Fidessa

Fidessa is a trading software platform for financial firms that handle equities, equity swaps and exchange-traded funds. It serves both the buy side and the sell side, from small brokers to large banks.

What Fidessa offers

• Order management — handles simple and complex order types, with algorithms, smart routing and pairs trading.
• Trade execution — one automated, exception-based workflow from execution through to the middle office.
• Global connectivity — links to buy-side customers and brokers over FIX and to equities markets worldwide.
• Multi-asset workflows — covers low-latency routing, indications of interest, confirmations and allocations, with hedging in FX, ETFs and derivatives.
• Hosted service — the platform is run for the client and upgraded automatically.

Who it works with

Boutique brokers, global banks, and firms running institutional, systematic, private wealth and retail businesses on one system. Clients can build their own automations and bring in their own data through real-time APIs.

Key facts

• Connectivity: more than 200 equities markets and dozens of clearing brokers and third-party systems
• Asset classes: equities, equity swaps and ETFs