Application Partners

BondVision is a leading multi-dealer to client electronic bond trading market and is part of the MTS Group. BondVision enables clients to "auction" their business - outright or switch - with up to five dealers online. Coupled with our extensive post-trade functionalities, such as allocation to sub-accounts and automatic link to XML, ASCII and Excel, BondVision allows for further efficiency and cost savings via the use of a proprietary API and FIX protocols, which seamlessly interface with the client's order management and portfolio management systems. BondVision is also a regulated market, thus providing a "best execution" environment. The Italian Ministry of Finance regulates government bond trading whilst the non-government trading is regulated by CONSOB. BondVision is extremely user friendly; using light internet based technology and the highest standard of security, fulfilling ISO standards. This technology allows institutional investors to access the liquidity of the MTS markets FREE of charge.

To improve electronic bond trading for institutional investors and operational efficiency, Sophis interfaces with BondVision.

ICE Link is the most widely adopted affirmation and novation consent platform for credit derivatives. The platform allows T+0 matching and electronic novation consent which meets industry targets set by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association® (ISDA) Board Oversight Committee (IBOC) and paves the way for sustained future growth in the industry. ICE Link (formerly T-Zero) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICE.

To help streamline your CDS business flows Sophis provides a standard interface to the ICE Link platform.

Omgeo creates certainty in post-trade operations through the automation and timely confirmation of the economic details of trades executed between investment managers and broker/dealers. Every day Omgeo enables an efficient community of more than 6000 financial services clients in 45 countries to manage matching and exception handling of trade allocations, confirmations, and settlement instructions. Leading organizations rely on Omgeo to help manage an increasingly complex investment industry by providing operational stability and solutions that complement the focus on profitability in an era of escalating trade volumes.
Across borders, asset classes, and trade lifecycles, Omgeo is the global standard for operational efficiency across the investment industry. Formed in 2001, Omgeo is jointly owned by the DTCC and Thomson Reuters.

In order to achieve STP goals and reduce manual matching processes Sophis interfaces Omgeo Central Trade Manager.

SunGard Global Trading provides multi-asset, front- to back-office trading solutions for equities, fixed income, derivatives and commodities on exchanges worldwide. These solutions support full lifecycle trading and trade processing activities including information services, market connectivity and order management that help improve trade efficiency and risk monitoring.

To achieve full STP with electronic markets, Sophis interfaces with SunGard Global Trading servers.

Tradeweb is a leading over-the-counter, multi-asset class marketplace, and a pioneer in the development of electronic trading and trade processing. The company provides services in the fixed income, derivatives and equity markets to clients in more than 50 countries. Since 1998, Tradeweb has operated a global trading network, which harnesses the distribution of the major investment banks with over 2,000 institutional clients. Tradeweb's STP solution, TradeXpressSTP, provides seamless, efficient and secure trade processing of cash securities and OTC derivative trades to a powerful community of industry participants. Tradeweb is committed to partnering with the leading service and technology providers that enable clients to achieve the efficiencies of true straight-through processing.

To improve electronic order management and operational efficiency Sophis interfaces with TradeWeb XpressSTP.

TradingScreen is the leading independent provider of electronic trading solutions to the Buy Side. The company offers a suite of execution management and connectivity solutions encompassing all asset classes across global markets. TradingScreen’s goal is to simplify the complexity caused by market fragmentation and the proliferation of asset class and broker specific trading tools, by consolidating execution management of both exchange traded and OTC instruments on a single platform. TradingScreen brings the major global sell side participants and leading regional brokers to a common environment. The benefit to clients is an exceptional reach across counterparties, products, geography and services ranging from execution to algorithmic trading services, prime brokerage and clearing. This functionality is delivered through a proven and reliable ASP install-and-support model. TradingScreen provides global coverage from offices in New York, Chicago, London, Paris, Geneva, São Paulo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

To handle global transactions execution Sophis interfaces with TradingScreen.

Trading Technologies develops high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals, including the world's premier investment banks, proprietary traders, brokers, Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), hedge funds and other trading institutions. Headquartered in Chicago, Trading Technologies maintains a global presence with offices in New York, Stamford, Houston, London, Geneva, Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney.

To provide high-performance trading for derivatives professionals, Sophis interfaces with Trading Technologies.