A structured products trading platform built for private-banking speed
Private clients can now discover, price, and execute complex structured instruments in real time — a workflow that used to depend on manual issuer round-trips.
Blue Bridge Asset Management
Dec 2025 – Mar 2026
London, UK
Wealth & Asset Management
The challenge
Blue Bridge's private clients needed to discover, price, and purchase complex instruments — Autocalls, Phoenix Autocalls, and Options notes issued by major banks — but pricing and issuer coordination were manual and slow, putting the desk at a disadvantage against faster-moving competitors.
The approach
Real-time market data pipelines integrating Bloomberg feeds, with low-latency WebSocket streaming for live bid/ask prices, yields, and product analytics
Event-driven architecture using Node.js and Python microservices powering stateful pricing, product normalization, and portfolio valuation via REST APIs and async messaging
Secure trade execution workflow covering order validation, issuer confirmations, transaction lifecycle events, and client portfolio updates
Cloud infrastructure on Azure Kubernetes Service, App Services, Functions, Service Bus, Key Vault, and PostgreSQL, with Docker, CI/CD, and automated integration testing
The impact
Private clients price and execute structured products in real time instead of waiting on manual issuer round-trips
The desk gained a resilient, auditable execution pipeline built for regulated financial transactions
Transactional notifications (SendGrid) keep clients and issuers in sync throughout the trade lifecycle