Banking & Capital Markets

Various features of the blockchain and the underlying distributed ledger technology (DLT) make it ideally suited for use in any kind of transfer system whether it be payments, trading or lending.

Decentralised ledger technology (DLT) has immediate applications in the context of fraud prevention and security as it provides financial institutions with the ability to maintain a centralised ledger of transactions

Over the past decade, the financial industry has begun to embrace a series of innovations that have the potential to dramatically change the nature of the business in the future.

The regulatory landscape is currently manic, to put it lightly. With increased digital transformation, the fallback of Brexit, and subsequent increased regulatory changes, firms such as Brickendon have never been more relevant.
In this episode, Alan Vear – Director of Brickendon Consulting – met with podcast host George Aliferis to discuss the $200 or $300 trillion question of the transition to IBOR.

A large global bank was in the process of replacing its legacy FX Front Office system (Kondor+ and a related bespoke application) as part of an overhaul of its FX business when it became apparent that the new system (Murex) would not adequately support its manual quoting/dialog pricing requirements. Brickendon was engaged by the client to […]

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In this episode, Alan Vear – Director of Brickendon Consulting – met with podcast host George Aliferis to discuss the $200 or $300 trillion question of the transition to IBOR.

A major European bank required an integrated trade monitoring system. Brickendon was brought in to design and build a new system to replace the existing tactical system, which had been found to be unstable and unreliable. Alongside this project, the client requested a strategy proposal for a revised monitoring operating model. This model would alleviate […]

A prominent European Bank gained increased levels of risk transparency, reporting metrics and customer visibility through a clear future-proof OTC FX Clearing Implementation strategy.

Creating a scalable eFX Trading Platform ensured a Corporate Banking Business met the streamlined architectural and IT support goals, supported its current business, and could be enhanced more easily for future growth.

Implementing trading algorithms to a large European Bank which incorporated its systematic trading models, client profiling and rules-based risk management, enabled trading to be done more proactively and efficiently that lead to lower running costs.