illinois, marking a major step forward in their strategic partnership, originally announced in November 2021. With these plans now taking shape, the CME has published “CME Globex on Google Cloud,”…
Adaptive and Google Cloud Partner with Bullish to Enhance Trading Capacity of Digital Assets Exchange
Adaptive Financial Consulting (Adaptive) has announced a multi-year partnership with Bullish, a rapidly growing regulated digital asset exchange, to enhance trading capacity and throughput. The collaboration aims to support Bullish’s scalability in response to rising business demand. As part of the agreement, Bullish will replace its current messaging technology with Adaptive’s Aeron Premium and receive…
LO:TECH Secures $1.6 Million in Seed Funding and Introduces Market Making as a Service for Digital Assets
Low Observable Technology (LO:TECH), the London-based digital asset trading firm, has raised $1.6 million in a seed funding round led by Lightspeed Faction, a prominent venture capital firm focused on the cryptocurrency sector. Additional participation came from Blockchain Coinvestors and Chris Adelsbach. LO:TECH provides liquidity to global markets through its advanced trading solutions and intends…
FIA EPTA Stresses Need to Take Urgent Action to Improve EU Capital Markets Competitiveness
The Futures Industry Association European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA), representing Europe’s leading Principal Trading Firms, has emphasised the urgent need for the EU to strengthen capital markets liquidity, to be more competitive and achieve its strategic objectives for a safer, greener, and more prosperous future. The association outlines its policy recommendations for 2024-29 under…
Johannesburg Stock Exchange Launches Cloud Marketplace in Partnership with DataBP
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa’s largest exchange, has partnered with data licensing and subscription management platform DataBP, to launch a new cloud-based marketplace aimed at transforming the JSE’s data offerings. The digital platform will serve as a central hub for all of the JSE’s data products and services, marking a significant step in the…
The Promise of Automation and the Perils of Standing Still
By Roger Golesworthy, Trading Director, Infront. For firms all over the UK in the trading business, speed and efficiency are essential. These set the base for providing clients with better returns. Behind the curtain, though, firms have a patchwork of systems and software that sit in-between humans and financial instruments. Systems which must meet a…
What to Expect at A-Team Group’s Second Buy AND Build Summit
On September 19th, Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology returns to London at the Marriott Hotel, Canary Wharf for its second year. This A-Team Group event offers a timely exploration of how financial institutions and technology providers can collaborate more effectively to modernise trading platforms and drive innovation. As firms increasingly transition…