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Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that it has been named Best Sell-side Order Management System (OMS) provider at the 2016 Markets Choice awards. Organised by Markets Media, the awards were presented at a gala dinner hosted at the Highline Ballroom in New York last night.
Jay Biancamano, Head of Equities Product Management for Fidessa in the Americas, who accepted the award, commented: "We are honored to get this award from the financial markets industry. We have added a number of significant new capabilities to our sell-side OMS over the last year through our Optimized Trading Initiative and our Partnership Program. It is good to see this on-going investment in our platform paying off, and great to get recognition like this for all our hard work. We continue to invest in the OMS platform and have further exciting developments in the pipeline. All of this will ensure that we continue to provide the functionality, service and performance our clients need and retain our position as the leading supplier in the industry."
In the post-financial crisis world, brokers are increasingly having to stand out from the crowd by offering their buy-side clients exceptional value and unparalleled levels of service. Fidessa’s sell-side trading platform provides them with the technology they need to do just that. Technology that improves margins and boosts profitability by cutting costs and improving efficiency. Technology that effectively manages, presents and interprets the vast amount of data that's now available. And technology that mitigates risk, improves transparency and promotes compliance.
This latest award – the fourth for Fidessa's OMS in the past twelve months – is further industry recognition of its powerful capabilities in helping brokers meet the demands of their increasingly discerning buy-side clients and empowering them in an ever more automated and competitive world.
Fidessa supports over 900 clients and 24,500 users around the world. The Fidessa network provides connectivity to 5,100 buy-sides and 730 brokers across 215 markets globally. Each month, the network carries flow with a value of more than US$1.7 trillion.
