Gato Expands FIX Connectivity to Emerging Markets
Our gHub module now supports direct connectivity to over 15 new execution venues across Latin America and the Middle East, opening new opportunities for cross-border trading.
Gato is proud to announce a major expansion of gHub connectivity, adding direct access to over 15 new execution venues across Latin America and the Middle East. This milestone reinforces our commitment to helping firms access global liquidity through a single, streamlined connection.
The new venues span key markets including Brazil (B3), Mexico (BMV), Colombia (BVC), Saudi Arabia (Tadawul), the UAE (ADX and DFM), and Qatar (QSE). Each connection is fully managed by Gato's gHub infrastructure, meaning firms can begin routing orders without the complexity of establishing and maintaining individual broker relationships in each market.
For broker-dealers and institutional traders looking to diversify their execution strategies, this expansion removes significant barriers to entry. Gato handles the FIX protocol translation, session management, and venue-specific compliance requirements—so trading desks can focus on strategy rather than infrastructure.
This rollout also includes enhanced smart order routing capabilities, allowing firms to leverage intelligent execution logic across these new venues. Combined with Gato's real-time risk controls and post-trade reporting, firms can expand into emerging markets with full confidence in their operational readiness.
"Cross-border trading shouldn't require cross-border complexity," said Gato's Head of Product. "With this expansion, we're making it as easy to trade in Riyadh as it is in New York—all through a single connection point."
The new venue connections are available immediately to all gHub clients at no additional integration cost. Existing clients can activate new venues through Gato's configuration portal, with most connections going live within 48 hours.
The real cost of adding a venue
The work involved in reaching a new market is rarely the trading logic. It is the connectivity overhead: a FIX session to certify, a tag dialect that differs from the last venue in small but breaking ways, drop-copy behaviour to reconcile, and a maintenance obligation that persists long after the first order goes through.
Multiply that by fifteen venues and the cost is a permanent team function rather than a project. This is why firms often postpone geographic expansion that their strategy already justifies, and why connectivity coverage tends to reflect historical decisions rather than current opportunity.
Managed connectivity moves that overhead to us. Venue profiles, certification templates, tag mappings, and session monitoring are maintained centrally, so activating a market is configuration rather than an integration project. Sequence recovery and resend handling behave the same way on every session, which matters more as the number of sessions grows.
Coverage is only useful if the rest of the stack follows. Because orders routed to these venues carry the same lineage as domestic flow, pre-trade risk checks, reconciliation, and reporting apply without a separate path — so operational readiness arrives at the same time as market access.
- Latin American coverage including B3, BMV, and BVC.
- Gulf coverage including Tadawul, ADX, DFM, and QSE.
- Certification, tag mapping, and session monitoring maintained by Gato.
- Smart order routing and pre-trade risk applied to new venues on day one.
- Most connections live within 48 hours of activation.
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