The Digitalisation of Commodity Trading: Digital Documents, CTRM, and Challenges
The digitalisation of commodity trading is still very much an evolving area that promises to bring new efficiency, transparency, and security, offering substantial benefits to traders, streamlining operations and reducing risks. However, many challenges remain to fully realise these benefits, and central to success are of course the software systems that allow these operations to […]
Celebrating 35 Years of Excellence: The Journey of Sinara
As Sinara celebrate our 35th anniversary, we reflect on our journey and the pivotal moments and projects that have defined our growth. Established on June 16, 1989, by Phil Bain, Dennis Church, and Steve Dobb, Sinara has consistently delivered high-quality and practical software solutions, adapting to changing times in both the financial markets and information […]
Sinara in The TRADE – “Clearing: A look at the technological state of play”
We are excited to have collaborated with The TRADE on the publication of an article about the current clearing landscape, talking about the main priorities from a technological perspective. Read the whole article at https://www.thetradenews.com/thought-leadership/clearing-a-look-at-the-technological-state-of-play-with-sinaras-hamish-adourian/
Logging for Supportable Systems
Introduction In the fast moving and high-pressure environments of exchanges and trading firms, where complexity and customer expectations continually rise, system supportability remains a crucial factor in making sure systems are able to deal with new market scenarios and challenges. In this context, the seemingly simple and prosaic process of logging extends beyond mere technical […]
Getting Delivery Right: Software Development Methodologies in Practice
Introduction Software development methodologies describe structured approaches that guide the process of building software systems. These methodologies provide frameworks, practices, and principles to manage the complexities of software development projects efficiently. At Sinara, we recognise the importance of flexibility in project approaches and adopting the methodology most suitable to a particular project and client goals. […]
Making sense of message queues
Introduction When designing complex trading operational systems composed of multiple specialised processes, ensuring reliable, effective communication among them can be a significant challenge. Traditional approaches, such as remote procedure calls or direct binary protocols, can introduce tight coupling and inefficiencies in certain scenarios. For very high performance, low latency links, that may be acceptable and […]
Exploring Hosting and Connectivity Options for Exchanges
I recently had the pleasure of taking part in a panel discussion on exchange hosting and connectivity options at the Association of Futures Markets (AFM) conference in Budapest. Together with my fellow panellists from other technology firms and exchanges, we had a good conversation about the practical issues around how exchanges implement their operational systems. […]
Component-Based Testing – Reusable test steps as building blocks for test cases
At Sinara, testing is an integral part of our software development process and the success of project delivery and launch can depend on the quality of testing applied. Over the years, it is an area in which we have made significant investment, carefully exploring different approaches and developing a comprehensive framework for testing software applications. […]
Sinara at LME Week 2022: LME Metals Seminar, Monday Oct 24
We are pleased to announce that Sinara will once again be sponsoring the LME Metals Seminar on Monday 24th October in London. Like last year, we will be hosting an exhibitor stand at the Seminar, and speaking to delegates about how we can help metals derivatives firms with their trading technology needs. We will be presenting our SinaraTLC suite […]
FIA Paris – resilience in the markets
It was great to be at the offices of Euronext in Paris last week, attending the FIA Paris conference. The top theme cutting across the discussions was all about how we can preserve safe, orderly markets in volatile times, particularly in relation to assets such as commodities that have a strong link to the real […]