FlexTrade EMS Named Best Front Office Execution System

Receives Honor at Financial News 2015 Awards For Excellence In Trading and Technology 

NEW YORK, October 26, 2015 – FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced its FlexTRADER EMS has won the “Best Front-Office Execution System” category at the Financial News 2015 Awards for Excellence in Trading & Technology ceremony, which was held at Victoria & Albert Museum, London, on Wednesday, October 21.

Winners of the Financial News awards for Excellence are decided by a distinguished, independent panel of industry practitioners who cast their votes electronically on a shortlist of companies chosen by the editorial board of Financial News. The winner is determined by the nominee with the highest percentage from the accumulated scores.

According to Financial News:

“FlexTRADER emerged as the victor in this new category which encompasses both order and execution management systems. Cross-asset is the name of the game in execution management systems at the moment, with more asset classes converting to electronic than ever.  FlexTRADER spans equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and derivatives from a broker-neutral standpoint, with its transaction-cost analysis technology built in.”

Commenting on the win, Vikas Kedia, Managing Director of FlexTrade’s London office, said: “We are very pleased to receive this award, which validates our ongoing efforts to provide the very best in state-of-the-art execution management trading technology.   As recognized by Financial News, the cross-asset nature of FlexTRADER is a primary driver in our goal to provide traders with a best-of-breed execution platform covering all asset classes.  Our transparent, quantitative, broker-neutral approach ensures traders are well placed to take on all the challenges of trading in a cross-asset environment, including regulatory obligations related to MiFID II, Best Execution and beyond.”