FINANCIAL SERVICES
We support banks, asset-managers, trading floors and wealth-firms with AV and collaboration solutions designed for precision, compliance and high-velocity decision-making. Our systems deliver clarity of information, robustness of connection and security of environment.
Precision-driven collaboration for financial teams
In financial environments every second counts, every number matters and every decision is scrutinised. We build AV infrastructures that ensure room audio, visualisation, collaboration and data-sharing are flawless, secure and user-friendly — so your teams can focus on value-creation, not technology.
Solutions for Financial Services
Trading Floors & Live-Data Rooms
Ultra-low latency displays, high-fidelity audio, multi-feed video walls and operator-centric consoles that support real-time decision-making.
Client & Board-Meeting Suites
Elegant meeting rooms with seamless device-integration, content-security, remote-participant equality and brand-consistent design.
Training & Simulated Environments
Interactive systems for scenario training, compliance workshops or risk-simulation exercises with capture and replay functionality.
Secure Infrastructure & Monitoring
Encrypted AV-over-IP, central management, 24/7 monitoring and audit-ready support structures designed for regulated environments.
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Martyn's Law Compliance
Martyn's Law (Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025) requires publicly accessible venues with 200+ people to implement appropriate protection measures and emergency procedures. The Section 27 statutory guidance was published on 15 April 2026 and commencement is now being signalled as Spring 2027.
Commencement is now being signalled as Spring 2027 (likely April 2027). With statutory guidance live and the SIA's Section 12 enforcement consultation closing 12 June 2026, this is the moment to prepare your venue with appropriate AV systems for emergency communication, digital signage, and public protection measures.
Strive AV & Masscoms
Masscoms is Strive AV's specialist partner for Martyn's Law compliance. Their Martyn's Law-ready emergency response system pairs with our public address, digital signage and occupancy analytics so your venue's protective duty is covered end to end.
Combined response and visitor-communication coverage, deployed and supported by a single integration team.
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Why choose us for your Financial Services project
We understand the sensitivity, uptime demands and fast-moving dynamics of financial services. Our team delivers customised, compliant and future-flexible AV systems that elevate corporate-governance, client engagement and operational resilience.
Trading-floor and compliant collaboration
Financial-services AV sits in a separate procurement category from general commercial fit-out. FCA and PRA expectations under MiFID II and SMCR mean every voice path, meeting room and trading desk has to be evidenced, recorded and retained. Integration with turret systems, compliance recorders and access-controlled rooms is part of the day-one design, not a retrofit. The cards below set out the four constraint areas we see on almost every regulated-firm engagement.
Call recording compliance
MiFID II and SMCR require electronic communications relating to client orders to be captured and retained. We integrate turret systems from IPC and BT Radianz, plus Symphony for chat, with compliance recorders such as NICE Engage and Verint. The AV layer enforces that no voice path bypasses the recorder, with consent prompts and visible indicators on every regulated meeting room.
Information barriers in meeting rooms
Chinese-wall controls extend into the AV stack. Rooms used by M&A, research and sales-trading need separate booking workflows, restricted screen-share, recording-on-by-default with locked retention, and access control tied to HID, Paxton or Salto. We design room categorisation so compliance teams can evidence which barrier-side a meeting sat on, without relying on user discipline.
Trading floor turret and AV stack
Trader positions combine IPC Unigy turrets, BT Radianz for market connectivity, KVM-over-IP for 6 to 12 monitor desk arrays, and Clear-Com or RTS intercom for hoot-and-holler between desks and global offices. We work alongside the turret vendor on cable plant, Dante audio routing and acoustic privacy, and align with your network team on segregated VLANs and redundant paths.
Boardroom security posture
Board-level rooms used for results, regulatory submissions or sensitive deal work need SCIF-style isolation: dedicated AV VLANs not bridged to the corporate LAN, hardware recording lockouts, sealed wall plates, and HDMI-only inputs with locked-down USB. Videoconferencing typically runs on Pexip Infinity on-premises or Cisco Webex with E5 compliance add-ons, with DLP controls on screen-share.
We hold ISO 27001 for information security, AVIXA CTS-D and CTS-I integration accreditations, and are a Crown Commercial Service approved supplier. Those map directly to the third-party risk, supply-chain and procurement checklists used by UK banks, asset managers and insurers when onboarding an AV integrator.
Financial Services AV FAQs
Q.What does trading floor AV typically include in a UK bank?
A modern UK trading floor AV scope covers multi-monitor turret-style desks (typically 6–12 screens per trader), real-time market data displays from Bloomberg, Refinitiv and FactSet, low-latency video walls along the back wall for breaking news (Sky News, Bloomberg TV, CNBC), Dante audio for hoot-and-holler intercom between desks and global offices, and a centralised broadcast position for the head of trading. Critical kit includes IPC, BT and Cloud9 turret integration, IHSE KVM-over-IP for trader screens, and Crestron or Q-SYS control with redundant network paths.
Q.How does AV support MiFID II and call recording compliance?
MiFID II requires firms to record all electronic communications relating to client orders for at least five years (sometimes seven). We integrate AV systems with compliance recording platforms from NICE, Verint, ASC, Red Box and Numonix that capture turret, mobile, video conferencing and chat across Teams, Webex and Zoom. The AV layer ensures voice quality is sufficient for forensic playback, that no audio path bypasses recording, and that meeting rooms used for client calls have visible recording indicators and consent prompts.
Q.What's different about video conferencing for regulated financial services?
Regulated VC deployments need vendor accreditation (typically Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams with E5 compliance add-ons or Pexip on private cloud), enforced recording and retention, restricted external invitee policies, and DLP controls on screen-share. We commonly deliver Pexip Infinity on-premises for firms that can't use public cloud, integrated with Cisco endpoints, Crestron Mercury and Logitech Rally Bar systems. We hold relevant supply-chain accreditations (Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, ISO 9001) and can support FCA and PRA outsourcing register requirements.
Q.How do you build secure rooms for sensitive deal work?
M&A and deal rooms need physical and technical controls: RF-shielded enclosures (Holland Shielding or ETS-Lindgren), white-noise sound masking outside the room to defeat eavesdropping, paper shredders, dedicated isolated AV networks not connected to the corporate LAN, and signal jammers where local regulation permits. AV systems are typically Crestron with locked-down USB ports, sealed wall plates and HDMI-only inputs. Recording is disabled or hardware-prevented depending on the room's security tier.
Q.What does market data display infrastructure look like?
Front-of-trading-floor video walls are typically 3x3 to 5x5 LCD arrays from Samsung, LG or Sharp/NEC, or direct-view LED from Absen, Unilumin or Leyard with 1.5–2.5mm pixel pitch. Behind them sits a Datapath, Hiperwall or Userful video wall processor pulling Bloomberg TV, Refinitiv Workspace, internal P&L dashboards and risk feeds. We often deploy a 24/7 NOC display in a separate room mirroring the same content, with KVM control so the head of trading can rearrange the wall during market events.
Q.How are trader desks and intercom built?
Trader desks combine turret telephony (IPC Unigy, BT Wholesale, Cloud9), KVM-over-IP (IHSE Draco, Adder InfinityLink) so each trader can switch between 3–4 PCs, and arrays of monitors on motorised arms. Hoot-and-holler intercom uses Clear-Com, RTS or Telex, integrated through Dante for IP routing across floors and offices. Acoustic privacy uses overhead speech-privacy (Cambridge Sound, Biamp Cambridge) and directional desk microphones. We work alongside specialists like ETC, IPC and Speakerbus on the comms side.
Q.What does a UK trading floor or financial services AV project cost?
A 50-position trading floor with multi-monitor desks, KVM, video walls, intercom and compliance recording typically runs £750,000–£2.5m depending on whether direct-view LED or LCD walls are used and how many turret positions. A regulated client meeting suite of 6–8 rooms is usually £200,000–£600,000. M&A and deal rooms with shielding are typically £80,000–£250,000 per room. Boardrooms in regulated firms run £60,000–£200,000.
Q.Which vendor accreditations do you hold for regulated environments?
We hold Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001 (information security), ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 45001 (health and safety) and SafeContractor / CHAS / Constructionline accreditations required by most UK banks, asset managers and insurers. We are also approved AVIXA CTS-D and CTS-I integrators, and hold partner-level accreditations with Cisco, Crestron, Q-SYS, Pexip, Logitech, Poly and Microsoft Teams Rooms. We can complete client onboarding questionnaires (TPRM, third-party risk) and are familiar with PRA SS2/21 and DORA outsourcing requirements.
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