Adaptive, the experts in custom trading technology solutions, today announces a partnership with Rapid Addition, a leader in financial messaging protocols.Rapid Addition’s scalable FIX platform is capable of handling thousands of connections and offers support for all versions of the FIX protocol as well as custom rules of engagement. The partnership will enable Adaptive to deliver best-in-class FIX solutions to clients seeking comprehensive counterparty connectivity and order management workflow within their custom trading technology platforms.By leveraging Rapid Addition’s FIX platform, Adaptive can build bespoke front-office trading systems with complex, global, high-volume connectivity requirements beyond the capabilities of standard FIX engines, creating more comprehensive, agile and robust solutions for capital markets clients.Clients are increasingly seeking to assemble ‘best of breed’ solutions to gain competitive edge and improve their responsiveness to regulatory change and margin pressures. By working with open technology and agile vendors that align with in-house capabilities, firms can implement more flexible and cost-effective alternatives to legacy solutions. This collaboration will enhance Adaptive’s ability to deliver highly configurable and scalable front-office systems that enable firms to simplify counterparty FIX onboarding and order routing workflow.The partnership is made possible as Rapid Addition’s platform is underpinned by Aeron, the open-source messaging and clustering technology developed by Adaptive, allowing seamless integration between both companies’ platforms.Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition, said: “FIX has been fundamental to enabling the growth of electronic trading, however, counterparty connectivity still creates challenges for many organisations. This partnership means we can help Adaptive’s customers simplify client onboarding and seamlessly integrate order flow when building custom front office trading systems. Leveraging Aeron has helped us to deploy large-scale, highly resilient connectivity solutions to many leading financial organisations, and with this closer collaboration we aim to deliver even more value to our mutual customers.”Matt Barrett, CEO and co-founder, Adaptive, said:“As firms increasingly look to differentiate through technology, ensuring best-in-class connectivity and order management is essential

Adaptive Financial Consulting Limited is also shortlisted as Best FIX Engine Provider in this year's edition.

Adaptive, the experts in bespoke, electronic trading technology solutions, today announces its collaboration with ADS Securities LLC’s (ADSS) to deliver its flagship retail trading platform on the Cloud, designed and developed to enable higher throughput and resilience, delivered through an intuitive user interface available on desktop and mobile to a diverse user base.ADSS, one of the largest leveraged brokers in the Middle East, approached Adaptive to build its front-end trading platform, risk management, order management and administration whilst it improved the backend and downstream systems.Within a short timeframe, Adaptive built a new, proprietary trading platform, which runs 24/7 on the cloud, both on the web and with native mobile apps, making ADSS the first retail broker to operate exclusively on the cloud. Rapid development was aided through the use of Adaptive’s technology accelerators. Key features of the platform include:24/7 availability: ADSS’ cloud native infrastructure includes fault-tolerant Aeron® and Hydra technology to boost resilience and protect against outages.ADSS’ cloud native infrastructure includes fault-tolerant Aeron® and Hydra technology to boost resilience and protect against outages. High throughput, low latency: ADSS’s new infrastructure enables the firm to handle significant volumes at low latency, while giving the broker the ability to scale – adding new features or asset classes as markets evolve.ADSS’s new infrastructure enables the firm to handle significant volumes at low latency, while giving the broker the ability to scale – adding new features or asset classes as markets evolve. Web and mobile interfaces: Adaptive designed and deployed native user interfaces for web and mobile – enabling users to seamlessly switch between the two.Adaptive designed and deployed native user interfaces for web and mobile – enabling users to seamlessly switch between the two. A highly personalized platform: ADSS has a broad range of users – from trading novices to professionals