smartTrade Technologies has acquired Celoxica, a specialist in ultra-low latency execution infrastructure, expanding the group’s trading and payments ecosystem from over-the-counter markets into listed equities, futures, fixed income, and options. The deal, announced November 12, 2026, positions smartTrade to offer clients end-to-end coverage across both OTC and listed asset classes through complementary technology layers.
- Global reach: Celoxica operates across 80+ trading venues worldwide
- Latency: Single-digit microsecond (software) to nanosecond (FPGA) execution speeds
- smartTrade client base: 250+ institutions across EMEA, the Americas, and APAC
- Celoxica offices: London headquarters with operations in Paris, New York, and Sydney
Celoxica specializes in feed handlers, market access gateways, and order execution engines with inline pre-trade risk management. The company serves Tier 1 prime brokers, quantitative trading firms, and hedge funds. smartTrade operates at the workflow orchestration, pricing, and distribution layer through products including LiquidityFX for trading, kACE for FX derivatives, and Commercial Banking & Payments. Together, the combined group covers more of the front-office trading stack than either company independently, while expanding into new client segments on both the buy and sell sides.
This transaction expands smartTrade’s ecosystem of global, multi-asset trading and payments solutions to include Celoxica’s specialised ultra-low latency execution infrastructure, under the vision of being the electronic trading and payments technology partner of choice for customers. We have always believed that the value we bring to our clients comes from the coherence of the whole, not from any single product.
– David Vincent, CEO & Co-Founder, smartTrade Technologies
We have joined the smartTrade Group because we share the same view of how this business works: our clients buy a service, not just a product, and they want technology partners who adapt to their priorities. Our team, our leadership, and our way of working with clients remain unchanged. What changes is our reach – smartTrade’s global distribution and its investment in engineering and AI will give our clients access to a larger global platform, which complements the specialist service they rely on today.
– Jean-Marc Bouhelier, General Manager, Celoxica
Celoxica clients will retain existing service arrangements while gaining access to smartTrade’s multi-asset solutions, connectivity, and AI capabilities. smartTrade clients gain connectivity to listed markets and deep ultra-low latency infrastructure. Jean-Marc Bouhelier continues leading Celoxica and has joined the smartTrade Executive Committee. smartTrade Technologies, headquartered in France, serves over 250 clients from 12 offices worldwide across FX, precious metals, money markets, fixed income, digital assets, and derivatives via secure SaaS delivery.
David Vincent, CEO & Co-Founder at smartTrade Technologies. Source: LinkedIn
Jean-Marc Bouhelier, General Manager at Celoxica. Source: LinkedIn
