Trading Technology

Systems, data, connectivity, and tooling that underpin electronic trading, execution, and post-trade operations.

Fixed Income Trading

Thinking of buying an EMS? First ask whether you actually need one.

Oct 16, 2026

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2 min read

Thinking of buying an EMS? First ask whether you actually need one.

Fixed Income Trading: Rethinking the Operating Model · Part 4 of 4

Abdullah Hiyatt

Fixed Income Trading

Automating a broken trading workflow just makes it broken faster.

Oct 14, 2026

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2 min read

Automating a broken trading workflow just makes it broken faster.

Fixed Income Trading: Rethinking the Operating Model · Part 3 of 4

Abdullah Hiyatt

Fixed Income Trading

Oct 12, 2026

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2 min read

Kill the blotter. Keep the orders.

Fixed Income Trading: Rethinking the Operating Model · Part 2 of 4

Abdullah Hiyatt

Fixed Income Trading

The fixed-income trader doesn't need an EMS. Or an OMS, for that matter.

Oct 10, 2026

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2 min read

The fixed-income trader doesn't need an EMS. Or an OMS, for that matter.

Fixed Income Trading: Rethinking the Operating Model · Part 1 of 4

Abdullah Hiyatt

Market Structure

Apr 14, 2026

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11 min read

From Stack Sprawl to Execution Fabric

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

Abdullah Hiyatt

Market Structure

Stop Treating Strategic Market Data Like Another Screen

Apr 13, 2026

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9 min read

Stop Treating Strategic Market Data Like Another Screen

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

Abdullah Hiyatt

Market Structure

What the Buy Side Should Demand From Its Multi-Asset Trading Stack

Apr 8, 2026

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12 min read

What the Buy Side Should Demand From Its Multi-Asset Trading Stack

Ten design priorities, the benefits they unlock, and the path from fragmented tools to a true execution fabric.

Abdullah Hiyatt

Digital Sovereignty

When the Platform Becomes the Battlefield

Feb 13, 2026

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6 min read

When the Platform Becomes the Battlefield

The rules changed. Now platforms need to survive scrutiny, outages, and jurisdiction risk.

Abdullah Hiyatt

Market Structure

DORA’s Critical Third Parties List Just Became Your New Baseline

Dec 28, 2025

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4 min read

DORA’s Critical Third Parties List Just Became Your New Baseline

Why the ESAs’ CTPP designations turn vendor risk into front-office execution resilience.

Abdullah Hiyatt

Market Structure

Could you be operating an MTF without even realising it?

Oct 15, 2024

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7 min read

Could you be operating an MTF without even realising it?

RFQ workflows feel bilateral. Regulators care about multilateral interaction. This is where the MTF line actually sits.

Abdullah Hiyatt

Emerging Technology

Sep 4, 2024

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6 min read

Breaking the chains

Why buy-side firms struggle to embrace innovation in trading technology

Abdullah Hiyatt

Emerging Technology

Will the rise of AI autopilots replace traders in 2024?

Jan 3, 2024

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5 min read

Will the rise of AI autopilots replace traders in 2024?

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!'.

Abdullah Hiyatt

Trading Technology

Thinking of buying an EMS? First ask whether you actually need one.

Automating a broken trading workflow just makes it broken faster.

Kill the blotter. Keep the orders.

The fixed-income trader doesn't need an EMS. Or an OMS, for that matter.

From Stack Sprawl to Execution Fabric

Stop Treating Strategic Market Data Like Another Screen

What the Buy Side Should Demand From Its Multi-Asset Trading Stack

When the Platform Becomes the Battlefield

DORA’s Critical Third Parties List Just Became Your New Baseline

Could you be operating an MTF without even realising it?

Breaking the chains

Will the rise of AI autopilots replace traders in 2024?

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