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Johannesburg Stock Exchange Launches JSE-FIX Order Routing Service
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has launched JSE-FIX, a new order routing service developed in collaboration with electronic trading solutions provider Rapid Addition. The service is designed to lower order transmission costs while offering a scalable, vendor-neutral solution for market participants. JSE-FIX leverages Rapid Addition’s technology to facilitate efficient sell-side broker connectivity for both domestic…
Nasdaq Suspends High-Speed Trading Service Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Nasdaq has halted a high-speed trading service following concerns raised by competitors and regulatory scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The service, which offered select clients access to lower-latency hollow-core fiber optic cables, was not publicly disclosed and had not undergone the SEC’s rule-filing process. Low-latency network provider McKay Brothers brought the…
CJC and Broadhead Technologies Launch Blockchain-Powered Market Data Contract Platform
CJC, in collaboration with Broadhead Technologies, has officially launched Digital Rights for Data Management (DRDM), a blockchain-based platform designed to enhance market data contract management for financial institutions. The system aims to improve compliance, automate processes, and optimise revenue generation. Built on a custom blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) foundation, DRDM enables real-time data tracking,…
Harnessing AI Data Driven Digital Transformation
Live from TradingTech Summit 2025 in Canary Wharf, Toby Babb sits down with Monika Fernando, Head of Global FI Client Data Analytics & Head of FI eTrading Strategy EAP at TD Securities. They dive into the real impact of AI in financial institutions—is it all hype, or are we seeing real value? Monika shares insights on AI adoption,…
Belfast: The Rise of a Financial Markets Technology Hub
Belfast has quietly but steadily transformed into a major hub for financial markets technology, establishing itself as a competitive location for firms specialising in market data, trading infrastructure, and financial software. Once overlooked, Belfast is now home to a thriving ecosystem of companies that provide high-end financial technology to support the world’s leading financial institutions….
Leveraging Data as a Differentiator
What’s the key to unlocking real value in AI, trading strategies, and market analytics? High-quality historical data. Live from TradingTech Summit London, this episode of FinTech Focus TV dives into the evolution of historical market data and its role in shaping smarter trading decisions. Toby sits down with Elliot Banks, Chief Product Officer at BMLL,…
The Top Seven Trade Infrastructure Monitoring Solutions in 2025
Trade infrastructure monitoring – the real-time surveillance and analytics of trading systems, networks, and data flows to ensure performance, stability, and compliance – is critical for banks, asset managers, hedge funds, exchanges, and trading technology providers to maintain low-latency execution, optimise system resilience, and detect anomalies before they disrupt trading operations. Across the trade infrastructure…
Finastra’s Summit Wins Best OTC Derivatives Trading Solution at A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight Awards Europe 2025
Finastra has been named the winner of the Best OTC Derivatives Trading Solution at the A-Team Group TradingTech Insight Awards Europe 2025. These prestigious annual awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services, highlighting vendors that deliver outstanding trading infrastructure, technology, and data solutions to capital markets participants across Europe. Finastra’s OTC Derivatives Trading Solution,…
A-Team Group Announces Winners of its TradingTech Insight Awards Europe 2025
A-Team Group has revealed the winners of the TradingTech Insight Awards Europe 2025. These prestigious awards celebrate excellence in trading solutions and services, highlighting vendors who provide outstanding trading infrastructure, technology, and data solutions to capital markets participants across Europe. This year, the awards featured over 40 categories of trading technology solutions and services. These…
Bloomberg Launches Digital Asset Exposure Analytics to Help Investors Manage Crypto Exposure
Bloomberg has launched, a new service, Digital Asset Exposure Analytics, designed to provide investors with greater visibility into their cryptocurrency exposure across a wide range of securities and investment products. Covering 80,000 individual securities and 37,000 funds and exchange-traded products, the tool is aimed primarily at asset managers and financial institutions seeking to strategically manage…