Cross-asset class trading platforms: dream or reality?

(FOW - Roger Aitken) As traders diversify to realise greater opportunities for arbitrage and move into new markets, the demand for cross-asset class trading capabilities has never been greater. Roger Aitken looks at what solutions are out there and how traders are increasingly looking for platforms that can trade equities, derivatives, FX and commodities and how the search for low and ultra low latency is defining the evolution of the market.