How we’re enabling the growing financial markets in the Middle East
More financial businesses than ever before are heading towards the Middle East. According to industry analysts S&P Global, “Global private equity and venture capital firms have increasingly been targeting the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as accelerating technology adoption and the shift from economic dependence on fossil fuels provide investment opportunities. “Deal value in the region…
Read MoreCustomer Success Story – Byblos Bank Europe
Home ❯ Capital Markets Colt SD-WAN provides stable, resilient connectivity at BBE’s sites Back to all case studies Download this case study Business drivers BBE wanted reliable, high-performance connectivity, integrated with a cloud-based security solution that would support its SaaS and cloud-first strategy and its move to Zero Trust. The solution Colt SD-WAN provides stable,…
Read MoreCIMD chooses Colt to guide express migration of contingency centre
Faced with the challenge of migrating its contingency data centre in a short period of time, CIMD opted for Equinix’s colocation hosting solution, offered through Colt. It became the first customer in Southern Europe to use this joint service, which allowed minimal interruption of operations and guaranteed the continuity of synchronous information backup. Jesús Mayo,…
Read MoreColt’s multicast service allows global investors to access SGX Group’s Derivatives data fully in the cloud
Singapore, 31 January 2024 – Colt Technology Services, the digital infrastructure company, today announced the successful completion of a three-month Proof of Concept utilizing Singapore Exchange (SGX Group)’s Derivatives data, showcasing how Market Data in the Cloud, Colt’s groundbreaking Multicast Raw Market data distribution service for Capital Markets, is unlocking the full benefits of cloud…
Read MoreColt completes $1.8bn acquisition of Lumen EMEA
Home ❯ Capital Markets Colt completes $1.8bn acquisition of Lumen EMEA The transaction has successfully closed, marking new era for Colt and optimism for telecoms industry London, November 2nd 2023 Colt Technology Services (Colt), the digital infrastructure company, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Lumen EMEA for $1.8bn. The closure of the transaction…
Read MoreState of the nation: AI in financial services
Since the explosion of generative AI earlier this year, enterprises have raced to roll out strategic plans for its adoption. 91% of businesses in a recent Colt study intend on adopting AI in some form – up from 33% since December 2022. Despite, or perhaps driven by, a tight regulatory environment, the financial industry is…
Read MoreWhat is a Financial Extranet?
An extranet is a private network used by organisations to provide external partners and other trusted third parties with secure and controlled access to their internal applications, processes and information. Colt’s financial extranet, PrizmNet, connects exchanges and other providers of financial content (including market data, research and other services) to an ecosystem of over 10,000…
Read MoreWhat are APIs?
APIs are mechanisms that enable two software components to communicate with one another, by using a set of definitions and protocols, essentially creating a common ‘language’. There are four ways that APIs can work depending on when or why they are created. These are SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), RPC (Remote Procedure Calls), Websocket &…
Read MoreAsiaNext chooses Colt’s capital markets solutions for digital securities and crypto derivatives trading
Colt is helping AsiaNext with its fast-to-market and transformative approach connecting mainstream finance to digital assets London, UK and Singapore, 17 August 2023– Colt Technology Services (Colt) the digital infrastructure company, today announced a new partnership with AsiaNext. The partnership will see AsiaNext benefit from a suite of Colt’s secure, high performance digital infrastructure solutions…
Read MoreCapital Markets Brochure – Malaysia
Join the growing number of market participants accessing ASEAN Financial Markets via Colt PrizmNet. Bursa Malaysia is one of the largest exchanges in Southeast Asia with over 900 listed companies. Its diverse product range includes equities, derivatives, off-shore, and Islamic assets as well as Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Exchange…
Read MoreCapital Markets Brochure – Thailand
Join the growing number of market participants accessing ASEAN Financial Markets via Colt PrizmNet. As a licensed market data provider, we offer raw and normalized market data from Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX). Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is the second largest exchange in Southeast Asia with over 780 listed…
Read MoreMulticast market data distribution in the cloud is here – what’s next?
Capital market companies are no strangers to the cloud. Within their industry, they have been amongst the most enthusiastic adopters of this technology, although adoption has been curbed by one major challenge – multicast market data distribution in the cloud. In collaboration with AWS, we have developed a solution based on leading-edge technology that allows…
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