OVERVIEW

Regulatory measures such as Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS) in the United States and Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in the European Union have fundamentally altereed the dynamics of Market Data management and trading. These measures present challenges on both the business and technology fronts. On the business side, market participants must implement processes that faithfully and transparently comply with the rules mandated by these measures. On the technology side, participants need to implement innovative technology platforms that can cope with the explosion of market data volumes that directly result from these measures. Minimising latency in processing market data is one of the biggest challenges facing institutions, large and small.

Algorithmic Trading as a paradigm has found global acceptance on the Sell Side and Buy Side alike. Today, algorithms are employed in several contexts such as Alpha Generation, Cross-Venue execution efficiency and Portfolio Optimisation, to name a few. Trades are increasingly cross-asset in nature, requiring simultaneous connectivity to multiple, high-volume market data sources and execution venues.

Significant technological advances such as Complex Event Processing engines and Columnar Datastores enable efficient, low-latency processing of high-volume data. Hybrid architectures that leverage these technologies in conjunction with ultra-low latency messaging platforms and robust cloud-computing infrastructures are positioned to solve a vast majority of the business and technology challenges faced by market participants in this environment.

Anthrope's solutions have resulted from several years of deep technology and business consulting in Capital Markets and Wealth Management. They address specific areas of need in Algorithmic Trading and Portfolio Analytics, leveraging best-of-breed technologies to enable rapid and cost-effective business innovation. Delivered as installed software as well as via a software-as-service model, our solutions offer our clients functional richness, customisation and agility founded on premier technology and innovation.