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Adaptive

Adaptive

Financial Services

London, England 10,761 followers

📈 🛠️ Adaptive - Trading technology, built for you.

About us

Welcome to Adaptive. We’re the leading experts in custom trading technology solutions, crafting truly bespoke front-office platforms. Through a unique combination of deep capital markets expertise and world-leading technology, we create competitive advantage for businesses now, and for the future. 💡 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲: - Trading in the cloud: we help move your trading technology to the cloud - Bespoke trading technology: we deliver custom capital markets solutions - Architecture modernization: we ensure you leave legacy behind to unlock trading agility - Consulting services: we help navigate capital markets complexity 🛠️ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆: 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻: capital markets infrastructure Aeron is the open-source technology for low-latency, high-throughput messaging and resilient clustering. 👉 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://aeron.io 👉 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗯: https://github.com/real-logic/aeron 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗮: development acceleration Hydra is the developer platform that makes the complex elements of real-time trading easier to build, deploy and operate. 👀 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲? - Established track record, having delivered 175+ custom trading tech solutions. - Multi-asset experience, from cash and commodities to complex options, we have knowledge across asset classes. - Full-service capabilities, delivering a complete front-to-back solution to production. - Future-proof technology & deep domain expertise - Industry partnerships, incl. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, STAC, FINOS… 🫱🏾🫲🏻 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺: Looking for a career in FinTech? We offer: - Modern tech stack - International teams - Career growth and challenging opportunities - Flexible, hybrid working /focus on work-life balance With offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Montréal, and Manila, we ensure seamless global support, anywhere you trade. ✉️ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵! We are keen to discuss your trading tech needs or show you around our demo trading platform.

Website
https://weareadaptive.com/
Industry
Financial Services
Company size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
London, England
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2012
Specialties
Trading systems, Software development, Scalability, Trading UI, Aeron, Bespoke solutions, low-latency messaging, cloud-native trading systems, Trading Technology, Trading in the Cloud, Capital Markets Consulting, Architecture Modernization, Capital Markets Infrastructure, Custom trading technology, front-office trading technology, Matching Engines, OMS/EMS, Liquidity Distribution and Streaming, Distributed Systems, Reactive Systems, and Desktop Strategy

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  • 🔔 Reminder to book your slot for this webinar.

    New market structures and regulatory changes are forcing exchange operators to rethink the foundations of their technology stacks. This webinar - 'From 24/7 to Event-Driven: Engineering the Next-Generation Exchange Platform' on 28 April, brings together exchange technology leaders to examine the architectural considerations behind the next generation of exchange infrastructure. We will explore how to balance the agility of a startup with the uncompromising resilience required by global regulators. We'll hear from: ▪️Dominik Eberle, CFA, Principal Product Owner. BX Digital ▪️Chris Walsh, Head of Trading Systems, EDX Markets ▪️David Smith, Global Head of Systems Engineering, Adaptive ▪️Moderator: Mike O'Hara, Editor, TradingTech Insight, A-Team Group Register: https://lnkd.in/guFhkxD8 #247Trading #ExchangePlatforms #Exchanges #DigitalAssets #PredictionMarkets #TokenisedAssets

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  • 🚀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝟮.𝟬: 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 Featured in A-Team Insight, from A-Team Group, this new article by Ian Salmon, Head of Product Marketing at Adaptive, explores how exchanges and venues are reassessing their core platforms amid shifting regulation, extended trading hours, new venue types, and expanding asset classes. Ian looks at how the focus is moving beyond pure latency to architectural flexibility, integration across the trade and post-trade stack, and a “second-generation technology reset” as operators revisit first-wave designs built under intense time-to-market pressure. 👉 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲-𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲? 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d3G7aQqA

  • 🖥️ 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 The traditional exchange tech model is broken. You either build from scratch (years of dev) or buy a black box (limited control). We’re changing that model with the 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿. The Aeron Exchange Accelerator provides a new approach to exchange and matching engine technology – foundational capabilities out of the box, with the freedom to customize on top. ▪️ 𝗜𝗣 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 & 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹: We license the source code; you own the bespoke IP of your business logic, control your roadmap, and reduce vendor lock-in. ▪️ 𝗨𝗻𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Built on open-source Aeron® for microsecond latency and mission-critical resilience. ▪️ "𝗕𝘂𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱" 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: Deploy a battle-tested matching engine in weeks, not years, without sacrificing customization. ▪️ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻: Powers global venues across spot and derivative markets. The Aeron Exchange Accelerator is a source-available foundation, designed to give firms control over their trading infrastructure without the risk or cost of multi-year development cycles. Proud to see this approach already recognized as "𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 & 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵" at the TradingTech Insight Awards 2026. 👉 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dFTCnZuP #FinTech #ExchangeTech #TradingSystems #MatchingEngine #Exchanges #ATS #DigitalAssets #MTF #Aeron #WeAreAdaptive

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    🙌 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 tradetech 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 We’re attending Europe’s leading gathering of buy-side equity trading leaders and market innovators. 🗣️ Ian Salmon, Head of Product Marketing at Adaptive, will participate in the session “Rewiring the trading stack - How is the buy side rethinking technology to balance cost, flexibility, and resilience?” Our colleagues Bhavesh Desai, Ben Jefferys, and Sebastiaan Evans will be at Booth 54. Don’t miss the chance to connect with us. 📍 𝗥𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 📅 𝟮𝟭-𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔗 https://lnkd.in/diyVThv2 Are you attending? Drop us a message. #CapitalMarkets #TradingTechnology #LowLatency #CloudTrading #Amsterdam #Europe #BuySide #WeAreAdaptive #Aeron

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  • 🎥 John Lothian features Adaptive CEO Matt Barrett in JLN’s Industry Leader series, examining how capital markets firms are navigating the widening gap between strategic ambition and legacy technology. The interview explores the market shifts reshaping infrastructure priorities, including tokenization, prediction markets, AI-driven software development, and 24/7 trading. It also examines how firms are modernizing through more modular, cloud-based models, and how Adaptive is evolving its platform and operating model to support that transition. 👇 Watch the full interview.

    Adaptive CEO Matt Barrett says a growing tech gap between firms’ ambitions and legacy systems is accelerating demand for modular, cloud-based market infrastructure. In an interview for JLN’s Industry Leader series (sponsored by OCC), Barrett highlighted disruption from tokenization, prediction markets, AI-driven software development, and 24/7 trading. Adaptive’s Aeron platform offers a “build and buy” approach, helping sell-side, buy-side, and exchanges modernize faster without rebuilding from scratch. The London-based firm recently secured investment from two global banks to scale its product platform, expand cloud capabilities, and support always-on operations. Barrett said external capital removes growth constraints of bootstrapping and builds trust with tier-one firms. Adaptive is balancing independence with strategic backing, leveraging open-source alignment and advisory input while shifting from a consultancy model to a product-led fintech business. FIA, Inc.

  • ⚙️ 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝘀. 𝗔𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗳𝗸𝗮 - 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 For technical leaders, choosing the right technology is crucial, a decision that often dictates what their trading tech stacks will look like for the next decade. Aeron Sequencer and Apache Kafka are both leading technologies, but their architectural design dictates their ideal fit. We take a look at their architectural philosophies and performance characteristics to help you make an informed decision. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 (𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝘀. 𝗔𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗳𝗸𝗮) 👇 ▪️ Ordering Guarantees ▪️ Latency Profiles (P99.9) ▪️ Achievable throughput ▪️ State Machine Replication features 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀 🛠️ ▪️ 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿: For mission-critical systems (exchanges, smart order routers) where total ordering, determinism, and microsecond consistency are non-negotiable requirements. ▪️ 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗳𝗸𝗮: For high-volume data pipelines, real-time analytics, and general stream processing where data can be parallelized and high throughput is the primary goal. 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗶𝗻-𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀. The goal is to ensure the architecture aligns perfectly with your system's performance and consistency demands. ➡️ Read the full technical comparison and checklist: https://lnkd.in/dQzUw3iH #DistributedSystems #FinTech #Architecture #LowLatency #AeronSequencer #Apache Kafka #Aeron #Latency #Consistency #StateMachineReplication

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  • 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 Adaptive 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 Harrington Starr, 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁. Recognition on the list reflects input from leaders across the industry and highlights firms expected to play a meaningful role in the evolution of financial technology. The edition also includes insights from across the financial technology industry. 👉 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/dw3VyRcA #TheFinancialTechnologist #TheInfluenceList #HarringtonStarr #TradingTechnology #CapitalMarkets #Aeron #WeAreAdaptive

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    🙌 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆. This year’s summit will focus on low-latency trading architectures, machine learning inferencing platforms, and data center capacity planning. 🤝David Liew, our Head of APAC Sales, will be attending the event. So don't miss the chance to connect with us, and find out more on how we can help you create a competitive advantage with our technology. 📆 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📍 𝗛𝗞𝗘𝗫 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟭/𝗙, 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 ✍️ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/dtZrNUwQ #CapitalMarkets #TradingTechnology #LowLatency #CloudTrading #HongKong #APAC #WeAreAdaptive #Aeron STAC Research

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    🎥 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 In under 30 seconds, Matt Barrett, CEO of Adaptive | Aeron, gives you a sneak peek into a new way to build trading systems at scale. 𝟰 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: ▪️ 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Millions of messages per second at microsecond latency. ▪️ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Highly available log with platform-wide ordering guarantees. ▪️ 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲: Engineered specifically for the 24/7 reliability required by brokers and exchanges. ▪️ 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Isolates business logic into separate services, allowing teams to own their domains. 🎥 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼: https://lnkd.in/d2jyrKys 👉 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿: https://lnkd.in/dYyssdaC #TradingTechnology #CapitalMarkets #Sequencer #Aeron

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    𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 - “𝗜𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲” 🧐 Dave Farley highlights an interesting issue: determinism is often assumed, yet common development practices frequently break it. At Adaptive, we use 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗦𝗠𝗥) throughout the Aeron stack for this reason. By enforcing a strict, ordered log of events, 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 ensure that system state remains predictable across any number of nodes. This approach solves the "it works on my machine" problem that Dave mentions. When a system is deterministic, production issues become reproducible through replay, and the platform remains auditably consistent. For mission-critical trading systems, this isn't an academic preference, it is a requirement for scaling and reliability. 🔍 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/dG2ieuWz #SoftwareEngineering #ContinuousDelivery #SoftwareArchitecture #Determinism #HexagonalArchitecture #EvolutionaryArchitecture

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