Fidessa The complete automated trading solution for equities.

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Unify your operations, simplify your workflows, and boost your efficiency

Equities trading is more complicated than ever. To grow your equities business, you need advanced technology that can unify your operations, simplify your workflows, and boost your efficiency.
 
Whether you’re a boutique broker or a global bank, Fidessa gives you everything you need for equities trading in one integrated solution.
 
Our award-winning solutions automate and simplify your trading on markets worldwide with proven technology you can trust.

Algorithmic trading, order management, and seamless straight-through processing

With Fidessa, you can manage your equities business in one platform. Fidessa unifies your trade execution, order management, and middle office into a single, automated, exception-based workflow across equities, equity swaps, and exchange-traded funds.
 
You can connect to more than 6,500 buy-side venues, and trade as a member or non-member on every major equities market in the world. You can create sophisticated multi-asset workflows for advanced order execution, low-latency smart order routing, pairs trading, algorithmic trading, hedging, and more. You can automate your manual processes, including indications of interest, and middle office flows like confirmations and allocations.
 
And with your workflows automated, you can take complete control of your business, and empower your clients to take control of theirs.
 
With sophisticated algorithmic trading, comprehensive order management, seamless straight-through processing to the middle office, and integration with third-party systems and technologies, our solution has everything you need to trade on equity markets worldwide.

  • Everything you need in one system

  • Global connectivity

  • Sophisticated order management

  • Workflow automation

  • Seamless downstream trade flow

  • High-touch service at low-touch cost

Key features

  • Connect to markets worldwide

    • Get instant access to more than 6,500 buy-side customers and 600 brokers via FIX.

    • Execute orders on more than 100 equities markets.

    • Integrate your platform with dozens of clearing brokers and third-party systems.

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  • Do everything you need in one platform

    • Manage your global order book, trading, and risk in one screen.

    • Run your institutional, systematic, private wealth, and retail businesses on one platform.

    • Get a built-in middle office for seamless straight-through processing.

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  • Sophisticated order management

    • Automate your orders using algorithms, smart order routing, and pairs trading.

    • Manage even the most complex workflows—from high to low touch, single stock to programs and ETFs, and from listed equities to swaps.

    • Hedge using FX, ETFs, and derivatives.

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  • Automate and simplify your workflows

    • Manage your low-touch orders with the most advanced solution on the market.

    • Build your own automation with our Automation Engine.

    • Integrate your own data using our real-time APIs.

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Learn how Fidessa software works

With Fidessa, manage your equities business in one platform. Fidessa unifies your trade execution, order management, and middle office into a single, automated, exception-based workflow across equities, equity swaps, and exchange-traded funds.

Enhance your solution with optional value added modules

Achieve even more with your Fidessa solution by adding features that meet your specific needs.

Latest Markets awards

RegTech Insight Europe Awards 2023

Best Solution for Records Retention

Trade Tech Insights Europe Awards 2023

Best Sell-Side Order Management System (OMS)

TradingTech Insight USA Awards 2020

Best Sell-Side OMS

TradingTech Insight North America Awards 2019

Best Sell-Side OMS

Waters Sell-side Technology Awards 2019

Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool

A-Team Group TradingTech Insight Europe Awards 2019

Best Smart Order Routing System

A-Team Group RegTech Awards 2018

Best Algorithmic Tagging Solution

Markets Media Markets Choice Awards 2018

Best New Product – Dark Pool Trading

Markets Media Markets Choice Awards 2018

Best Sell-Side OMS

FOW & Global Investor Asia Capital Markets Awards 2017

Equity Trading System of the Year

Intelligent Trading Technology Awards 2017

Best Cross Asset Trading System

Intelligent Trading Technology Awards 2017

Best Sell-side OMS

Waters Sell-side Technology Awards 2017

Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform

Markets Media Markets Choice Awards 2017

Best Sell-side Order Management System

Markets Media Markets Choice Awards 2016

Best Sell-side Order Management System

Waters Sell-side Technology Awards 2016

Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform

Waters Rankings Awards 2015

Best Sell-Side OMS Provider

The Asian Banker Financial Markets Awards 2015

Trading Platform of the Year

Waters Sell-side Technology Awards 2015

Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform

Wall Street Letter Institutional Trading Awards 2013

Best Equities Trading Platform

Financial News Awards for Excellence in Trading & Technology Europe 2012

Best Sell-side Trading System

Wall Street Letter Institutional Trading Awards 2012

Best Equities Trading Platform

Financial News Awards for Excellence in Trading & Technology Europe 2011

Best Sell-side Trading System

Financial Sector Technology Awards 2011

Most Innovative Data Intelligence Product of the Year

Banking Technology Awards 2010

Readers’ Choice Award for Best Trading Platform/Order Management Product

Financial News Awards for Excellence in Trading & Technology Europe 2010

Best Sell-side Trading Platform

Inside Market Data Awards 2010

Most Innovative Market Data Project

The Asian Banker Financial Markets Awards 2010

Sell-side Trading Platform of the Year

Financial News Awards for IT Excellence 2009

Best Trading System for Sell-side

Waters Magazine Readers' Rankings 2009

Best Sell-Side OMS

Finextra 2009

Innovation Showcase

Financial News Awards for IT Excellence 2008

Best Sell-Side Trading Platform

TradeTech European Awards 2008

Best Sell-Side OMS

Waters Magazine Readers’ Rankings 2008

Best Sell-Side OMS

European Banking Technology Awards 2007

Best Trading Platform

PLC Award 2007

Best Technology

Systems in the City Awards 2005

Best Information Display System

Inside Market Data Industry Awards 2004

Best New Product Development

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