Category: Trading Technology

Brief History of the FIX Protocol-The Journey to Frictionless Electronic Trading

FIX Protocol–The Journey to Frictionless Electronic Trading

FIX Protocol–The Journey to Frictionless Electronic Trading The Financial Information eXchange (FIX®) Protocol is an electronic communications protocol for real-time exchange of securities transaction information. It’s vendor-neutral and is used by the entire secondary trading community comprising of thousands of brokers, banks, investment managers and hedge funds. It is supported by the FIX Trading Community […]

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What does DORA mean for FinTech firms

Under Pressure: What does DORA mean for FinTech firms?

Financial services digitisation has brought immense opportunities and efficiencies to the capital markets but also created new vulnerabilities. With cyberattacks on the rise and operational disruptions posing significant threats, the European Union is taking a proactive approach through the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). This landmark regulation, effective December 2022, aims to fundamentally reshape how […]

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ipushpull and Rapid Addition partner to transform trading activity monitoring

ipushpull and Rapid Addition Transform Trading Activity Monitoring

Leading fintech firms join forces to transform trading activity monitoring by providing financial firms with real-time trade alerts on any device and channel 29 May 2024, LONDON: ipushpull, the leading platform for live data sharing, and Rapid Addition, the experts in electronic trading infrastructure, have partnered to address the challenge of missed alerts and slow […]

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AI in Electronic Trading Panel - FIX EMEA Trading Conference 2024

Demystifying AI in Electronic Trading: Insights from the EMEA FIX Trading Conference

The intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic trading has been a subject of fervent discussion, particularly in the financial industry where innovation can lead to significant potential gains. At the recent EMEA Trading Conference organized by The FIX Trading Community in London, a panel of industry leaders convened to dissect the role of AI […]

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Which Trading Functions are Best Suited to Cloud

Which Trading Functions are Best Suited to Cloud

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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Differentiation and Scale – is cloud ready to transform trading infrastructure?”

Differentiation and Scale – is cloud ready to transform trading infrastructure?”

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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