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Top 3 reasons to start using a TMS now
Managing financial risk is critical to any business, especially in…
The rise of regional brokers in APAC presents challenges and opportunities
The ongoing process of economic development and integration in South-East…
How commodity businesses can benefit from artificial intelligence and machine learning
Richard Murphy | March 15, 2023 To navigate today’s evolving and volatile commodity markets, businesses need…
Payment hub: Simplify payment complexities
Company growth, new company acquisitions, and expansion into new regions…
Treasury nightmares: cash forecasting with spreadsheets
Picture this: your CFO needs a cash forecast for next…
The changing status of dark pools in the European equities landscape
Dark venues have been a significant part of the European…
Treasury automation: The next level of treasury reporting
Treasury management systems (TMS) standardize and automate cash, payments, treasury,…
The relationship of regulation with automation and technology
With advances in automated trading in recent years, regulators have…
XTP Spark: Back-office automation for trading businesses of any size
Life is complicated. Automation can make it simpler. At ION,…
ISO 20022 messaging: FAQs answered by the ION Treasury experts
This article was updated on 31 October 2022. This article…
Automation: What’s next and how will it alter the role of business leaders?
Note: This content was originally published by the FT Future…
TMS and ERP systems: How new technologies improve the system integration
An Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) helps manage a company’s…
Market volatility casts spotlight on realtime risk analytics
NOTE: This article was originally published on GlobalInvestorGroup.com by Radi…
Workflow automation through algo wheels – counting the costs?
The demands and expectations of buy-side firms are constantly driving…
ISO 20022: How the new standard impacts financial institutions, corporates, and technology providers
Financial institutions across the globe have started their journey to…
Is today’s commodity market equipped for the pressures of energy transition?
André Jäger | August 26, 2022 In recent weeks, major financial firms have announced investments in…
Cloud treasury management solutions on the rise
Treasury teams use technology to control the financial operations across…
New Scales of Change: Addressing the Challenges of Today’s Commodity Markets
Commodity markets are remarkably diverse. While financial commodities share many…
What are APIs and how can treasury use them?
There is a lot of discussion and interest around APIs.…
The EU’s securities markets regulator prioritizes flagging of non-price forming trades
Following an earlier consultation, ESMA published its final report on…
Integrating your treasury system and MMF portal
Money Market Funds (MMFs) are popular short-term investments. As trade…
Open banking: quo vadis?
Open banking initiatives were started around the world to increase…
The ION Desktop Interoperability Framework
ION introduces an open protocol, a desktop-side bus and a…
Cash forecasting: faster and more accurate through treasury technology
Cash forecasting is essential. Everybody has to do it. For…
Software and industry evolution
Computer scientists have always tried to implement techniques to extend…
Payment fraud: How machine learning can help protect your company
Around 47% of companies have been a victim of payment…
Treasury technology: Why a modern user interface matters
Let’s say it’s your first time accessing the new Treasury…
Key factors to consider when choosing your TMS
Undeniably, the treasury function of any business is vital. Corporates…
How technology helps automate FX risk management
In the last 18 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored…
Catching up on events – 40 years of the ISIN
The 1980s brought us the first space shuttle, personal computers,…
10 ways an inaccurate cash forecast can hurt your business
Treasury is becoming a more integral part of the strategic…
Innovation at scale
Today, any global enterprise needs to innovate at speed. This…
Why you should stop running your treasury on spreadsheets
Why you should stop running your treasury on spreadsheets Many…
FIX Connect technology of the future
The world of electronic trading has been changing rapidly over…
Elevate your FX business
The relevance of digital transformation Introduction The FX and cross-border…
Thoughts from the STA Market Structure conference 2021
We were among the many in-person participants at the Securities…
Trading algorithms of the future
As algorithmic trading has evolved over the years, both AI…
Webinar wrap-up: Why UPS implemented a SaaS TMS
More businesses are choosing cloud for their treasury and risk…
Differentiate, commoditize, and harmonize
Repo traders vying to make the most of the industry’s…
A cost-effective way to adopt Test Automation
Testing automation has become a fundamental step of the software…
Business Process Analysis – an ION perspective
A business process is a set of activities performed by…
From Accountant to Treasurer: Where does treasury begin?
By definition, treasury involves the management of money and financial…
Dark trading restrictions set to remain on the regulators’ watch lists
The UK Treasury’s Wholesale Markets Review consultation paper devotes some attention to…
How do you manage non-functional requirements?
If you are in the software industry, you’re already familiar…
Automation of existing software platforms: Part 3
Customization of existing trading platforms is a vital process within…
MiFID II review stores up more compliance costs
As part of the ongoing wider review of MiFID II,…
Optimizing FX STP through intelligent automation
Today’s digital and data-driven economy has placed an ever-increasing range…
How rising interest rates change corporate borrowing
The yield on 10-year US Treasury bonds rose from 0.9%…
UK regulators hit the reset button
As the UK gets ready to hit the reset button…
Real-Time Database Technology you can bank on
Advances in Real-time Database technology are driving faster order throughput…
Display Order Facility in US Equity Markets
Efficient price discovery is essential to the smooth functioning of…
IBOR reform: facts, dates, implications, and how ION can help
Interbank Offered Rates (IBOR) were published daily for multiple currencies…
4 ways a treasury management system can help better navigate COVID-19
Imagine living through the COVID-19 pandemic without technology. You wouldn’t…
How Machine Learning improves cash forecasting
COVID-19 has led to great uncertainty. Creating accurate cashflow forecasts…
Scalable data caching requires scalable querying – here’s how to achieve it
Modern fintech applications have to process enormous volumes of data.…
Automation of existing software platforms – part 2
Evolving the capability of existing trading platforms is a vital…
GTP Stitching
Effective and accurate order management is fundamental to robust trading.…
Successful consolidated audit trail Phase 2c go live
On April 26, ION Markets marked a significant Consolidated Audit…
The structured, the nimble, and the delegator.
A tale of data from the BrokerTec migration to CME.…
Similarities between Apple’s new M1 chip and a trading system design?
I started my new Apple Mac with its new M1…
Low-Touch woes vs Restaurant Wars
The other night, I was rewatching an episode from the…
The easy way to make your trading apps work together as one
Trading is a complex business. In fast-moving, competitive markets, traders…
Back to Front in Cleared Derivatives
Imagine a world where the connections between the front office,…
Regulatory challenges of trading Asian equities and the growth of the Swaps market
When trading equities around the world, most investors understand the…
Should a software house still invest in technology?
I was reading an article on how LinkedIn uses Kafka…
Automating existing software platforms
Adding additional automation within existing order workflow systems is never…
Back to school for MiFID II
The review of MiFID/MiFIR is now well underway following the…
Driving customer excellence
How a business develops its products and delivers its services…
AI: Paving the way towards perfect STP rates
The last decade has seen a remarkable rise in applied…
For those obsessed with quality
Have you said “wow, this is exactly what I wanted”…
All algos are not equal
Algorithms have made their way into our daily lives, from…
Asset management in the cloud: A choice or a transition?
As on-premises solutions have gradually given way to hosted services,…
Correlations hurt your decision-making (not just your portfolio)
Decision-making in contexts that aren’t always easy to predict —such…
Doing a UX re-design for your product
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,…
The road to SaaS and other myths
Some estimates say that in a few years SaaS will…
The future of trading system display technology
Following my recent article on trading screen design, I had…
Brexit: Liquidity shifts post transition period
After a difficult 12 months, Brexit finally happened. However, the…
Is traditional D2C repo dying?
As D2C repo goes electronic, having the right systems in…
Finding investment opportunities while remaining compliant in a volatile new world
When I meet regulatory and investment compliance officers in the…
Brexit: Cross-border trade publication
Under MiFID post-trade transparency rules, equity trades must be published…
How FX businesses can boost customer loyalty and profitability by using data intelligently
Digital transformation in the FX industry has changed how customers…
Partial settlement: The CSDR effect
Does your secured funding business support partial settlement? Or rather,…
A state of FLUX: How findings led UX helps us create the solutions our users really need
If you had 1 hour to solve a problem, what…
A new asset class comes to town!
We often hear in the press of new trading venues,…
Voice trading after MiFID and COVID: It’s time to stop worrying and embrace digital transformation
Voice trading has undergone major changes as a result of…
There’s no cloud, it’s just somebody else’s PC
Cloud-based applications are great. They free users from hardware, obsolescence,…
The future of web development
The web ecosystem is evolving at an insane speed. Driven…
Here’s why you need to automate your business analytics
Information is different than knowledge. And the more information you…
The benefits of a good order management system during a pandemic
Trading rooms of the world have been shrinking since the…
Brexit: MiFID Share trading obligation – Should the EU investors be worried?
The European Union’s MiFID directives set clear rules on the…
Let’s talk latency
Trading is a highly competitive business where speed is of…
Three display functions that all trading systems should embrace
When trading moved from trading floors and into the digital…
Spanish tax set for January 2021
Before the advent of an EU financial transactions tax (FTT),…
Recurring waves of Brexit
In the face of recurring Brexit waves, the markets have…
Working towards a common goal
Regulators globally are continuing to step up efforts to monitor…
Wider adoption of MMT encouraged
The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) recently advised ESMA to…
The evolving global impact of MiFID II
Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced an…
Catch 22: The share trading obligation
MiFID II refined the definition of OTC trading for equities,…
Time runs out on Swiss equivalence
Over the weekend, the stock market equivalence granted to Switzerland…