DealXpress version 1.0 is the first release in a series of planned, customized enhancements by CanDeal, that enables institutions and dealers to allocate, confirm and settle trades electronically. CanDeal customers have played key, lead roles in helping to define and test this initiative. Electronic trade-processing innovations are considered essential components, required to help the Canadian Debt Industry reach its goal of implementing STP.
"This new enhancement demonstrates CanDeal's ongoing commitment to enhance its products and services for the benefit of the Canadian Capital Markets" said Jayson Horner President & CEO CanDeal. "In their recent paper on Industry Trade processing Best Practices, the Canadian Capital Markets Association, the industry group promoting STP in Canada, stated that the ability to pass financial information electronically on a timely, accurate system-to system basis - to all parties in a transaction chain - is considered a pre-requisite to shortening the settlement cycle to (T+1). It is also key to both helping position firms for future growth and to maintaining the competitiveness of Canada's capital markets. We are working closely with members of the CCMA and other Industry participants to create the technology and electronic information flow necessary to help Canada's debt markets achieve STP," he added.
DealXpress version 1.0 can electronically pass matched trade information, including allocations, to the front, mid or back office of the investment dealer and to the portfolio management, trade management or accounting system of the CanDeal client. The ability to pass details of a trade electronically will result in fewer failed trades, lower trade processing costs, and accelerate the trade settlement process cycle, thus saving the industry significant costs. With DealXpress trades executed on CanDeal no longer need to be manually input by the trader or portfolio manager. The trades can electronically flow into a portfolio management system thereby saving time and effort. Additionally, the financial (or settlement) risk associated with failed trades due to input errors is significantly reduced.
