Following FinIQ’s 2020 record volume of structured products traded on its FinIQ EQ Connect platform, the fintech’s CEO and director for Europe, Mahesh Bulchandani (pictured), talks about the tools and functionalities that drove activity in 2020 and what products will bring new trading volume in 2021.
What tools /functionalities were on demand in 2020? Mahesh Bulchandani : Suitability and compliance are becoming more and more important because of new regulations so we have seen a significant uptake of pre-trade tools. Credit is also a focal point because in the Middle East and in Asia, investors borrow money to invest so we provide real-time credit checks – this module is being used by a number of banks for credit and suitability checks. Asia is in a different league altogether in te