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What Demands Will Pull the Buy Side Towards an OEMS?
Competitive forces are at play in the OMS and EMS markets where vendors are expanding their capabilities at both ends to build the coveted OEMS. Due to tighter IT budgets, compliance mandates and expansion of electronic trading across asset classes, firms may be looking to bring these two platforms together. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken investigates.
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Outlook 2017: David Ullrich, FlexTrade
FlexTrade’s David Ullrich discusses the outlook for FX industry trends in 2017.
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Our Top 10 FlexAdvantage Blog Stories for 2016
It’s been an interesting year for the FlexAdvantage blog’s coverage of industry news. From government regulations, such as MiFID II, Last Look, Tick Pilot and Maker Taker, to buy-side involvement in FX and Fixed Income as well as a 20th Anniversary celebration with FlexTrade. Here is our countdown of the Top 10 FlexAdvantage Blog posts for 2016.
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FX Volatility “Trumping” Forward into 2017
The unanticipated election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency has boosted trading volume and volatility in currencies, and many see an opportunity to generate profits that has eluded them for several years. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken investigates.
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Multi-Asset Trading Now in Vogue for the Buy Side?
Demand for multi-asset trading on the buy side has “renewed” the importance of the execution management system’s role on buy-side trading desks in the battle for screen-based real estate. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken investigates.
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FlexTrade Appoints Aaron Levine Vice President, OEMS Solutions
FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced the appointment of Aaron Levine Vice President, OEMS Solutions for North America.
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FlexTrade Notches Hedge Fund Award for Best Trading and Execution Technology
FlexTrade today announced its FlexTRADER execution management system (EMS) has won the “Best Trading and Execution Technology” category at the HFM European Hedge Fund Technology Awards 2016.
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Equity Trading Update: Relationships, Liquidity and IOIs
With stricter regulations, capital constraints and technology costs impacting the sell side, large brokers are rationing their services and this trend is being felt on equity trading desks. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken investigates.
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FlexTrade Multi-Asset EMS Chosen As Best Buy-Side Algorithmic / DMA Product For 2016
FlexTrade today announced its FlexTRADER execution management system (EMS) has been named the Best Buy-Side Algorithmic / DMA Product or Service at this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards, which was held at The May Fair Hotel in London on Friday, November 4, 2016.
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Smart New Rules for Smart Order Routing?
Disclosure is the rage in financial markets regulation and the latest set of proposals relate to order handling rules. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken examines further.
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FlexTrade Multi-Asset EMS Named Best Front-Office Execution System for Second Consecutive Year
FlexTrade today announced its FlexTRADER EMS has won, for the second consecutive year, the “Best Front-Office Execution System” category at the Financial News 2016 Awards for Excellence in Trading & Technology ceremony.
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Impact of MiFID II: Unbundling, the Sell Side and Research Trends
European regulators are pressing to unbundle research payments from executions. Experts say that a regulatory overhaul driven by MiFID II has the potential to disrupt the global research industry. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken examines further.