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Proprietary Trading Firms Plan to Increase Tech Spending in 2023, says Industry Report

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Proprietary trading firms are increasing their technology budgets in anticipation of another strong year of trading in 2023, according to the latest Acuiti Proprietary Trading Management Insight Report, produced in partnership with Avelacom

The report surveyed over 100 senior proprietary trading executives from across the globe and found that 68% were planning above average technology budgets in 2023. Reflecting the importance of speed in times of volatile market conditions and droughts of liquidity, their stated focus areas will be improving latency, as well as connectivity to new markets.

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