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Tech Trends in Trading: Industry Experts Review 2023 and Look Ahead to 2024
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time to look back at some of the more interesting trends that have emerged in the trading technology space over the last twelve months, and to take a look ahead at what 2024 might have in store. With this in mind, TradingTech Insight reached out to a group…
Aquis Becomes First Recognised Investment Exchange to Run Cloud-Based Matching Engine
Aquis Exchange PLC has successfully migrated the primary and secondary markets of Aquis Stock Exchange to Amazon Web Services (AWS), marking it as the first recognised investment exchange (RIE) to run a matching engine in production on the cloud. Since 27th November 2023, the group’s Aquis Stock Exchange division has been matching trades on all…
Symphony Integrates Google Cloud’s AI for Enhanced Financial Markets Voice Analytics
Symphony, the financial markets infrastructure and technology platform, is set to enhance its voice analytics capabilities by integrating Google Cloud’s generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) and transcription technologies. This development, building upon Symphony’s existing strategic partnership with Google Cloud as its primary cloud provider, aims to address the unique challenges of voice transcription in the…
TNS Expands Market Data Solutions Through West Highland Acquisition
Earlier this month, Transaction Network Services (TNS) acquired West Highland Support Services, with the aim of enhancing TNS’s services across the entire trading infrastructure stack. According to the company, this strategic move positions TNS as the only Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider offering a vendor-neutral approach to market data application management. “This is a great fit,” Steven…
Amberdata Integrates with Google Cloud’s Analytics Hub for Digital Asset Data Access
Amberdata, the digital asset data and analytics provider, has partnered with Google Cloud, to offer its crypto market, blockchain, and DeFi datasets via Google Cloud’s Analytics Hub. The integration aims to enable institutional customers to manage data more easily, and gain actionable insights for applications in research, trading, and compliance, leveraging their preferred visualization tools….
XFA Partners with Genesis Global to Automate FLEX Options Quoting
Execution broker X-Change Financial Access (XFA) and Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform vendor, have partnered to introduce FLEX-FA, a new solution designed to automate the quoting process for flexible exchange options (FLEX options). This new platform significantly improves the speed and efficiency of quoting by standardising and automating request-for-quote (RFQ) processes, aiming to…
Avelacom Launches Lowest Latency Fibre Route Between Tokyo and Seoul
Avelacom, a specialist in ultra-low latency networks and IT infrastructure, has announced the introduction of a new fibre route connecting Tokyo and Seoul, marking a significant achievement in Avelacom’s expansion within North Asia following the opening of its Hong Kong office earlier this year. According to the company, its new route offers the lowest latency…
Murex and Rabobank Strengthen IT Partnership with Successful MX.3 Implementation in Brazil
Murex has expanded its partnership with Rabobank, completing a key phase in a global IT transformation with the successful launch of back office, operations, and finance functions on the MX.3 platform in Rabobank Brazil. This upgrade follows earlier front office and risk integrations. The MX.3 platform in Rabobank Brazil now supports an extensive range of…
Alveo Research Points to Cost and Operational Benefits of Cloud Data Management
In a recent survey commissioned by Alveo, 62% of senior decision-makers believe that transferring market data to the cloud can reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO), with 77% in agreement in Asia-Pacific, compared to 46% in the UK/US. Additionally, the adoption of cloud data management is viewed as a catalyst for changes in operational…
Bloomberg Adds Intraday BVAL Front Office Pricing Solution for Fixed Income Trading
Bloomberg has released Intraday BVAL (IBVAL) Front Office, a distinct but complementary offering to Bloomberg’s evaluated pricing service, BVAL, that uses a machine learning model to handle the intricacies of consuming billions of ticks of market data to produce frequent pricing for real-time trading decisions. The front office product delivers prices as fast as every…