If the picture of cloud adoption by trading firms and market services providers is a little grey today, is the outlook brighter tomorrow? A survey of 20 capital markets organisations commissioned by Rapid Addition and conducted by A-Team Group (link) suggests the mixed appetite for public cloud could change if one of the major providers […]
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In previous blogs, we’ve explored the factors driving capital markets’ embrace of cloud technology (link), the benefits firms are already enjoying from making the move (link), and some of the obstacles that can derail a cloud migration strategy (link). What’s clear is that for capital markets, cloud isn’t a panacea but rather an increasingly important […]
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Modern capital markets’ structure has been shaped by the adoption of new technologies. Major regulatory shake-ups, such as MiFID and RegNMS, drove huge investments in technology, pushing executions from screens and phones onto electronic trading platforms to take advantage of the fragmenting liquidity landscape. This sparked the rise of algo and HFT trading, which in […]
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By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition As we pointed out in our last blog, after an extended period of reticence – based mainly on sensitivities around latency, security, and privacy – capital markets trading firms are finally joining the rest of the digital world by exploring how cloud can help their business and streamline or […]
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By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition The structure of capital markets and how they are traded have, to a large extent, been shaped through the technology adopted by market participants and service providers over the past two decades. And while some firms remain cutting edge, many are left operating legacy infrastructure characterised by high cost […]
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Rapid Addition was in South Africa last week when CEO Mike Powell and Chairman Kevin Houstoun caught up with RA’s Johannesburg-based head of MEA, Melvyn Plumridge, to visit customers and attend the JSE’s SA Trade Connect Event in Cape Town. As well as being a great opportunity to catch up with clients, colleagues, and industry […]
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In this article, orginally published in Best Execution, our CEO, Mike Powell, looks at an emerging approach to making better trading technology decisions. Capital markets institutions face a heady mix of geopolitical, economic, and structural challenges as they consider their strategic growth plans. With Europe slipping into recession, the Ukraine conflict driving up energy prices, […]
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Kevin Houstoun shares his thoughts on impactful trends in trading technology during an interview at the recent TradeTech Conference in Paris. In addition to his role as Rapid Addition’s Chairman, Kevin is a Non-Executive Director at FIX Protocol Ltd., a visiting researcher at the London School of Economics Systemic Risk Centre, and holds a number […]
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I recently attended an in-person industry conference for the first time in two years. I must admit it felt sightly weird (not quite morning after ‘Day of the Triffids’, but…!). At the same time, I enjoyed the opportunity to escape from my desk and catch up with some old and new faces. The focus of […]
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Digitized securities markets depend on efficient flows of structured data, but the lack of standardized data models could soon start to impede their growth. Data is now the primary ingredient of the securities services industry. It governs the efficiency of settlement, safekeeping, asset servicing and regulatory reporting. Data is also driving product development. Ultimately, the […]
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