Modernise your LME trading technology, with people who know the market
The LME is a unique market that requires specialist trading systems and operations.
Sinara conducts an in-depth assessment of the technology and operational setup behind your LME trading — identifying gaps and setting out clear, practical recommendations to modernise.
Expert guidance from a firm with decades of hands-on experience in the LME ecosystem and the systems that power it.
Metals Market Technology
LME trading technology, assessed by people who understand it
The LME is unlike any other market, and the systems and operations behind trading it have to reflect that — physical settlement, prompt-date conventions, the operational demands of the market, and a rulebook that keeps evolving.
Few firms understand this as deeply as Sinara: we’ve spent decades working in the LME ecosystem, building and running the technology behind metals trading, so we know exactly what ‘good’ looks like.
Why Sinara
A technology assessment you can act on
A deep review of your LME trading technology
We examine the systems and operations behind your LME trading — trading platforms, connectivity, post-trade, data and controls — and show you exactly where they stand.
Built for members modernising their tech
Many of the firms we help are established LME members who want to de-risk modernisation of their technology. We also help firms preparing to come to market get the systems and operational side right from the start.
Systems and operational gaps, identified clearly
We pinpoint where your technology and processes fall short of what the market demands — no vague findings, just specific issues that matter.
A clear technology roadmap
You get practical, prioritised recommendations and a roadmap for modernising your systems and operations.
The systems impact of rule changes
The LME rulebook evolves, and changes ripple through systems and operational processes. We help you understand what those changes mean for your technology and how to adapt in good time.
Ready your tech stack for modernisation
Planning to modernise? We assess whether your systems are fit for the market and where investment will make the most difference.
Enable new client-facing services
If you want to offer new or expanded services to your clients, we assess what your technology and operations need in order to deliver them.
Deep asset-class and systems expertise
This isn’t generalist IT consultancy. Our people understand metals trading and the LME specifically — the market mechanics, the operational realities, and the technology that has to support them.
Independent, practical, delivery-minded
Clear-eyed assessment focused on what’s genuinely useful — grounded in how the market and its systems actually work, not theory.
A Thorough Review
What you get from an assessment
A rigorous, market-aware review of your technology and operations that gives you clarity and a plan.
Assessment
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In-depth review of your trading systems and operations
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Connectivity, post-trade, data and control systems
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Fitness for the demands of the market
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Benchmarking against current expectations
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Hands-on review and interviews with your teams
Gap Analysis
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Clear identification of technology and operational gaps
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Impact and priority for each
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Ageing systems and technical debt
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Systems impact of rule changes
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An evidence-based picture
Recommendations & Roadmap
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Practical, prioritised recommendations
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A technology modernisation roadmap
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Options and trade-offs, clearly explained
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Guidance on where investment pays off
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Support for building the business case
Domain & Technology Expertise
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Deep LME and metals-market knowledge
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Understanding of physical settlement and market mechanics
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Technology expertise specific to the asset class
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Awareness of the evolving rulebook’s systems impact
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Experience across trading, operations and systems
From Assessment to Action
Advice you can act on — and help to act on it
Our assessment stands on its own. But if you want to act on it, Sinara can help you deliver.
Help to deliver, if you want it
- Technology modernisation and new systems
- Systems integration and connectivity
- Technology for new client-facing services
- Resourcing to strengthen your own teams
- One partner from assessment through to delivery