Hua Nan boosts trading system speed by 35% with Azul switch
Hua Nan Securities, a financial services provider based in Taipei, has reported a 35% increase in trading system performance and a 30% reduction in infrastructure costs following its migration to Azul Platform Prime.
The company's adoption of Azul Platform Prime is said to have also eliminated persistent Out-of-Memory (OOM) issues which previously hampered the reliability of its trade return processing system. This system is responsible for handling up to 500,000 transaction records at a time and operates across more than 20 microservices supporting various core business functions including securities brokerage, trading, wealth management, and online platforms.
Performance challenges
Prior to the migration, Hua Nan Securities experienced several key challenges with its Java-based infrastructure. The trade return processing system suffered from performance bottlenecks when managing high volumes of data, especially during peak trading sessions. These slowdowns affected both the efficiency of order processing and customer satisfaction, leading to concerns about their potential revenue impact.
In addition, the system faced intermittent and difficult-to-diagnose OOM issues, reducing overall reliability at crucial trading periods. The need to address such issues was underlined as a matter of strategic importance due to the direct relationship between order reporting speed and both trading efficiency and customer satisfaction, which are critical factors for business success in the financial sector.
"Azul Platform Prime helped us optimize the execution efficiency of customer securities order reporting and improve our ROI," said Huang, Sheng-Chun, vice president, Information Technology Department, Hua Nan Securities. "With faster, more stable trade reporting, we were able to increase both operational efficiency and customer satisfaction and preserve our topline revenue."
Implementation and support
The successful deployment of Azul Platform Prime followed an introduction by Galaxy Software Services Corporation (GSS), Azul's regional channel partner in Taiwan. GSS played a key role during the evaluation and migration process, providing technical expertise, communication, and support on architectural design and performance improvements.
According to Hua Nan Securities, GSS's contribution included in-depth assistance with performance tuning and ensuring professional guidance as the system transitioned to a new infrastructure model. This partnership reportedly contributed to both the performance improvements and the reduction in infrastructure costs.
Benefits cited by Azul
"The financial services sector across Asia Pacific continues to be a strategic focus for Azul, and Hua Nan Securities' success exemplifies the tremendous value our solutions deliver to trading and securities organizations in the region," said Dean Vaughan, vice president of APAC at Azul. "This deployment showcases not only the performance and cost benefits of Azul Platform Prime for high-volume, latency-sensitive trading applications, but also the strength of our channel partner ecosystem. GSS's technical expertise and deep market knowledge were instrumental in delivering this successful outcome."
Hua Nan Securities manages a broad spectrum of financial services, including proprietary trading, commercial underwriting, and the provision of digital platforms for trading and advisory services. Its reliance on efficient and reliable technological infrastructure is considered key to fulfilling both regulatory obligations and customer expectations.
The company noted that the transition to Azul Platform Prime not only resolved stability issues but also introduced more contemporary system capabilities, meeting its ongoing requirements for operational efficiency and revenue performance.
Azul has positioned itself solely towards Java-based solutions, servicing a variety of enterprises and financial institutions worldwide, with an emphasis on performance, security, and reliability.
