Centroid Solutions CRISTIAN VLASCEANU CEO of Centroid Solutions
Q It’s been a long time since you were last in Game Changers, what’s new with Centroid Solutions?
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Thank you, Paul, for having me at Game Changers again. Yes, it’s been a while and we have been working very hard to achieve our goals and plans for the year, release features across both our products and keep up with all our customers’ requirements. We have seen great interest from customers regarding our solutions and in fact we have recently published our customer increase statistics for the first half of the year, which show that all our solutions are very well received.
Q I saw in the news that you signed a collaboration with IG Prime. Are you now making traction in the elusive prime market that all tech providers strive to get into?
Additionally, we have been extremely focused on our efforts to expand our multi-asset connectivity and functionality, with many integrations to exchanges and market data providers, giving our broker clients extra options to expand their liquidity and product offerings. Last but not least, we have been fortunate to establish several partnerships over the last months, which allow us to better assist our clients and to further promote our brand. Q You have always been known as someone who travels around the globe to see old and new clients alike. Are you back to travelling and going to events? Yes, I consider face to face meetings very important, and I enjoy travelling to see our existing and new clients. I have been keen to be able to do so again, I am happy it is now possible and look forward to seeing everyone soon. There are several upcoming industry events that the team and I will be attending and exhibiting at, starting with the Forex Expo in Dubai, which will be held by the time this interview is out (on 29th – 30th September) and in October, we shall be back in Europe, to exhibit at iFX International Expo in Cyprus (between 5th – 6th October). Toward the middle of November (16th – 17th November), we will hopefully be able to travel to the UK, to exhibit at the Finance Magnates London Summit. At every event, we hope to meet new and old friends, clients, and partners from the industry, to share our knowledge and hopefully strike new partnerships as well. It is something I am really looking forward to,
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Yes, certainly. The prime market has always been a focus for us, and we feel we are making good traction here. At the same time, as our systems evolve so do the requirements of our existing customers, which continue to grow and expand their business into different segments. We always aim to ensure that our technology enables business expansion and gives the ability for established and growing players to capture additional market share. Q It must have felt like a huge validation for all your hard work, but also for your technology when you signed this collaboration. Do you feel like it has given your brand the respect it rightfully deserves? Absolutely, we believe that every step taken over the last years has been in the right direction, building and following the path and vision we have set for the company, and we have worked very hard to create our brand and reputation, associated with a certain level of quality and standards. I believe our products have become quite well known within our target audience, and we have primarily our customers and partners to thank for that. Of course, such proven collaborations give us huge satisfactions and motivation to challenge ourselves and do even better in the future. Q For the readers who are from a prime background, what sets your tech apart? We have added to the systems the right blend of functionality, spanning from flexible liquidity and price composition, support and connectivity for multiple asset classes, flexible trading functionality and strategies, complex risk management capabilities, pre-trade margin engine, accounts back office and reporting, books and records, institutional web trading UI, stress testing and market impact engines, performance dashboards, and so on. Such a comprehensive set of functionalities, configurable and customizable, combined together within a single solution is what makes us stand out and gives us the ability to meet the requirements of customers in the prime space.
