Blue Ocean Technologies (BOT), a capital markets fintech, and MEMX, a market operator, have formed a technology partnership.
As part of the arrangement, MEMX will provide BOT with its market-as-a-service trading system to operate the Blue Ocean ATS global trading platform. The technology will be implemented by the end of Q1 2024.
Matthew Horisk, chief information and operating officer of Blue Ocean Technologies, said: “As we continue our global trading evolution, we are delighted to see the Blue Ocean electronic trading mission adopted across borders. The growth in our volume this year has validated our business model and has led us to today’s exciting technology partnership with MEMX, which will help drive our platform to new heights. MEMX’s next generation trading system offers resilience and redundancies for a new level of trading innovation needed to implement our 2024 goals. It is a pleasure to work with experienced and like-minded industry veterans that share in our vision of providing investors new trading benefits and opportunities despite their geographic location.”
MEMX CEO Jonathan Kellner said: “Our recently launched market technology business is yet another way in which MEMX seeks to improve the trading experience for all market participants, and the rapid growth of this business validates an industry-wide need for this offering. We believe that MEMX’s best-in-class technology will be highly additive to Blue Ocean’s operations and look forward to working with them in this exciting time of global growth.”
Licensing the same proven technology that powers MEMX’s US equity and options exchanges, market technology clients can launch new market centres or upgrade their existing technology to MEMX’s platform. MEMXs technology platform is asset class agnostic, decoupling transaction, data and messaging from any implementation specific business constructs or logic while supporting client defined operating hours and market sessions.
Throughout 2023, Blue Ocean Technologies has continued to expand globally extending its trading model in Asia-Pacific. With partnerships in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan, Blue Ocean is focused on opening up access to US equities for international investors.
