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Financial Markets Need Their Own Mission Control
By Diederik Geeraerts, CEO at Taskize, a Euroclear company. With the Artemis II astronauts back down to Earth after travelling a quarter of a million miles to the Moon and back, the mission stands as a reminder of what success in complex systems really depends on. Not perfection, but the assumption that things can go…
New Cloud-Native OMS Valstro Goes Live at Top-Ten US Equities House
Sell-side equities order management is not a market that often welcomes new entrants. The platforms that broker-dealers run on tend to have been in production for a decade or more, and the cost of switching has long been a deterrent to anyone considering a move. New York-headquartered Valstro, which emerged from stealth this month with…
FIS Enhances Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Suite to Level Playing Field for Smaller Firms
FIS has announced significant strategic advancements to its Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Suite, aimed at streamlining operations for investment firms of all sizes. The updated platform integrates order, portfolio, position, and risk management into a single, flexible system. By replacing disconnected legacy systems and manual processes, the suite allows smaller firms to access sophisticated trading…
Horizon Trading Solutions Launches FixConnect to Streamline FIX Connectivity
Horizon Trading Solutions has launched Horizon FixConnect, a new connectivity tool developed to accelerate the onboarding of clients and brokers. Built on the high-performance Aeron data infrastructure, the solution enables users to configure FIX connections via a self-service interface within the Horizon Trader Workspace. This integration removes traditional dependencies on IT and operations teams, allowing…
Trading Technologies and Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam Announce Global Connectivity Agreement
Trading Technologies International (TT) and the Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam (MXV) have signed an agreement to enhance MXV’s exchange connectivity services. Under the new collaboration, the global capital markets technology provider will supply the infrastructure necessary for MXV’s trading members and clients to access a wider range of international derivatives markets. The partnership integrates TT’s…
Exchange Technology 2.0: Future-Proofing Exchange Architecture
By Ian Salmon, Head of Product Marketing, Adaptive. Exchange technology is back under strategic review, but not in the narrow sense of another performance upgrade cycle. Across the market, venue operators are reassessing the foundations of their platforms because the environment around them is becoming more demanding, more diverse and less predictable. For some, that…
TS Imagine Launches Automation 2.0 as Assets Under Service Reach $19.5 Trillion
TS Imagine has unveiled Automation 2.0, an event-driven trading platform designed to help institutional desks manage sophisticated, rule-based workflows across multiple asset classes. The launch coincides with a significant growth milestone for the firm, which now manages over $19.5 trillion in assets under service, a substantial increase from the $5.3 trillion reported in 2023. This…
Exegy Enhances nxAccess Trading Engine with 71% Latency Reduction
Exegy, provider of capital markets trading technology, has announced a major update to its FPGA-based trading engine, nxAccess. The release introduces a 71% reduction in execution-stack latency, measured from start-of-packet to start-of-packet on the switch. This performance boost is designed to provide deterministic execution for firms operating in highly volatile environments where traditional hardware constraints…
TS Imagine Launches Real-Time Integrated Swap Management Module
TS Imagine has introduced a new module to its cross-asset platform, offering a fully integrated system for managing swap economics and risk. Designed for synthetic prime brokerage desks and asset managers, the solution replaces traditional end-of-day reconciliation with a unified, real-time intraday view. By consolidating swap positions and corresponding cash equity hedges within a single…
STS Digital and Haruko Integrate to Give Institutional Options Traders Unified Risk View
STS Digital, the regulated principal trading firm specialising in digital asset derivatives, has integrated with institutional portfolio management provider Haruko to deliver consolidated risk and position reporting for options traders. The integration allows institutional clients who trade vanilla and exotic options on STS Digital’s platform to view those positions on an aggregated basis alongside activity…