SmartTrade Technologies
{{Short description |French financial software company }}
{{Orphan|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = smartTrade Technologies
| type = Private
| industry = Financial technology
| logo = SmartTradePI.png
| foundation = {{start date and age |1999 }}
| location_city = Aix-en-Provence
| location_country = France
| key_people = David Vincent
(Chief Executive Officer)
| products = Software and services
| homepage = {{URL|smart-trade.net/}}
}}
smartTrade Technologies is a French financial software company that provides technology to financial institutions. Smart Trade develops software and provides software as a service for matching for equities, fixed income, and forex trades, an FX eCommerce and single dealer platform, an OTC and derivatives dealing systems, commodities dealing platform (including precious metals), and a Smart Order Routing system.{{cite news |url=https://fxnewsgroup.com/forex-news/cryptocurrency/smarttrade-expands-deal-with-japans-sbi-liquidity-to-crypto-trading/ |title=smartTrade expands deal with Japan’s SBI Liquidity to crypto trading |date=August 30, 2021 |publisher=FX News Group }}
The company has its headquarters in Aix-en-Provence Southern France, with subsidiaries in London, Geneva, Milan, Istanbul, New York City, Singapore, Toronto and Tokyo.{{cite news |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/institutional-forex/smart-trade-technologies-uk-reports-100-operating-profit-growth-in-fy24/ |title=Smart Trade Technologies UK Reports 100% Operating Profit Growth in FY24 |date=August 19, 2024 |publisher=Finance Magnates }}{{cite news |url=https://www.sharecast.com/news/news-and-announcements/hg--7295188.html#google_vignette |title=HgCapital Trust puts £17.5m into smartTrade Technologies |date=February 7, 2020 |publisher=Share Cast }}
History
Harry Gozlan and David Vincent created smartTrade in 1999. They became Chairman of the board and CEO of the company respectively.
In 2020, Hg Capital, a European investment firm, invested in the company by buying stakes from early investors Keensight Capital and Pléiade Venture.{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200206005745/en/Hg-Invests-in-smartTrade-Technologies-to-Accelerate-Its-Growth-as-a-Global-Leader-in-Multi-asset-Electronic-Trading-Solutions |title=Hg Invests in smartTrade Technologies |date=February 7, 2020 |publisher=Business Wire }}
In November 2021, smartTrade acquired Canadian TickTrade Systems.{{Cite web |last=Bogdanova |first=Steffy |date=2021-11-22 |title=smartTrade acquires Canadian technology firm TickTrade |url=https://www.leaprate.com/forex/institutional/smarttrade-acquires-canadian-technology-firm-ticktrade/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=LeapRate |language=en-US}}{{cite news |url=https://financefeeds.com/smarttrade-acquires-ticktrade-for-fx-analytics-payments-and-distribution-capabilities/ |title=smartTrade acquires TickTrade for FX analytics, payments, and distribution capabilities |date=November 23, 2021 |publisher=Finance Feeds }}
Products
- LiquidityCrosser
- LiquidityOrchestrator
- LiquidityDistributor
- LiquidityAggregator
- LiquidityConnect
- LiquidityFX
- smartFI
- smartAnalytics
- Crypto's