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Fidessa launches new BlueBox algorithms designed for brokers in the Canadian market
Toronto, 3rd December 2008 – Fidessa group plc (LSE:FDSA) the world leading provider of trading systems, market data and global connectivity, today announced that it has added three new execution algorithms to its BlueBox strategies suite in Canada. The new algorithms, Invisible, Price Improvement (PI) and Shadow complement Fidessa’s existing algorithms that include VWAP, TWAP, POV and Arrival.
The new algorithms are fully integrated within Fidessa’s Canadian trading platform and available immediately. Each algorithm is designed to help drive trading performance through greater automation and lower transaction costs while finding liquidity in Canada’s increasingly fragmented market.
Martin Hakker, EVP Marketing at Fidessa, comments, “Canada is the fourth region to go live with Fidessa’s BlueBox algorithms following the US, Europe and Japan. This is testament to the scalability and integration capabilities of Fidessa’s core architecture globally and the flexibility of the BlueBox framework that offers algorithmic developers a cost-effective, functionally rich, technical environment to efficiently develop, deploy and control proprietary algorithms.”
The Invisible algorithm is an aggressive strategy designed to access all available liquidity within a trader's pre-defined price and size requirements. The algorithm will seek out market opportunities and automatically sweep displayed markets when triggered, while remaining hidden during unfavorable market conditions.
PI and Shadow are both passive pegging algorithms that maximize execution rates at the most favorable market prices. The algorithms utilize complex randomization techniques to minimize exposure to popular gaming practices.
Hakker adds, “As fragmentation continues to evolve and trade volumes rise, our Canadian clients are increasingly demanding advanced trading solutions for executing into the market. These new strategies enable our Canadian clients to optimally execute their order flow with both passive and aggressive strategies.”
BlueBox enables firms to quickly move into the algorithmic trading space by leveraging Fidessa’s industrial-strength algorithms within a hosted environment. Designed with maximum flexibility, BlueBox allows traders to build, run and control their own algorithmic trading strategies. They can track key performance indicators in real-time and step in to alter parameters on the fly, slow down or speed up trading, or pause or stop the algorithm to react to changing market conditions or to mitigate risk as well as use pre-, post- and intra-trade analytics to evaluate performance.
Fidessa’s BlueBox suite includes both benchmark algorithms and execution algorithms that maximize liquidity access while minimizing market impact.
About Fidessa group
Fidessa group is the leading supplier of multi-asset trading, portfolio analysis, decision support, compliance, market data and connectivity solutions for firms involved in trading the world’s financial markets. Fidessa’s products and services are built on the simple vision of making it easier to buy, sell and own financial assets of all types on a global basis.
Pedigree
A dynamic, growing company with a proven track record, Fidessa is recognised as the thought leader in the marketplace, with an unrivalled set of products and services which set the benchmark for this industry and, uniquely, serve both the buy-side and sell-side communities globally.
Experience
With over 28 years’ experience delivering powerful, resilient, mission-critical systems, Fidessa develops all its products itself from the ground up, investing heavily in their continual evolution. The resulting leading-edge, truly integrated solutions have established Fidessa as the industry’s number one choice, and are used by over 85% of tier-one, global financial institutions.
Scale
Headquartered in London and with regional operations across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East, Fidessa supports 25,000 users across 850 clients, serving a broad spectrum of customers from major investment banks and asset managers through to specialist niche brokers and hedge funds.
Established
Fidessa group is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FDSA) and is a FTSE 250 company. Fidessa has a turnover of around £240m, has delivered 30% compound growth since its 1997 listing and now employs 1,500 people globally.
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