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What does Alignment Systems do...

on December 09, 2020

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Code that writes code (creating kdb+ q and Java from XML and XSD)

on September 02, 2020

Agile Apache API C++ Doing IT right FinTech FOSS Internet of things IoT ITCH/OUCH Java JSON MQTT REST SBE SOFH

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MQTT 5.0 analytics platform, greenfield project build, part two

on August 27, 2020

Agile API Doing IT right Graal Gradle IoT kdb MQTT Shakti

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MQTT 5.0 analytics platform, greenfield project build, part one

on August 26, 2020

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Fintech Focus TV COVID-19 SPECIAL- John Greenan, CEO at Alignment Systems

on August 26, 2020

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Product Management and Fintech

on December 05, 2019

buy vs build Doing IT right FinTech management Product Management

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Tradetech Paris 24th - 25th April 2019 "Innovation, the Italian Job, Machiavelli and 4 songs"

on February 24, 2019

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Graal VM: Game Changer!

on February 24, 2019

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Technology Management, Political Intuition and Jon Haidt

on August 25, 2018

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ISO3166 country codes, wrapped up in a Java enum

on August 10, 2018

Doing IT right https://github.com/AlignmentSystems ISO Java

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Windows equivalent of UNIX "touch" command

on July 01, 2018

Doing IT right Microsoft PowerShell

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Virtual Box: Restoring a back-up alongside the original

on June 18, 2018

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Julia

on June 14, 2018

buy vs build Doing IT right Julia quant

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FIX Training in Singapore 2018

on May 09, 2018

Doing IT right FIX FIX Network FIX Orchestra FIX Testing and Certification FIXP

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FIX Training in Paris 2018

on May 09, 2018

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FIX Training in Frankfurt 2018

on May 09, 2018

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FIX Training in Dublin 2018

on May 09, 2018

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FIX Training in Melbourne 2018

on May 09, 2018

Doing IT right FIX FIX Network FIX Orchestra FIX Testing and Certification FIXP

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FIX Training in Sydney 2018

on May 09, 2018

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FIX Training in London 2018

on May 09, 2018

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Revolution #9

Fixed Income Trading: New venues ( How many Fixed Income trading venues are there? )

How many Fixed Income trading venues are there? [182] Last update 3rd January 2025] A simple question came up recently in a conversation – how many new Fixed Income trading venues are there? I could not think of anywhere that maintained a comprehensive list, so I decided to try and put something together. A global list of Fixed Income Trading Venues with a change log

Windows equivalent of UNIX "touch" command

A fairly standard operation in *nix world is the command touch. Touch changes file dates, so it's an easy way to kick off backup jobs or similar that use file modification times. Windows doesn't have an exact analogue, but a functionally similar feature exists within PowerShell.

What's the difference between an EMS and an OMS?

Suggestion: it’s directional, asset-class and/or execution style related… If you got here from google - try also OMS and EMS

What is a FIX engine? [Updated]

In a number of consulting roles over the years I've been asked this question. It's something that I still get asked so I'll describe my view. First, some history on the firms in the FIX engine market sector, then some narrative.

Excel RTD Server implementation in C#......Part 1

I have not written much C# recently but I've had two conversations recently on the topic of RTD Server implementations so I thought I'd try and refresh my memory.

Fintech Interview: Kevin Mak, Co-Founder, Ironfly Technologies

Sixth interview with interesting folks within Fintech, this one with Kevin Mak of Ironfly Technologies .

Kill Switch

The kill switch is a requirement for a modern automated trading environment. The term is pretty generic and can include capabilities such as:

What does a 21st Century Exchange matching engine look like?

A regulated exchange is a big complicated way to facilitate one thing – bringing buyers and sellers together to trade in a legally and regulatory compliant manner. Behind that simple one line are a considerable number of other features that are required within the value chain (not necessarily within the same firm) For CSD based equities, a delivery-versus-payment mechanism to ensure that no-one loses all of their stock or cash. For a derivative exchange a clearing mechanism that can calculate IM and VM and ensure member margin accounts are maintained to a sufficient balance Market surveillance to ensure bad actors are kept out of the market FIX Connectivity for orders/executions FIX Connectivity “drop-copy” for post-trade workflow Binary market data over UDP/Multicast for latency sensitive firms Integrations with market data vendors such as Activ, Refinitiv, Bloomberg and many more Co-location offering KYC/AML/CFT processes to ensure regulatory compliance Persistent storage for instrum...

Fintech Interview: Thomas Kim - CEO, Enfusion

A slight change of pace, a series of interviews with interesting people within the Fintech space. First up, Thomas Kim of Enfusion...

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