ION
About ION
ION provides automation technology and financial software for institutions operating in capital markets and trade technology. The company offers platforms for real-time event contract clearing, equity derivatives trading and post-trade processing across global exchanges. Recent coverage has focused on strategic partnerships for regulated prediction markets and the expansion of execution services into new futures and equity markets.
FF News has published 5 stories featuring ION since 2021, most recently "ION and Coinbase Partner to Scale Kalshi’s Regulated Prediction Markets" (9 September 2026).
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ION group companies
- Prelios acquired July 2024
- Clarus Financial Technology acquired September 2021
- Dash Financial Technologies acquired June 2021
- Backstop acquired January 2021
- Cedacri acquired January 2021
- Xtract acquired January 2021
- Acuris acquired January 2019
- Dealogic acquired January 2018
- Fidessa acquired January 2018
- OPENLINK FINANCIAL LLC acquired January 2018
- ION Commodities division
- ION Markets division
People at ION on FF News
- Francesco Margini, Chief Product Officer - Cleared Derivatives, ION Markets
- Michael Kolman, Chief Product Officer
- Robert Cioffi, Head of Product, Equities
- Samuel Shorthouse, Head of Client Engagement, Cleared Derivatives
- Sunil Biswas
- Vibhanshu Bahuguna, Regional Manager, APAC
Latest ION news
- ION and Coinbase Partner to Scale Kalshi’s Regulated Prediction Markets 9 September 2026 TradeTech Eye
- MEX Exchange Appoints Vibhanshu Bahuguna as Senior Director to Scale Institutional Trading 3 August 2026 TradeTech Eye
- ION Markets Expands India Footprint with BSE Equity Derivatives Empanelment 26 February 2026 TradeTech Eye
- ION Connects to Newly Launched FMX Futures Exchange to Support Execution and Post-trade Clearing 23 October 2024
- Fintech Group Ion Ups Its $2 Bln Bid for Italy’s Cerved 27 August 2021