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The importance of sell-side relationships to investing in regional markets

The importance of sell-side relationships to investing in regional markets By Mike Powell, CEO Rapid Addition I had the pleasure…

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Trading Technology

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…

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Opinions

What’s Driving Capital Markets’ Interest in Cloud?

By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition As we pointed out in our last blog, after an extended period of reticence…

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Events

View From the Table Top

Rapid Addition was in South Africa last week when CEO Mike Powell and Chairman Kevin Houstoun caught up with RA’s…

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Opinions

How do Financial Organisations Achieve ISO 2022 in the Current Climate?

How do financial organisations achieve ISO 20022 and other key industry standards in the current regulatory framework? By Kevin Houston

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Opinions

What’s Driving Technology Investment in Capital Markets?—A CEO’s Perspective

Our CEO Mike Powell gives his perspective on the rapid growth across technology investment in capital markets.

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Trading Technology

Beyond Crypto – Realising the Potential for Dgital Assets with Institutional Investors

Crypto currencies have been making headlines again over the last couple of weeks thanks to Chinese regulators banning financial institutions…

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Opinions

A Match Made in Heaven? The Growing Importance of Systematic Internalisation

It’s easy, and perhaps convenient, to forget the mad scramble to be ready for MiFID II. Many firms struggled to…

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Opinions

Beware the Onboarding Nightmare in the Battle for Client Order Flow

Regulatory scrutiny of buy-side broker selection and best-execution benchmarking, together with research unbundling rules, have led many asset managers to…

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Opinions

Nordic Trading—Market Insight a Competitive Advantage

Rapid Addition was in Stockholm last week for the FIX Trading Community’s Nordic Trading Briefing 2019 event. A strong turn…

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