WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2020: Best Execution Management System—SS&C Eze

Boston-based SS&C Eze wins the best execution management system (EMS) category in the inaugural WatersTechnology Asia Awards, which, when combined with its wins in the best order management system (OMS) and best overall third-party technology provider categories, illustrates its versatility and broad appeal across the buy-side markets it serves. What further underscores this success, and speaks to the firm’s recent consistency across WatersTechnology’s awards programs, is its wins in the OMS and EMS categories in last year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards.

The Eze EMS, a key component of the firm’s flagship offering—the Eze Investment Suite—features a range of sophisticated front-office capabilities that help buy-side firms accurately manage their various trade-related activities in what is an increasingly competitive market. The Eze EMS provides traders with the essential tools they need to navigate all market conditions, with a focus on swift and streamlined access to liquidity, built-in best execution tools and transaction-cost analysis insights, allowing them to monitor the quality of their executions. 

“Eze EMS is scalable and performs reliably, without interruption, regardless of market conditions, and with traders working from home more than ever, having a solution that is accessible from anywhere is critical to maintaining business continuity,” explains Edward Bee, managing director for Asia-Pacific at SS&C Eze. “Additionally, we provide clients with a personalized client service experience and a dedicated support team that understands their workflows and can handle their inquiries at a moment’s notice.”

The Covid-19 crisis has amplified some challenges for SS&C Eze’s clients, as volatility continues to spike. Bee explains that as a result of uncertainty, volatility and sometimes abnormal trading volumes, offering a coupled compliance solution with an EMS is important for the firm’s clients. “Having a compliance solution that’s tightly integrated into trading workflows is critical to satisfy the needs of the compliance team without sacrificing speed to market,” he says. 

As a result of ongoing market volatility, many traders are moving back to more active trading strategies and Eze EMS helps them take advantage of this volatility and unpredictable market conditions, according to Bee. SS&C Eze constantly reacts to the changing needs of its clients, building functionality and releasing new enhancements based on their interactions. This flexible, iterative approach to product development helps the firm build out its products in a way that is tailored to current market needs. “We continue to focus on scaling up workflows so that the system works smoothly out of the box, to meet client requirements and empower them to do more with less,” Bee says.