Mike Powell has joined the organisation as Chief Executive Officer. Majority shareholder, Kevin Houstoun, will remain in his role as Executive Chairman, handing over operational responsibilities with immediate effect. Based in London, Mike will lead Rapid Addition’s growth plans, building on their position as a leading provider of high-performance enterprise solutions for electronic trading and […]
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Mike Powell joins Rapid Addition as CEO
How RA Fastlane became the flagship hub solution for FPGA trading
A quick look behind the scenes at the FPGA accelerator technology that’s taken electronic trading to a whole new level of performance. How did we do it? Why was it the most challenging development project we’ve ever taken on? And how could it give you the edge you’ve been looking for? Find out from our […]
Read moreRapid Addition’s Kevin Houstoun discusses trading infrastructure cost efficiencies with TRADE TV
TRADE TV caught up with our executive chairman Kevin Houstoun at Trade Tech 2019 to discuss some of the challenges we face across the industry. In an ever more competitive industry, where we are all increasingly focused on the bottom line, what are doing to help clients meet these challenges whilst providing them with that […]
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Platform Economics – the Similarities Between Car Production and Electronic Trading
What do the Audi Q7 & Q8, the Bentley Bentayga, the Lamborghini Urus, Porsche Cayenne, and Volkswagen Touareg have in common and what are the parallels to the world of Electronic Trading? The answer is platform engineering. The design and manufacturing of cars is an expensive business, and there are many non-differentiating components in that […]
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FIX Trading Community 2019 speaks to Rapid Addition’s Kevin Houstoun
Our chairman, Kevin Houstoun, caught up with Fintech Finance TV at the FIX Trading Community Conference to discuss FGPA solutions, electronic trading processes and where the future direction of the industry lies. [TRANSCRIPT] We’re speaking to Kevin Houstoun, Chairman and Owner at Rapid Addition about the event, background on their company, challenges in the industry […]
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Mitigating Risk When Migrating Trading Platforms
The longer your infrastructural software is kept operational, the greater the risks. Problems embed themselves deep in the code, making them hard to find and define. Constant incremental changes over time heighten the risk of ultimate failure. Yet in a time of exponential technological change, standing still is not an option. At some point you […]
Read moreKevin Houstoun discusses the importance of a common platform for building differentiation with TRADE TV
Tell us about the focus around non-differentiating infrastructure If you look at what a bank does, a bank has a lot of technology it does things like it connects them to their markets, and connects their customers using fixed. It has a framework for rooting messages and prices internally. All of those bits, I don’t […]
Read moreWhy do banks continue to build non-differentiating components?
What could Investment Banks learn from Apple’s approach to the supply chain? How can they use the same approach to drive return on equity and shareholder value? In any industry there is a supply chain. That supply chain consists of two sets of components, those that differentiate your product and those that do not. The […]
Read moreReduced latency is winning the war against stale prices
FIX engine platform vendors must continuously improve performance if they are to keep meeting clients’ demands, says Rapid Addition Chairman Kevin Houstoun. Disseminating millions of quotes per second to an ever-increasing audience demands a huge amount of innovation and investment. Yet it is the only way to stay ahead of the pack and remain a […]
Read moreDeveloping Trading Algorithms – Buy Vs Build
Electronic Trading Infrastructure It is always hard when you hear the phrase ‘veteran of the industry’ especially when you realise they are talking about you, however, given the youth and innovation that exists in the world of electronic trading, I find it hard to avoid using the term about myself. I started my career in […]
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