Issue 111: September 2026
Features
Exchange technology 2.0: Future-proofing exchange architecture
Published: Sep 2026
Ian Salmon, Head of Product Marketing at Adaptive, asks what exchanges need from their technology as markets change and new demands emerge.
CCPs
Markets Are Moving Beyond the Close. Can Their Infrastructure Follow?
Published: Sep 2026
Adrienne Muir, CEO, Avenir Technology, looks back on nearly 30 years of change in financial markets and what the move towards longer trading hours could mean for the next phase of market infrastructure.
Features
The Infrastructure Question Behind the 24-Hour Market
Published: Sep 2026
Matthew Pilkington, Head of Sales EMEA, Beeks Group, explores the infrastructure challenges behind extended trading hours and why the shift towards always-on markets is strengthening the case for resilient, round-the-clock infrastructure.
CCPs
Tokenisation, at Scale: Why Trusted Market Infrastructure Matters
Published: Sep 2026
Michael Winnike, Managing Director and Head of Strategy and Market Solutions, DTCC, discusses the significance of the organisation's use of tokenised DTC-held assets in real production trades.
Features
Islamic Finance: Connecting Originating Flow to Domestic Market Infrastructure
Published: Sep 2026
Iosif Itkin, CEO and co-Founder, Exactpro and CTO, Murabex, and Alyona Bulda, SVP, Emerging Technologies, Exactpro, and Head of Platform, Murabex, look at how Islamic finance can be more closely connected to domestic markets and the role its Murabex platform could play.
Features
Perpetual Markets: Building the Infrastructure for Always-on Derivatives
Published: Sep 2026
Magnus Almqvist, CEO of Exberry, looks at the growth of perpetual contracts and what their rise could mean for exchanges and the infrastructure that supports them.
Features
Entangled Markets: Preparing Exchanges for the Quantum Era
Published: Sep 2026
Adrián Febrián, AI Model Validation & Emerging Tech, and Rahelah Syed, North American Markets & Transformation Risk, Nasdaq, introduce the exchange's white paper on quantum computing.
Emerging Markets
Building a Regional Market Starts with Reducing Complexity
Published: Sep 2026
Juan Pablo Córdoba, CEO of nuam, explores how shared technology, harmonised rules and greater cross-border collaboration are helping to connect the stock exchanges of Chile, Colombia and Peru.
Features
How pTools’ Teravera AI Platform Mitigates Hallucination Risks for Financial Services
Published: Sep 2026
Keith Wood, CEO, and Suraj Pandey, Head of Business Development, at pTools Software, explain how the company’s Teravera AI Platform is being used to bring artificial intelligence into exchange operations.
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