MILAN, May 21, 2025 -- ION, a global leader in trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporates, announces the successful integration and certification of its FastTrade platform with Equiduct.
Through this integration, ION's FastTrade clients can now enhance their Retail Execution Policy by incorporating Equiduct Apex's zero-commission Best Execution service. The enhanced functionality will improve execution quality and ensure stronger compliance with MiFID II Best Execution obligations.
This integration is an important addition to the list of venues available for the execution strategies that clients can create using the powerful FastTrade Best Execution Engine. The Best Execution Engine is a fully customizable and programmable tool that supports ION's clients in creating their own strategies to compete in a difficult, low commission market.
Giacomo Brandolini, FastTrade Product Owner, said: "We are proud to have completed this integration with Equiduct. It marks a key step in our mission to evolve our offering continuously and support our clients as they navigate increasingly complex equity trading environments."
Tiffany Sour-Esrafil, Head of Business Development at Equiduct, said: "ION has long been a true pioneer and a backbone of Italy's multi-asset trading technology landscape. We strongly believe this partnership will bring significant value to the Italian retail trading ecosystem and beyond, enabling clients to keep pace with the ongoing shift toward dynamic best execution and adapt to the new competitive retail brokerage environment."
About Equiduct
Equiduct is the leading pan-European retail-focused exchange built around the specific needs of the retail community. Equiduct enables retail brokers to achieve Best Execution in Europe's most liquid equities and ETFs across 13 European markets and provides high-quality cost-effective market data and insight products for both the retail community and institutional clients alike. A market segment of Börse Berlin, Equiduct operates under Article 44 of MiFID II. In 2024, Equiduct reported 35 active retail brokers, 15.2 million trades executed, and a turnover of €85 billion.
About ION
ION provides mission-critical trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporate organizations. Our solutions and services simplify complex processes, boost efficiency, and enable better decision-making. We build long-term partnerships with our clients, helping transform their businesses for sustained success through continuous innovation. For more information, visit https://iongroup.com/.
About ION Markets
ION Markets provides transformative technology and solutions to financial institutions dealing in asset management, cleared derivatives, equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and secured funding. Our award-winning end-to-end solutions simplify clients' operations by automating the full trade lifecycle, providing tools to manage risk, and maximizing access to liquidity, while giving real-time access to critical information required for timely operational decisions and execution on a global scale. For more information, visit https://iongroup.com/markets/.
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