July 2nd, 2020
COVID-19 boosts RFQ demand – Connamara CEO
By Wendy Lisney The closure of trading floors amid COVID-19 has boosted demand for request for quote (RFQ) functionality to replicate the floor experience, Chicago tech firm Connamara has said. “The floor was essentially an RFQ model for complex strategies and products, be it options strategies or swaps or strips,” Jim Downs, Connamara’s chief executive
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October 30th, 2019
MaterialsXchange Launches with First Raw Materials Transaction
MaterialsXchange’s digital marketplace streamlines the buying and selling of raw materials CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MaterialsXchange (“MX”), an electronic marketplace for buying and selling raw materials, went live on Monday with the first transaction executed shortly after the launch. The first listings on MX are wood products, specifically Oriented Strand Board (OSB), European Spruce (Euro Spruce) lumber, and
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June 15th, 2018
Connamara to Host FIX Trading Community’s Annual Chicago Meeting
Connamara Systems is pleased to announce they will be hosting FIX Trading Community’s annual Chicago Regional Meeting on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. The event will be held at their downtown headquarters located at 200 W. Jackson Blvd., 28th Floor, and will provide the latest FIX Trading Community updates for the capital markets industry, followed by an expert panel which will be discussing “Bringing Cryptocurrency into the
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February 22nd, 2017
Lowering the Barrier to Entry for Tradable Product Innovation
Since 2008 Connamara has been creating matching engines and trading platforms for startups that are leading tradable product innovation....