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Are Legacy Systems Undermining the Future of Wealth Management?

The polished digital façade of a modern private bank can sometimes conceal a more brittle and complex reality: a tech stack strained by its own history. For technology leaders working within this environment, the strategic challenges are significant. And while industry narratives often highlight external market pressures and disruptive fintech, some of the most persistent…

Modern Data Platforms Empower Critical Use Cases: Webinar Preview

No longer is it enough for financial institutions to be simply “on top” of their data management architecture. They need to be constantly looking for the next innovation to keep them ahead of the game in this fast-moving space. That’s why modern data management platforms are the focus of so many organisations at the moment….

Beeks Moves Up the Stack with Market Edge Intelligence Launch

Cloud and connectivity provider Beeks Financial Cloud Group has launched Market Edge Intelligence, an AI-driven analytics solution designed to deliver trading insights directly at the network edge, marking a significant strategic expansion from infrastructure into data intelligence. The new solution aims to solve what the firm calls a “visibility gap” for trading participants. It uses…

Implementing Technology Business Management with Pace and Precision

By Simon Mendoza, Chief Technology Officer, Calero. Implementing a Technology Business Management (TBM) platform can feel like a major logistical challenge. Every organisation starts from a different place – different data maturity, internal priorities and levels of stakeholder engagement. But that doesn’t mean every implementation needs to be a blank slate. The fastest and most…

ICE to Provide FX and Precious Metals Data to Chainlink Network

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has agreed to provide foreign exchange and precious metals data from its ICE Consolidated Feed to Chainlink, the infrastructure for tokenised assets. Under the new collaboration, ICE’s market data will be used as a contributing source for the derived data sets offered through Chainlink Data Streams. These streams are used by a…

Beyond the Monolith: Crafting the Agile Trading Stack for the Modern Era

For decades, the central question for any firm designing its trading systems architecture has been a seemingly binary choice: buy an off-the-shelf platform or build a proprietary one in-house? The ‘buy’ camp argued for speed to market and vendor-managed upkeep, while the ‘build’ camp championed bespoke functionality and control over intellectual property. Today, this long-standing…

Parameta Solutions Brings OTC Market Data to Snowflake Marketplace

Parameta Solutions, the data and analytics division of TP ICAP Group, has launched its over-the-counter (OTC) pricing and liquidity data offering on Snowflake Marketplace. This integration allows financial institutions to access Parameta’s trusted market data directly through the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, eliminating the need for complex data pipelines or duplication. The collaboration enhances data…

McKay Brothers Expands Low-Latency Market Data Services in the UK

McKay Brothers International (MBI) has broadened its Raw Feeds offering in the UK by distributing real-time cash equities data from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Turquoise to trading firms co-located at the Slough-LD4 data centre. This expansion builds on MBI’s existing distribution of Cboe EU exchange data at the LSE, initiated in 2023. MBI’s…

The ‘Always-On’ Gauntlet: How Converging Markets and 24/7 Trading are Forging the Next-Gen of Infrastructure

The concept of the ‘trading day’ is rapidly evolving. For generations, the rhythm of capital markets has been associated with the opening and closing bell, a predictable cycle that provided a crucial window for settlement, risk management, and system maintenance. But is that window now closing? A series of forward-looking discussions at A-Team Group’s recent…

Slaying the Monolith: A Pragmatist’s Guide to Modernising Trading Architecture

For decades, trading technology has been haunted by large, intricate, all-in-one applications that power core business functions, aka the monolith. While once a necessity, these systems have become a source of immense friction. They are brittle, expensive to maintain, and notoriously slow to change, creating a chasm between business demands for agility and IT’s capacity…