2024 – Vipppunkten för transformation av marknadsinfrastruktur

"Traditionella utbyten globalt befinner sig i en kritisk tidpunkt", konstaterar
Deloittes "2024 Banking and Capital Markets Outlook" Rapportera. "Strategiska val de gör nu kan avgöra om de fortsätter att växa - eller till och med behålla - marknadsandelar och få högre vinster." 

Dagens leverantörer av infrastruktur på marknaden måste navigera i ökad komplexitet och oförutsägbarhet. Dessa påtryckningar förstärker i sin tur behovet av att omedelbart modernisera föråldrad infrastruktur och ta itu med tekniska skulder.

2024 is the year, I believe, we will bear witness to the much-anticipated tipping point for transformation of market infrastructure. The question now is: How can you ensure that your technological upgrade will be delivered within a timeframe that secures
your competitiveness?

Svåra val

In the rapidly maturing and advanced landscape of trading technology, staying current is no longer optional. It has become imperative that outdated infrastructure for day-to-day operations is replaced, ensuring the robustness and endurance of the overall
technological framework.

Yet strategic choices, particularly concerning market infrastructure technology, are not always straightforward. Legacy providers, in particular, find themselves constrained by outdated technology – from constant project delays and cost concerns, to the
difficulty in implementing new features within their existing systems. The limitations of the old legacy systems are becoming increasingly apparent, especially when reaching their end-of-life date (when a vendor no longer markets, sells or releases that particular
equipment). As such, many exchanges are actively seeking new solutions to modernise their operations and remain competitive in an ever-evolving technological landscape.

En nyligen publicerad publikation av
Oliver Wyman advises: “A wave of high-profile, drastic cost-cutting measures have been undertaken by the leading technology outfits and banks – and market infrastructure groups will not be exempt from economising. That’s why it’s important that market infrastructure
groups emphasise and deliver on sustainable performance improvements, mindful of their longer-term strategic growth agenda.”

Nasdaqs vd Adena Friedman håller med och försäkrar kunderna att en infrastrukturuppgradering kan låsa upp år av tillväxt om den görs med framsynthet. Men hon också

försiktighetsåtgärder: "Att investera i motståndskraft är svårt, det kan vara dyrt och har längre utbetalningscykler...."

Men är det alltid så? Behöver det verkligen vara så här svårt, dyrt och tidskrävande?

Ett enklare alternativ: Molnbaserade, kapitalklassade lösningar

Om transformation hanteras av moln-agnostiska, digitalt centrerade teknikleverantörer, bör molnbaserade, kapitalklassade lösningar som levereras via SaaS (med enormt kortad time-to-market) bli normen genom rättigheter. 

Similar to other industries undergoing digital transformation, modern technology solutions are also becoming accessible for regulated exchanges – solutions that can easily handle, for example, more advanced trading strategies and new asset types. In particular,
these cloud-agnostic solutions still allow for deployment in on-premises setups with low-latency requirements, and across various environments (excluding production), resulting in substantial cost savings.

Previously, a CIO would be tempted to pay obscene amounts of money for what was considered a ‘safe’, albeit legacy-based, provider. Now forward-thinking decision-makers realise they need to change their approach, and are reviewing all available options in
order to ensure competitiveness. 

These forward-thinking decision-makers are asking the following question of their technology providers: Is there a multicloud offering? Can the system handle tokenisation and new asset types? What is the timeframe required for the development of a brand
new marketplace? And can maximum speeds of latency be maintained for high-frequency trading?

Autentiska resultat

In this year of ‘make or break’ for exchanges, I question the naysayers seemingly set against true innovative change. Those vendors who contend that investing in technology is hard, expensive and long, seem to often veer towards strategies that ultimately
delay and postpone change. Who does this really help?

När utbytet inleder ett nytt år behövs reflektion: Fungerar din teknik som en facilitator snarare än ett hinder? Stämmer dina tekniska förmågor sömlöst med dina mål? Och är de placerade för pålitlig leverans?

Successful exchanges will be those ready to adopt innovative technologies. An authentic understanding of the complexities involved with modern, digital-first infrastructures is therefore crucial. Furthermore, leveraging SaaS in this instance can mean advancing
your team’s velocity, since implementing this change will improve engagement, retention and elevate your team’s capabilities for agility, thus ushering in a departure from traditional big bang projects.

När allt kommer omkring är det inte bara en börs prestation på linjen, det kan mycket väl vara dess överlevnad.

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