The Financial Technologies group is
among the global leaders in offering
technology IP (Intellectual Property)
and domain expertise to create and trade
on next-generation
financial markets, that are transparent,
efficient and liquid, across all asset
classes including equities, commodities,
currencies and bonds among others.
The Financial Technologies group operates
one of the world’s largest network
of 10
exchanges connecting fast-growing
economies of Africa, Middle East, India
and South East Asia. The group also
has six
ecosystem ventures to address upstream
and downstream opportunities around
exchanges, including clearing, depository,
information vending, and payment gateway
among others.
MARKETS FOR MASSES
Our
highly robust and scalable exchange
and trading technology platform
(IP), coupled with deep domain
expertise, gives us a decisive
edge in driving mass disruptive
innovation at a speed and cost
of execution that is unmatched
in the financial markets. This
expertise uniquely positions us
to create electronic, organized,
and regulated financial markets
for ‘new asset classes’
and ‘new investor classes’
that are either underserved or
unviable by traditional economic
considerations. Modern tech-centric
financial markets are the new
electronic trade routes, similar
to Silk and Spice Routes centuries
ago that are democratizing global
trade and economies by creating
inclusive and equitable growth
through propagation of the benefits
of globalization and by integrating
local markets with global economies.
These benefits include price transparency,
efficient trade, hedging against
price volatility, effective risk
management and access to structured
finance – all enabled through
technology and IP (Intellectual
Property)-centric innovations.
Financial Technologies creates
and operates these new hubs connecting
some of the booming economies
from Africa to Asia.
Markets are proxy to the growth
of any region and are barometers
of the economy. The fast-growing
economies of Africa to Asia (with
GDP growth rates of 6%-12%) are
increasingly becoming the growth
engine for global trade, driving
production and consumption demand
for almost all the asset classes.
However, in absence of an organized
electronic and regulated market
structure, these economies have
little influence on the pricing
of the assets traded. For them
to exert greater influence, a
new generation of
technology-centric, multi-asset exchanges
is required in these
regions. These exchanges will
meet demand for local price discovery,
liquidity, risk management, clearing
and settlement, and delivery in
local currency and time zone,
within a sound regulatory framework.
The Financial
Technologies group exchanges address
precisely these needs by setting
up world-class international market
platforms in these regions that
help economic development through
broadening and deepening of the
markets.
NEW-GENERATION EXCHANGES FOR NEW WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER
The Financial
Technologies group is
passionately committed to its
leadership in helping shape the
Future of Financial Markets, as
they transform and continue to
evolve in their fundamental role
as the platform for wealth
generation and distribution in a
new world economic order. The
next-generation markets will be
interconnected in an
increasingly globalized and flat
world.
These new financial markets architecture
will see the emergence of regional
exchange networks or clusters,
similar to the one Financial Technologies
group is creating to connect the
high–growth economies from
Africa to Asia. Like the group,
these clusters will also leverage
economies of scale in technology,
operations, product innovation,
clearing, settlement and delivery
across the pre-trade, trade, and
post-trade lifecycles, thereby
driving down transaction and impact
cost and boosting value efficiency
across exchange networks. These
exchanges
in the network (cluster), thus,
create an explosive ’network
effect’ on liquidity and
product innovation on the one
hand, and ecosystem
partners along with market participant
community, on the other.
Financial markets globally are
on the road to greater transparency,
higher liquidity through a wider
participatory base, more efficient
price discovery, and better management
of risk. These developments can
materialize more effectively on
regulated exchange platforms as
opposed to off-exchange, or OTC
platforms. The volume of exchange-traded
asset classes has been rising
over the past several years as
they offer daily mark-to-market
value adjustments, fungibility,
margin deposits, price and position
limits, better price discovery
and pricing of risk, guarantee
of a central clearing house, multilateral
settlement, and stringent regulatory
oversight and control. The Financial
Technologies group with its network
of 10 regulated exchanges
and six
ecosystem ventures will continue
to contribute in shaping the Future
of Financial Markets.
The business of creating and
operating new-generation
tech-centric financial markets
allows us to build unprecedented
shareholder value through an
asymmetric non-linear business
model. It also helps democratize
global trade, transform
economies, and empower the
common man by unlocking value
from the middle and bottom of
the socio-economic pyramid.
