Stifel Financial Corp leverages kdb+ for Enhanced Trading Analytics
OVERVIEW
ORGANIZATION Stifel Financial Corp
GEOGRAPHY United States
INDUSTRY Financial Services
Stifel Financial Corp, a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm, has long been considered a significant player in the financial services industry. With over 8 billion shares traded annually in the United States alone, they have always been at the forefront of leveraging technology to enhance their services.
“Providing greater access to market-critical data helps empower our clients to make better, more informed decisions that help drive positive outcomes”
John Spensieri, Managing Director, Head of U.S. Equity Trading, Stifel
CHALLENGE
WHY KX?
Stifel turned to KX, the maker of kdb+, the world’s fastest time series database and real-time analytics engine to strengthen its market intelligence and trade execution impact.
Built for the most demanding data environments, KX technology is trusted by the world’s leading companies for large-scale complex analytics on streaming, real-time, and historical data. It is used in capital markets for algorithmic trading, back-testing, surveillance, regulatory reporting, and research environments as well as in other industries for high-speed sensor monitoring, fault detection, predictive analytics, and machine learning.
The implementation of kdb+ has allowed Stifel to improve trade execution analytics and operations, thereby increasing value for its clients