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The Modernisation Imperative
In today’s fast-paced financial markets, institutions face a number of challenges. As well as having to cope with shrinking margins and ever-increasing regulatory scrutiny, firms are having to process more data from more sources than ever before, all in an increasingly competitive landscape. With everything moving so fast and changing so often, financial institutions are…
ICE Partners with Techary to Provide Hardware Procurement and Managed Services
Market infrastructure provider Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has launched a global procurement and managed services solution in collaboration with Techary, a global technology solutions provider. The new service, which will be offered by ICE Global Network (IGN) and supported by Techary, will provide customers with end-to-end hosting, hardware procurement, management and support through one single IGN…
Top Cloud-Based Trading Environments
In a time when the drive to shift to cloud-based trading environments is at an all time high due to the covid-19 pandemic, it is useful to look at which firms offer the best solutions. A cloud-based trading environment offers flexibility and business continuity by allowing traders to work from anywhere. Gone are the days…
Bloomberg AIM Integrates with Elwood Technologies for Crypto Trading
Bloomberg has added access to Elwood Technologies’ cryptocurrency trading platform via its Bloomberg AIM order management system (OMS). Through the integration, Elwood’s institutional cryptocurrency trading capabilities will combine with Bloomberg’s data, analytics and workflow tools, enabling users on the AIM platform to capture and manage their crypto investments alongside their other assets. Elwood will adopt…
Riding the Retail Trading Technology Revolution
Retail trading in financial markets has enjoyed remarkable growth in recent years. Retail investors were estimated to account for between one-quarter and one-third of all trading in US equities in 2021. Among the enablers of this Retail Revolution has been the ubiquity of digital trading apps and zero-commission accounts. This has been aided by easier…
LSEG Adds PMS, OMS, EMS via $325 Million Tora Acquisition
Continuing on the acquisition trail following its $27 billion purchase of Refinitiv, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has agreed to acquire PMS, OMS and EMS vendor Tora for $325 million, in an all-cash transaction. Tora says the deal will enable Tora to expand and grow its clientele while investing in global infrastructure, product development and…
A-Team’s TradingTech Summit Returns with Focus on Trading Infrastructure, Digital Assets and ESG
A-Team Group’s TradingTech Summit London saw a welcome return to the physical world this week, following last year’s break due to the Covid-induced lockdown. The event was well-attended, with representatives from across the industry gathering to discuss the latest trends and developments in trading technology, with specific emphasis on infrastructure and institutional participation in digital…
Sustainable Trading Launches Membership Network to Drive Transformative ESG Practices in Financial Markets
Sustainable Trading has today launched a non-profit membership network to drive positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) change in financial markets, by developing industry best practices, benchmarking and transparency. ESG has become an increasingly hot topic in the financial markets sector, with firms increasingly seeking ways to embed sustainable practices within their organisations. Led by…
Exberry Launches Cloud-Native Exchange Platform
Exchange and trading technology company Exberry has launched what it claims to be the first cloud-native exchange platform to support any asset. Nebula by Exberry provides a full exchange and marketplace solution, centred around a central limit order book (CLOB) and matching engine designed to support both traditional asset classes and digital securities. The asset-agnostic…
Video: Duncan Higgins on how to Become a Leader in Sustainable Trading
Duncan Higgins, founder of Sustainable Trading, explains why ESG is the hottest topic in trading technology today, how to become a leader in this emerging market, and why he’s looking forward to taking part in a keynote fireside chat at next week’s A-Team Group TradingTech Summit London. Higgins will be talking to Irina Sonich Bright,…