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Quod Financial Unveils Unity: A New Era in Trading Architecture

On October 7, 2025, Quod Financial, renowned for its adaptive trading technology, announced an exciting addition to its offerings: Unity. This innovative solution, designed to streamline trading systems, emerges as a standalone product intended to transform how financial institutions approach their trading infrastructure.

The Need for Change

In today’s fast-evolving financial landscape, many organizations continue to rely on outdated, siloed systems that create inefficiencies across their trading environments. With components like Order Management Systems (OMS), Execution Management Systems (EMS), and various point integrations operating in isolation, firms face challenges that lead to inflated costs and extended integration timelines.

Traditionally, integration processes have required substantial time and financial investment, with projects extending from 12 to 24 months and often reaching millions in costs. Furthermore, firms frequently find themselves trapped in vendor-specific solutions, which stifles the innovation needed to adapt to current market demands.

Introducing Unity

Unity aims to address these challenges head-on. It serves as a comprehensive, vendor-neutral integration architecture that facilitates seamless communication across trading components. By normalizing data flow from order creation to settlement, Unity exposes firms to numerous benefits with minimal disruption.

Key Features of Unity:

• - Cross-Asset Normalization: Streamlines order and market data across varying asset classes.
• - Real-Time Lifecycle Tracking: Allows firms to monitor order progress, executions, benchmarks, and exceptions instaneously.
• - Flexible Integration Options: Organizations can deploy Quod Apps or integrate third-party solutions without compromising performance.
• - Rapid Deployment: Integrations that would typically take months can now be accomplished in weeks.
• - Robust Disaster Recovery: Provides resilience against unexpected system failures, ensuring business continuity.

According to Medan Gabbay, co-CEO of Quod Financial, “Unity represents a third way forward for the industry. It allows firms to modernize their architectures without the stress of uprooting existing systems.” This transformation paves the way for institutions to choose their upgrade paths and synchronize their tools according to their pace and requirements.

Real-World Applications and Benefits

Unity has already been implemented in several top-tier financial firms, showcasing its potential to dramatically reduce the average integration timeline. Here are some impactful use cases:
1. AI Enablement: Unity enhances the usability of AI applications by normalizing data, permitting immediate access for AI systems to engage in trading decisions effectively. Its real-time interface ensures that trades, orders, risks, and positions are readily available for AI analytics, enriching decision-making processes.
2. Vendor De-risking: By creating a central layer through Unity, organizations minimize the risks associated with system upgrades or changes. The flexibility that Unity brings enables seamless connections with new or legacy applications, countering vendor lock-in dilemmas and transforming high-stakes projects into manageable tasks.
3. Cross-Asset Workflow Automation: Unified trading environments allow for innovative automation across varied applications, enhancing strategic responses. For example, traders can automatically leverage fixed income positions for FX hedges, all managed through a single centralized architecture without needing to alter existing systems.

About Quod Financial

Founded in 2004, Quod Financial has established itself as a global leader in adaptive execution technology, catering to both buy-side and sell-side institutions across multiple asset classes. With a strong presence in crucial financial hubs such as London, Paris, and New York, the company continues to push the envelope on scalability, resilience, and innovation in adaptive trading solutions.

For further details, Quod Financial invites interested parties to visit their website at www.quodfinancial.com. For media inquiries, please reach out to Monika Kucharska at +44 20 7997 7020.