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How Covid-19 has changed the trading industry forever

Electronification, automation and digitisation have become essential pillars of modern finance

Navigating new technologies is one of the challenges for businesses in the post-pandemic age
Navigating new technologies is one of the challenges for businesses in the post-pandemic age Photo: SiberianArt/Getty Images

As the end of the pandemic looms into view, the trading industry is at a turning point. The fundamental shift in the way we work and the dislocations in market structure caused by Covid-19 have cemented our reliance on trading technology.

The flexibility to work away from the office and the increasingly global nature of the markets has made electronification, automation and digitisation essential pillars of modern finance.

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