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Capital markets trading tech advisor. Helping firms modernise execution and trading stacks.
Programme Governance
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Nov 4, 2026
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1 min read
When a major programme misses its objectives, attention turns to the obvious events: a late release, an overrun, a failed migration or the difficult weekend when something stopped working. But those moments are usually symptoms. The damaging decisions may have been made months or years earlier.
Nov 2, 2026
2 min read
A new platform. A cloud migration. An AI programme. An enterprise architecture overhaul. All reasonable proposals, until someone asks what will actually be different for the business once they are complete.
Fixed Income Trading
+4
Oct 16, 2026
Fixed Income Trading: Rethinking the Operating Model · Part 4 of 4
Oct 14, 2026
Fixed Income Trading: Rethinking the Operating Model · Part 3 of 4
Oct 12, 2026
Fixed Income Trading: Rethinking the Operating Model · Part 2 of 4
Oct 10, 2026
Fixed Income Trading: Rethinking the Operating Model · Part 1 of 4
Digital Sovereignty
+7
Apr 21, 2026
8 min read
Why the real AI design question is not provider choice, but who controls the contract around the model
Market Structure
Apr 14, 2026
11 min read
What the modern buy-side target state looks like, the key build questions, and how firms can get there through hybrid architecture rather than another round of application overlap
+6
Apr 13, 2026
9 min read
Learnings from building trading technology on why consolidated tape, axes, pricing and quote feeds belong in a shared intelligence and orchestration layer, not just another OMS or EMS screen
Apr 8, 2026
12 min read
Ten design priorities, the benefits they unlock, and the path from fragmented tools to a true execution fabric.
Mar 17, 2026
How venue-centric workflow, not just venue regulation, became the real market structure problem.
Feb 13, 2026
6 min read
The rules changed. Now platforms need to survive scrutiny, outages, and jurisdiction risk.
Jan 15, 2026
Two tapes, two regimes, one messy truth.
FinTech
+3
Jan 2, 2026
How builders, deployers, and agentic systems stay in control across a fragmented regulatory landscape.
Dec 28, 2025
4 min read
Why the ESAs’ CTPP designations turn vendor risk into front-office execution resilience.
Oct 15, 2024
7 min read
RFQ workflows feel bilateral. Regulators care about multilateral interaction. This is where the MTF line actually sits.
Emerging Technology
Sep 4, 2024
Why buy-side firms struggle to embrace innovation in trading technology
+5
Jan 3, 2024
5 min read
If you are steering the ship at buy- and sell-side firms, you're already witnessing a landscape evolving more rapidly than a trader's shout of 'Buy!'.
