ION, a provider of trading and workflow automation software, analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporates, today announced the successful integration and certification of its FastTrade platform with Equiduct.

Through this integration, ION’s FastTrade clients can now enhance their Retail Execution Policy by incorporating Equiduct Apex’s zero-commission Best Execution service. The enhanced functionality will improve execution quality and ensure stronger compliance with MiFID II Best Execution obligations.

This integration is an important addition to the list of venues available for the execution strategies that clients can create using the powerful FastTrade Best Execution Engine. The Best Execution Engine is a fully customizable and programmable tool that supports ION’s clients in creating their own strategies to compete in a difficult, low commission market.

Giacomo Brandolini, FastTrade Product Owner, said:

“We are proud to have completed this integration with Equiduct. It marks a key step in our mission to evolve our offering continuously and support our clients as they navigate increasingly complex equity trading environments.”

Tiffany Sour-Esrafil, Head of Business Development at Equiduct, said:

“ION has long been a true pioneer and a backbone of Italy’s multi-asset trading technology landscape. We strongly believe this partnership will bring significant value to the Italian retail trading ecosystem and beyond, enabling clients to keep pace with the ongoing shift toward dynamic best execution and adapt to the new competitive retail brokerage environment.”