Enthusiasm among financial institutions is evident, but insufficient fintech infrastructure remains the primary barrier to entry — which is why the right risk management software and trading infrastructure are critical to unlocking this opportunity. TS Imagine has released a new report examining how capital markets technology must evolve to support these event-driven trading markets.
As Featured in WatersTechnology
TS Imagine CEO Rob Flatley was quoted in WatersTechnology’s coverage of the FIA Boca conference on March 20, 2026, where institutional prediction markets dominated the agenda alongside 24-hour trading and tokenization. Flatley noted that while enthusiasm among financial institutions is growing, key fintech infrastructure — from clearing and margin to portfolio construction — must still evolve before institutions can fully participate.
“There is a layer of things that have to happen for an institution to get comfortable with it,” he said. As capital markets technology continues to advance, prediction markets institutional adoption represents one of the most significant emerging opportunities for trading and risk management software and institutional workflows.
In this report, you will learn:
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Who is participating today and how their use cases differ across hedging, signal extraction and event‑driven trading.
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Where liquidity is concentrated and where the opportunities and risks lie for institutional trading workflows.
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A breakdown of the key infrastructure gaps and which fixes will have the biggest impact on scaling the prediction markets institutional adoption.
