Case Study: Large Canadian Investment Bank achieves an in‑house, scalable FX trading platform and faster ramp‑up with Avanade

Investment bank creates the future of FX trading

A large Canadian investment bank faced operational inefficiencies and user frustration from a third‑party FX trading system that had high maintenance costs, limited features and slow update cycles. With a strategic goal to offer a world‑class proprietary trading platform for institutional and individual investors globally, the bank engaged Avanade to replace the legacy solution.

Avanade built a new web‑based FX trading platform using a design‑led approach and modern technologies (AngularJS, Node.js, Redis, RxJS, Solace) to deliver real‑time market ticks, trade execution updates and scalable messaging. The platform was developed in four months and fully implemented in six, removing third‑party costs and dependencies while reducing training and ramp‑up times across institutional, trader and sales desk users.