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NEWS & INTEL
Our Global Head of Business Development, Ian Salmon, joined host Toby Babb to argue that exchanges can no longer trade off resilience, performance and speed to market. Modern platforms must deliver all three at once.PODCAST
Podcast, by Harrington Starr: Exchange Tech is booming. Here is why...
We are delighted to join the leading global community of exchange and clearing house leaders, as part of our commitment to contribute to the future of exchange and market infrastructure innovation.NEWS
Adaptive is a proud partner of the WFE | World Federation of Exchanges
Rothera selects Adaptive’s Aeron Exchange Accelerator to build its CFTC-regulated event contracts exchange and clearing platformNEWS
Rothera selects the Aeron Exchange Accelerator to build its CFTC-regulated event contracts exchange and clearing platform
Building for the next big event: What prediction market operators need from exchange technologyBLOG
Building for the next big event: What prediction market operators need from exchange technology
On-Demand Webinar: Engineering the Next-Generation Exchange PlatformWEBINAR
Engineering the Next-Generation Exchange Platform
Exchange technology 2.0: Future-proofing exchange architectureBLOG
Exchange technology 2.0: Future-proofing exchange architecture
Rewiring the buy-side trading tech stackBLOG
Rewiring the buy-side trading tech stack
Ian Salmon introduces the Aeron Exchange Accelerator in under 4 minutesVIDEO
Ian Salmon introduces the Aeron Exchange Accelerator in under 4 minutes
The CME-Google Cloud acceleration: why market makers need to speed up cloud migration and how to bridge the cloud performance gapBLOG
The CME-Google Cloud deal: accelerating cloud migration
From advice to architecture: The new era of capital markets consultingBLOG
From advice to architecture: The new era of capital markets consulting
The road toward modular, open-source, cloud-native, AI-enabled systems in capital marketsBLOG
The road toward modular, open-source, cloud-native, AI-enabled systems in capital markets
Open Order Podcast: Adaptive CEO on the Modernization Mandate in Trading TechnologyPODCAST
Open Order Podcast: Adaptive CEO on the Modernization Mandate in Trading Technology
Adaptive announces strategic investment from HSBC and Citi to fuel capital markets technology innovationNEWS
Adaptive announces strategic investment from HSBC and Citi to fuel capital markets technology innovation
We’re hiring: be part of Adaptive’s next chapterHIRING
We’re hiring: be part of Adaptive’s next chapter
The shift toward a pragmatic buy and build modelBLOG
The shift toward a pragmatic buy and build model
Best Matching Engine for Exchanges and Electronic Trading VenuesAWARD
Best Matching Engine for Exchanges and Electronic Trading Venues
Prediction Markets: The institutional pivot and the technology mandateBLOG
Prediction Markets: The institutional pivot and the technology mandate
From Silos to Sequencers: Why Core Trading Architectures Are Being Rewritten for 24/7 MarketsBLOG
From Silos to Sequencers: Rewriting Trading Architectures for 24/7 Markets
Announcing Aeron SequencerNEWS
Announcing Aeron Sequencer
- The capital markets crystal ball: Trends to watch in 2026
BLOG
The capital markets crystal ball: Trends to watch in 2026
Build vs Buy? For Fixed Income, the Answer Is “Yes, and…”BLOG
Build vs Buy? For Fixed Income, the Answer Is “Yes, and…”
WEBINAR
On-demand Webinar: Architecting for 24x7 Capital Markets
Adaptive reports accelerated product and client growth in 2025NEWS
Adaptive reports accelerated product and client growth in 2025
Tradu: 1‑Click Trade delivered in 3 sprintsNEWS
Tradu: 1‑Click Trade delivered in 3 sprints
The Modernization Mandate: Who Calls the Shots on Trading Tech?REPORT
Industry Research: Tech Deployment Patterns in Capital Markets
WEBINAR
On-demand Webinar: Deep Dive into Sequencer Architectures
What’s Driving the New Wave of Capital Markets’ Technology?PODCAST
What’s Driving the New Wave of Capital Markets’ Technology?
WEBINAR
On-demand Webinar: Building Distributed Systems in Capital Markets
AWARD
Best in Cloud at the 2025 Global Markets Choice Awards
The demand for 24 hour trading is growing, and major exchanges are moving toward extended trading hours.WHITE PAPER
Beyond the Buzz: Enabling the Move to 24 Hour Trading
- FinanceFeeds Podcast: Adaptive CEO discusses cloud migration for brokers
PODCAST
FinanceFeeds Podcast: Adaptive CEO discusses cloud migration for brokers
- Cloud Innovation of the Year by FSTech Awards 2025
AWARD
Cloud Innovation of the Year at the FSTech Awards 2025
- Introducing Adaptive’s open Exchange Accelerator: A new approach to exchange and matching engine technology
TECHNOLOGY
Introducing Adaptive’s open Exchange Accelerator
Adaptive wins Best Specialist Trading Technology Consultancy Award by TradingTech Awards 2025AWARD
Best Specialist Trading Technology Consultancy by TradingTech Insight Awards 2025
- Rapid Addition and Adaptive partner to deliver best-in-class FIX capabilities to capital markets firms
NEWS
Rapid Addition and Adaptive partner to deliver best-in-class FIX capabilities
NEWS
Adaptive unveils new brand and reports strong growth in 2024
The Future of Trading: Migrating the Capital Markets Ecosystem to the CloudNEWS
The Future of Trading: Migrating the Capital Markets Ecosystem to the Cloud
Adaptive partnered with EDX Markets to deliver proprietary institutional cloud-native clearing and settlement platformNEWS
Adaptive partnered with EDX Markets to deliver institutional cloud-native clearing and settlement platform
Adaptive Wins World’s Best Low-Latency FX Solution at Euromoney Awards 2024AWARD
Adaptive Wins World’s Best Low-Latency FX Solution at Euromoney Awards 2024
Bullish collaborates with Adaptive and Google Cloud to enhance trading capacity of its cloud-native, regulated digital assets exchangeNEWS
Bullish collaborates with Adaptive and Google Cloud to enhance trading capacity of its cloud-native exchange.
Adaptive’s Aeron® technology now Available in the Microsoft Azure MarketplaceCLOUD
Adaptive’s Aeron® technology now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
KCx partners with Adaptive to deliver an innovative event-driven equities trading systemCLIENT STORY
Kepler Cheuvreux - Building a low-latency, cloud-enabled trade execution platform.
Best Matching Engine for Cryptocurrency Trading Venues by TradingTech Insight USAAWARD
Adaptive selected as 'Best Matching Engine for Cryptocurrency Trading Venues' by TradingTech Insight USA
Adaptive announces results of joint performance testing of Aeron technology on Google CloudINTELLIGENCE
Adaptive announces results of joint performance testing of Aeron technology on Google Cloud
How Adaptive took ADSS’ retail trading platform to the next levelCLIENT STORY
Improving global access to retail trading: Tradu partners with Adaptive to build new web and mobile platform
Our technology underpins the most demanding capital markets systems in the world.
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Why work with us?
Deep domain expertise in capital markets technology.- Complete customization of your trading solution.
IP ownership of your bespoke business logic.
Fast go-to-market with our trading tech accelerators.
No vendor lock-in.
Full control of your roadmap & pace of innovation.
What we build
- Matching engines
- RFQ workflow engines
- Single dealer platforms
- Order management (OMS)
- Execution workflows & Algos
- Internalization engines
- Smart order routers
- Trading UIs & connectivity
- Broker platforms
- More …
We are experienced across asset classes & market participants
Asset Class
Equities
Digital Assets
FX
Prediction Markets
Fixed Income
Commodities
Market Participants
Buy-side
Sell-side
Brokers
Exchanges / Venues
FinTechs