Category: Investment Technologies
Catch-all for posts related to legacy software applications, cost savings, and other topics related to RegTech / FinTech. Largely reserved for random thoughts around some of the pain-points uncovered during work, latest news, and ideas for product development.
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Designing Risk Management Platforms: A Container-Level Overview
In today’s fast-paced markets, risk management systems are essential for institutions and individual traders alike. This post explores the architecture behind a Risk Management Platform, delving into the key components that interact to deliver a seamless experience for analysts, traders, and risk managers. We will focus on the container-level design of the platform, providing insight… Read more
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Reverse Engineering a Trading Platform: A System Design Analysis and Roadmap
In the competitive world of financial trading, platforms must be meticulously designed to handle massive data volumes, ensure real-time responsiveness, and maintain stringent security standards. This blog post will dissect a hypothetical trading platform by reverse engineering its architecture, components, and potential areas for improvement. By analyzing its structure, we’ll gain insights into how a… Read more
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New Terraform Configuration for Capital Markets Infrastructure Management
The morning’s prompt engineering session has been an interesting lesson in Data Operations based on stack intelligence with open stack data available within this landscape. Our case was developed around Akamai Technologies being used to manage services at RBC Capital Markets, a brownfield test-bed for idea generation that has largely been touted as a challenging… Read more
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Navigating Counterparty Risk: Enhancing Trading Desk Resilience in the Era of Blockchain Innovation
In the modern world of trading amidst cases from Robinhood, counterparty risk remains a persistent concern for trading desks and investors / family offices alike. With the advent of blockchain technology, trading desks are presented with new opportunities and challenges in managing counterparty risk effectively. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the critical importance… Read more
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Modern Data Stack Redux: A New Era of Frictionless Data Solutions
I was recently in a call over the weekend with a contact at RBC Capital Markets in the global front-office division. On top of my own market observations related to Reconfigured.io / others and attempts to slice-and-dice the DAG problem, the simplest approach to perennial topics seems to be related to specific end-points that can… Read more
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Exploring Atomic Swaps: A Practical Approach to Interoperability in Blockchain
In the realm of blockchain technology, interoperability is a key challenge, hindering seamless communication and asset exchange between different blockchain networks. Atomic swaps present a promising solution to this problem, enabling trustless and decentralized exchanges of digital assets across disparate blockchains. In this blog post, we’ll dive into a practical code snippet that demonstrates the… Read more
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Where has the Trading Desk Gone in 2024?
This week was a bit of a ride with OP Markets, OpenAI & Large-Language Models. Orbital sub-stations, satellite area networks, and outer space have provided a strong case to continue decentralizing Treasury infrastructure for virtual money. And by the way, I was not sponsored by Refinitiv, but I will let my friends at Trade News… Read more
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The Importance of Formal Specifications: Maximizing Value and Ensuring Correctness
In the rapidly evolving landscape of investment technologies, where sophisticated tools like ChatGPT hold immense potential, the role of formal specifications remains crucial. While ChatGPT has quickly been adopted by FIs, its constituent solutions still require extensive vetting to maximize value and ensure the correctness of programs. In this article, we delve into why formal… Read more
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Have You Thought About Moving Away from Investran?
Investran, a legacy software application used in investment funds, has been a staple in the industry for years. However, its limitations and inefficiencies are becoming increasingly apparent. In this article, we’ll explore the drawbacks of Investran and why it may be time to consider moving away from this outdated solution. While Investran has served investment… Read more
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Alternatives to the Bloomberg Terminal
Ever since its introduction in 1982, the terminal offering has been as ubiquitous to fund managers and other investment professionals as gas stations to taxi drivers. That being said, quotation systems are often misunderstood as being highly proprietary in nature or having some back-end data that is otherwise inaccessible to accredited investors. Think about the… Read more