We continue our review of the junior market’s largest companies
30. FIRST DERIVATIVES
Greater regulatory scrutiny following the financial crisis has been an obvious boon for First Derivatives (FDP), which provides data analysis and trading software to the financial services industry. Evidence of this success can be found in the latest trading update. Buoyant performances from its software and consulting arms in the six months to February led management to predict that full-year figures would come in comfortably ahead of expectations.