How capital markets ﬁrms are creating value on AWS today

All over the world, capital markets ﬁrms are modernizing every stage of the trade lifecycle on AWS to accelerate innovation and streamline trading operations while optimizing costs.

Pre-trade

To meet evolving investor preferences and navigate rising market uncertainty, both the sell side and the buy side are leveraging AWS to help make better investment decisions faster and more eﬃciently.

ACCELERATE STRATEGY AND SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION

Identify new trading strategies faster and scale back-testing with near limitless compute.

LEVERAGE AI/ML AND GEN AI

Drive diﬀerentiation and operational eﬃciencies, launch new products and accelerate time to value, and improve the research process.

MANAGE LARGE AND RAPIDLY EXPANDING DATA SETS

More easily access, store, and analyze a wide range of data, including real-time, historical, and alternative data—both structured and unstructured.

At-trade

Build resilient trading platforms and exchanges on AWS that can scale as trading volumes rise and fall. Flexible deployment options allow firms to optimize for their desired latency.

TRADING PLATFORMS

Launch new platforms quickly, simplify technology, harmonize trading workflows, and use AI/ML to enhance trading systems and algorithms.

EXCHANGES

Launch new markets rapidly on AWS for all asset classes, microstructures, and latency profiles, using AWS Outposts for ultra-low latency markets. For markets with fewer regulatory requirements, use shared cluster placement groups deployed in an AWS Region to launch co-location environments.

Post-trade

For post-trade workflows, AWS can help capital markets firms by providing scalable infrastructure to meet rising trade volumes and volatility, reducing operational risks to avoid costly penalties and fines, consolidating fragmented data systems into a scalable data platform, and enabling AI-powered solutions to automate post-trade workflows.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Conduct capital requirements and counterparty exposure calculations, build proprietary risk calculators, and respond quickly to regulatory changes.

TRADE PROCESSING

Transform core trade processing workﬂows including matching, clearing, settlement, and trade analytics.

REPORTING

Meet real-time reporting and surveillance obligations.

RECORD KEEPING

Conduct portfolio accounting, reconciliation, and record retention.

Customers modernizing the trade lifecycle on AWS

The cryptocurrency platform worked with AWS to migrate critical application environments and to reduce cloud infrastructure costs by 62 percent.

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Nasdaq is working with AWS to deliver cloud-ready capabilities and data intelligence across the full trade lifecycle.

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The provider of ﬁnancial markets infrastructure and data is using AWS generative AI services to reshape operations and accelerate business growth.

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AWS for Capital Markets

What is your organization's biggest challenge in modernizing trade lifecycle operations?

Managing increasing trading volumes
Meeting faster settlement times
Handling market volatility
Data management and analysis
Cost of operations
Technology infrastructure limitations

1 “The e-Trading Edit: Insights from the inside,” report, J.P. Morgan, 2025
2 “The optimization imperative Transformation of investment middle oﬃce,” ebook, J.P. Morgan, 2023