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Market Structure Drives the Buy Side to Seek New OMS/EMS Systems —StudyMay 20, 2013Buy side firms need sophisticated tools to navigate the market structure as well as analytics and connectivity to alternative trading venues, but cost pressures are an obstacle to upgrading their OMS/EMS platforms, according to Greenwich Associates' study.
Patent Issued to RealTick EMS for Staging of Electronic OrdersApril 18, 2013The U.S. patent was issued to Eze Castle Software Group for proprietary technology in RealTick EMS that allows traders to stage electronic orders in a neutral account without committing to a specific broker.
Linear Investments Selects TradingScreen's TradePrimeApril 17, 2013Hedge fund manager Linear Investments picked the multi-asset EMS, integrated with position management and OMS functionality, compliance and risk, all delivered via the cloud.
FlexTrade Integrates EMS with OneMarketDataApril 15, 2013The integration with OneMarketData's single solution for complex event processing and tick data will enable users of FlexTrade's EMS to develop strategies based on real-time and historical data.
Captrust Financial Advisors Deploys Linedata Front Office SuiteMarch 21, 2013The wealth management firm will manage its institutional equity and fixed income business through Linedata's consolidated platform covering portfolio management, trading, pretrade compliance and reporting.
ConvergEx to Sell OMS/EMS Platforms to TPG CapitalJanuary 23, 2013The brokerage firm signed a definitive agreement to sell its popular software business consisting mainly of Eze Castle Software and RealTick to a private equity firm, TPG Capital, which will "create two optimal businesses," the company said.
FlexTrade Dives into Fixed Income Trading, Connecting with eSpeedSeptember 04, 2012In a move to expand its multi-asset class trading functionality, FlexTrade's order management system has become certified to trade U.S. Treasuries via BGC Partners' preferred vendor program.
UNX Announces Two Buy-Side Clients for Catalyst EMSAugust 23, 2011Both asset managers, Everett Capital Management and Bradley & Company, are utilizing Catalyst's custom plug-ins for electronic equities trading.
Nasdaq OMX Hires Head of U.S.Equities July 12, 2011Appoints Michel Finzi, previously with ConvergEx RealTick, to drive product development in U.S. equities and other asset classes.
Batterymarch Deploys FlexTrader EMSMay 23, 2011The global equity specialist was looking for extensive pre-trade decision support and real-time trade analytics along with post-trade reporting.
CZ Capital Switches to PaladyneApril 26, 2011European hedge fund implements Paladyne's FastStart as fully-hosted front-to-back-office solution, replacing Linedata Beauchamp.
FlexTrade Launches FlexEdge Analytics PlatformFebruary 28, 2011FlexEdge provides short-term return forecasts across overnight and intraday time horizons, as well as intraday volume forecasts for use on the buy and sell sides.