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What to Expect at A-Team Group’s AI in Capital Markets Summit – New York, June 26, 2025
On June 26th, the A-Team Group brings its AI in Capital Markets Summit to New York City for the first time. The event will be held at @Ease on Third Avenue for a packed day of strategy, insight, and implementation. As artificial intelligence matures from early-stage experimentation to enterprise-wide deployment, capital markets firms face a…
South Africa High on the List for Global HFT Firms
By Merlin Rajah, Head: Equities Electronic Product at Absa CIB. Infrastructure Evolution: JSE’s Leap Forward For exchanges, High-Frequency Trading (HFT) firms are a significant revenue driver – generating income through execution, clearing, settlement, colocation, and market data services. Sell-side firms benefit as well, gaining a steady revenue stream and an increased market share. A major…
Johannesburg Stock Exchange Enhances Global Trading Access with JSE-FIX and Colo 2.0 Expansion
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa’s largest stock exchange, has launched new initiatives to improve electronic trading access and infrastructure for both local and international investors. In partnership with Rapid Addition, the JSE introduced JSE-FIX, a new order routing service using FIX Community messaging standards. This service enables global investors to integrate South African equities…
Options Technology Relaunches Integrated Desktop as AtlasWorkplace for Buy-Side IT Solutions
Options Technology has announced the relaunch of its Integrated Desktop product under a new brand, AtlasWorkplace, aimed at serving Hedge Funds, Private Equity firms, Asset Managers, and other financial services organisations. AtlasWorkplace is designed to provide a secure, scalable IT infrastructure that meets the unique operational needs of buy-side firms. The platform combines managed services…
A Look Ahead to This Year’s AI in Capital Markets Summit London
On 22 May, the AI in Capital Markets Summit returns to London for its second year, bringing together data, technology, and innovation leaders from across the financial services sector for a full day of discussion around AI strategy, deployment, and governance. Held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City, this A-Team Group event will examine…
LDA Technologies Launches Low-Jitter Multicast Distribution System for Fairer Market Data Access
LDA Technologies, provider of ultra-low latency, networking and FPGA technology, has launched a new multicast distribution system designed to address longstanding fairness issues in market data delivery for electronic trading. The system synchronises exchange customer ports to within 50 picoseconds, an improvement of 98% over conventional Layer 1 switches, enabling exchanges to distribute data uniformly…
Unlocking Competitive Edge: Outsourcing and Managed Services in Trading Technology
Faced with intensifying cost pressures, regulatory shifts, evolving market dynamics and rapid technological change, capital markets firms are seeing the roles of outsourcing and managed services becoming increasingly strategic. But how do they decide what to outsource and what to retain in-house? How can they preserve agility and oversight while handing over key infrastructure? And…
Options Expands London Operations with New Office at 100 Bishopsgate
Options Technology has opened a second London office at 100 Bishopsgate, expanding its physical presence in the heart of the City’s financial district. The new office complements the firm’s existing Pall Mall location and is designed to support growing demand from sell-side clients and technology partners based in the area. Samuel Farmer, Senior Vice President…
Recorded Webinar: Unlocking Competitive Edge with Outsourcing and Managed Services in Trading Technology
Outsourcing has emerged as a strategic solution for capital markets firms as trading technology infrastructures become more complex, data volumes grow exponentially, and regulatory pressures intensify. .By leveraging third-party expertise, firms can optimise operations, reduce costs, and focus on innovation in their trading technology stack. Outsourcing potentially enables firms to scale seamlessly, meet regulatory reporting…
Gresham Enhances Investment Management Reconciliation Platform with New Web Interface and API
Gresham Technologies, a global provider of enterprise data automation solutions for the financial services sector, has announced a significant update to its reconciliation platform, Control for Investment Management, which introduces a streamlined web-based interface aimed at improving daily oversight of critical data, while preserving the platform’s core reconciliation capabilities. New functionality includes an API designed…