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Thanks to everyone who joined FlexTrade HK year-end celebration last night. It was great connecting with industry peers and toasting for a fruitful 2024. We hope you enjoyed as much as we did and we look forward to partnering with you more in 2025 🎉

We're delighted to welcome Alecta as the latest FlexTRADER EMS client live and in production via our partnership with SimCorp. Following the successful implementation of FlexTRADER EMS, which was completed in under three months, Alecta’s trading team now benefits from an advanced equities and derivatives trading platform that will handle the execution of both asset classes from a single order blotter.  Alecta has also benefited from increased efficiency via a seamless integration between its existing OMS, SimCorp Order Manager, and FlexTRADER EMS. Göran Wall, Trader at Alecta: “We’re delighted to have deployed FlexTRADER EMS as our new execution management system for our trading desk. Our requirements were two-fold. We wanted to deploy a sophisticated solution that could help us optimize pre-trade decision-making and efficiently meet our best execution obligations on the desk. We also wanted to work with a vendor who could collaborate with and seamlessly integrate their solution into our existing OMS provider, SimCorp. We have achieved this, on both criteria, with our decision to select FlexTRADER EMS.” Dan Enstedt, VP – Business Development and Sales, EMEA, stated: "A commonly requested feature of any EMS implementation is improving the connectivity between the OMS and EMS to enable interoperable, shared workflows and consistent data flow between the applications. Through our formal OMS partnerships, including SimCorp, we can offer a collaborative approach that delivers value to the client. It provides a faster time to market, with the implementation delivered in under three months, and through a joined-up approach, no matter how intricate the workflow or the bespoke functionality is needed, we can cater 100% to the client." Anders Kirkeby, Head of Open Innovation at SimCorp, noted: “SimCorp’s partner ecosystem is designed to offer our clients, like Alecta, easy access to a broad range of complementary solutions across the investment value chain to meet their specific needs. This approach delivers value to SimCorp’s clients by providing a smoother onboarding process and faster time to value for new technology investments, as demonstrated by our successful project with FlexTrade and Alecta.” A link to the full announcement can be found in the comments. #TradingTech #OEMS #FlexTRADEREMS

The chatter around overnight trading has intensified with the NYSE planning to offer 22/5 trading in US stocks and ETFs on its fully electronic Arca exchange. The recent moves reflect heightened interest in trading U.S. stocks from retail investors during Asia’s daytime trading hours, as evidenced by the increasing volumes on Blue Ocean Technologies, LLC US-regulated ATS. Some exchanges are waiting to see what happens with 24National Exchange’s filing before the SEC. Others like OTC Markets Group launched Overnight ATS for OTC securities in September. Matthew Fuchs, OTCM's EVP, Market Data, said: “We have a lot of European brand names that we believe that Asian investors would be interested in, like Louis Vuitton and Adidas. That is what we saw as the opportunity.” Read on (link in comments) to find out how the 24/5 trading landscape is evolving, whether institutions will participate, and how the industry is preparing to deal with the market infrastructure challenges such as market data from the “SIP” and batch trade reporting. #overnight trading #24/5trading #tradingtechnology

We're pleased to have partnered with BlackRock Aladdin and Alpha FMC to enhance Liontrust Asset Management PLC's multi-asset trading capabilities via our execution management system, FlexTRADER EMS. The solution has been deployed as a key component of Liontrust's newly created single, integrated front-office solution. Commenting on the innovative transformation achieved by Liontrust, FlexTrade's Managing Director in EMEA, Andy Mahoney, said: "We're proud to have worked on this initiative with our partner, BlackRock Aladdin, to deliver Liontrust's trading and execution team the innovative, cross-asset trading technology needed to support achieving the firm's broader business objectives. The successful delivery of Liontrust's multi-asset transformation project demonstrates what can be accomplished when tight, collaborative partnerships exist between the client and their technology and consultancy partners to deliver change that ultimately benefits the end investor."

We're delighted to have won "Outstanding Trading Technology Provider" at the Leaders in Trading 2024 Awards, hosted by The TRADE News! This recognition reflects the hard work of our global buy-side and sell-side teams, who provide the innovative and cutting-edge technology our clients need to excel in a competitive landscape. Many thanks to Annabel, Wesley, Claudia, and Karen at The TRADE and to our clients and partners who form the ever-evolving trading ecosystem we are proud to be a part of. #leadersintrading #tradingtech #Awards24

The wait is finally over! Join us at the AI panel discussion tomorrow at 11:15 AM where FlexTrade's Vikas Kedia will discuss industry trends around #Gen-AI and how FlexTrade is innovating to improve efficiency and decision-making for the trading community! And don't forget to say hi to the Singapore team at booth 2!

Fixed Income Leaders Connect USA has kicked off today! FlexTrade's Head of Fixed Income Sales, Michael Kovach, and Daniel O'Connell, VP of Interest Rates EMS Sales, are on-site and ready to discuss our fixed-income EMS solution, FlexFI! We look forward to catching up with clients and partners over the next few days! #FILS #FILSConnect #fixedincomeleaders

Ahead of Worldwide Business Research (WBR) Fixed Income Leaders Connect USA this week, a new blog from FlexTrade's Head of Fixed Income Sales, Michael Kovach, discusses the top three most common questions that firms ask us regarding automation when considering deploying a fixed-income EMS like FlexFI. A link to the full article can be found in the comments! If you are joining the FILS Connect USA event, visit the FlexTrade meeting area to meet Michael and Daniel O'Connell, who will both be in attendance! #FILSConnect #FILS

FlexTrade is delighted to sponsor the Singapore FIX Conference next Friday 15 November. Swing by booth #2 to meet the team and explore how FlexA, FlexTrade's Trading Assistant can simplify the process of searching through complex data sets and provide insights to enhance trading efficiency.

Fixed Income Leaders Connect USA returns next week! FlexTrade's Michael Kovach and Daniel O'Connell will be in attendance and are looking forward to discussing the critical areas in which a fixed-income EMS can deliver value across data aggregation, workflow efficiency, and smart order routing! #FILSConnect #tradingtech #FILS