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HPR Launches Maxbot Hardware Gateway as Market Access and Risk Controls Hit Software Limits
HPR, the high-performance infrastructure provider, has launched Maxbot, a fully hardware-based market access gateway and pre-trade risk solution, reflecting what the firm describes as a structural shift in how latency-sensitive trading infrastructure is being built and governed. Maxbot combines market access and pre-trade risk enforcement into a single hardware appliance, delivering a complete wire-to-wire hardware…
When Margin Moves Upstream: How TT is Reworking Trading Decisions After the OpenGamma Deal
More than a month after completing its acquisition of OpenGamma, Trading Technologies is beginning to articulate how the deal is intended to change the way firms think about margin, capital efficiency, and trading decision-making. Rather than positioning margin as a downstream risk or treasury concern, TT is now framing capital efficiency as a front-office variable…
TS Imagine Data Highlights Accelerating Electronification of Fixed Income Trading
New data from TS Imagine points to a sharp acceleration in the electronification of fixed income markets, with growing adoption of electronic execution protocols, increased portfolio trading activity, and broader engagement across buy-side workflows. According to year-over-year figures from the firm’s TradeSmart fixed income execution management system, overall fixed income trading volumes rose 44 percent…
NYSE Unveils Tokenised Securities Platform, Putting 24/7 Blockchain Trading Within Reach
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a unit of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), has launched the development of a blockchain-enabled tokenised securities platform designed to support continuous trading and on-chain settlement of U.S. listed equities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The initiative is subject to regulatory approval and forms a central pillar of ICE’s broader strategy…
Capital.com Selects Duco to Automate Client and Payment Reconciliations
Capital.com, the global fintech group and online trading platform, has selected Duco to transform its critical client and payment reconciliation processes. By deploying Duco’s AI-powered operational data automation platform, Capital.com intends to manage the increasing volume and complexity of its data inputs more effectively. This strategic move is designed to provide a flexible and modern…
Data Automator Xceptor Offers Platform Ready-Made for AI
Dan Reid is not surprised that Xceptor, the data automation giant he formed two decades ago, finds itself at the vanguard of a change in the way financial institutions regard and use documents. The rapid and accurate parsing of information from paper- and PDF-based reports has been made possible thanks to recent developments in artificial intelligence. The volume…
Why the ICE Binary Order Entry API is a Structural Shift, Not Just a Faster Interface
By Harry Palmer, Market Operations, OnixS. The introduction of the ICE Binary Order Entry API is easy to misinterpret as a routine performance upgrade. Binary interfaces are often framed narrowly, as a way to reduce order submission latency or to serve the fastest trading firms. In this case, that reading misses the point. What Intercontinental…
AQX Technologies Launches SWIFT Connector for Post-Trade Automation
AQX Technologies has announced the launch of its new SWIFT Connector, designed to streamline post-trade messaging for buy-side and sell-side firms. This addition to the AQX platform provides native support for SWIFT messaging, enabling clients to send and receive trade confirmations and data securely. The integration facilitates straight-through processing (STP) from trade capture to settlement,…
BridgePort Launches BridgePort Analytics with AI-Driven Exchange Intelligence Assistant
BridgePort, the middleware coordination layer for off-exchange settlement (OES) in institutional crypto, has launched BridgePort Analytics, an exchange intelligence platform designed to support institutional trading firms operating in OES environments. The platform includes Bridget, an AI-powered assistant that allows users to query execution and venue data using natural language. According to the company, BridgePort Analytics…
Exegy Acquires NovaSparks to Accelerate Convergence at the FPGA Layer
Exegy, the low-latency market data, trading, and execution technology provider, has agreed to acquire NovaSparks Inc., the specialist in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) enabled market data and trading products. Exegy’s move to bring NovaSparks into the group signals a clear intent to exert deeper control over the FPGA-driven market data pipeline, from normalisation and…