Trust Your Custom Software Development to Capital Markets Experts

Since 1998, we’ve built custom software solutions for clients that are shaping the future of capital markets.

We are pioneers of the FIX protocol – the de facto standard for electronic communications between financial institutions and the co-authors and official maintainers of QuickFIX.

CUSTOM SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Solutions that Drive Capital Markets

Let our experts develop robust, reliable custom software that enables your business to reach its full potential. We build industry-leading matching engines, trading platforms, execution and order management tools, trading user interfaces, risk management systems, data aggregators, exchange connectivity applications, and other software solutions for businesses that drive economies.

POWERING CHANGE IN A SHIFTING LANDSCAPE

We consistently deliver software engineering excellence.

Our Trading Legacy

We trace our roots to the trading pits of Chicago. Our knowledge of trading and markets is unrivaled.

We Deliver

We have decades of experience delivering software to the most demanding capital markets participants.

Relationship Focus

We build long-term relationships with clients. Your success is our success.

The Art of the Possible

We are creative thinkers who rise to the challenge. We architect transformative solutions that give our clients an edge.

Exceptional Engineers

Our engineers are multi-talented, experienced, and thrive on solving complex problems.

Capital Markets Don’t Wait

We design practical solutions to maximize impact and minimize delivery times.

OUR CLIENTS

Capital Markets Leaders Count on Us

Our clients are innovators who are disrupting traditional structures of capital markets. We offer technology solutions to drive these transformations.

OUR APPROACH

A Proven Process Creates Successful Outcomes

A LONG HISTORY

Decades of Experience Delivering Excellence

Backed by decades of real-world trading experience and successful software deliveries, we help our clients envision what’s possible – then make that vision a reality.

PROVEN METHODOLOGY

Agile Development for 25+ Years

We adopted Agile development methodologies in 1998, long before it became the industry standard. Today we use our own version, Connamara Agile, that has been fine-tuned though real-world experience in delivering custom software solutions.

CYBERSECURITY RISK MITIGATION

SOC 2 Type II Certified

The highest standards for client confidentiality and respect for information security are at the heart of Connamara’s DNA. As a SOC 2 Type II-certified custom software development services company, we protect the valuable assets of our clients by maintaining trust services criteria (TSC) of security, privacy, confidentiality, processing integrity, and availability.

Connamara by the Numbers

25 +

YEARS SERVING CAPITAL MARKETS

1000 +

PROJECTS

10,000,000 +

LINES OF AUTOMATED TESTS

40,000,000 +

LINES OF CODE

CLIENT STORIES

A Climate-Focused Business Development Firm Engages Traders With Environmental Trading Interface

A rapidly growing business development startup specializing in exchange-traded products in environmental markets was impressed by Connamara’s prior custom solutions services for the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX).

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CLIENT STORIES

Enterprise Latin American Services Company, LarrainVial, Expands Electronic Trading Infrastructure

LarrainVial is a long-standing financial institution in Latin America, serving 50,000 clients in Chile, Columbia, Peru, and Miami with 17.1 billion assets under management. Connamara was keen to assist with their needs when they reached out through a word-of-mouth referral.

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CLIENT STORIES

Harbor Capital Analyzes Real-Time Data With Custom-Built Bloomberg Dashboard

Harbor Capital, a leading investment management firm with over 49.2B assets under management, was connected with Connamara by their sales representative at Bloomberg.

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CLIENT STORIES

Watershed Technologies Launches Auction-Style ATS Platform In A Matter of Months

Watershed Technologies, an alternative trading system services startup, contacted Connamara through an industry referral. The company sought to build a proprietary trading technology platform instead of relying on existing fee-taking and antiquated third-party systems.

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CLIENT STORIES

Connamara Designs and Supports American Financial Exchange’s (AFX) Interbank Loan Exchange Platform Ahead of 7RIDGE Acquisition

The American Financial Exchange (AFX) is a self-regulated exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions that provides a transparent, centralized, and rules-based electronic platform. The exchange has a growing network of over 1,000 banks and financial institutions, specifically focusing on regional, midsize, community, and minority-owned banks – representing 25% of the U.S. banking sector’s total assets. This innovative exchange platform was built by Connamara and launched in 2015.

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CLIENT STORIES

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)

MSIM tasked Connamara with the design and implementation of a highly-available execution management system (EMS) integrated with their in-house OMS to support multiple asset types. Applying extensive financial industry expertise to our collaborative process resulted in a successful software delivery that helped MISM overcome challenges at the intersection of their technology stack and organizational procedures.

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Work where you want, how you want

Join our 100% remote workforce: a tight-knit team of passionate, talented individuals.

We meet you where you are and take you where you want to go

See how custom software solutions from Connamara can accelerate your business objectives.