Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology returned to London on October 2nd at America Square Conference Centre and provided practical guidance on how financial institutions and technology partners can build better together to successfully modernise and innovate their trading technology platforms.

We explored how the buy and build debate is evolving to enable cost effective technology change with a strong data foundation at its core. Tomorrow’s leaders will be trading firms that win with data and integrate AI for transformational value. Partnerships and collaborations will prove foundational to long term, sustained success.

Join us to learn how to set up your buy vs. build strategy for technology modernisation and how to get value from market data, analytics and AI to improve latency and execution quality.

2025 Topics included:

• Strategic considerations for a buy and build technology and data integration strategy
• From monoliths to modular: Staying competitive in a changing world
• Transforming trader workflows with AI and interoperability
• Making a Buy and Build strategy work for trading
• From tap to trade: The blueprint for high-performance trading infrastructure
• Real world case study: modernisation and ecosystem journey leveraging interoperability
• Best of Breed – How to build a curated market data platform
• Leveraging data and analytics to optimise trade performance and execution quality

If you work in a front office trading tech team then join us to learn how these trends are impacting workflows, performance and shaping decisions around where to invest for future success.