Waters Rankings 2022: Best execution management system (EMS) provider—FactSet
Overview
The FactSet Portware execution management system (EMS) is a multi-asset trading solution that helps asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds manage the challenges of complexity and scale with embedded analytics, sophisticated decision support, and state-of-the-art automation. Portware is configurable to the workflow requirements of buy-side trading and is designed to handle peak volumes.
“FactSet is thrilled to be recognized by the readers of WatersTechnology for our Portware EMS. This is a testament to the investments we’ve made to continuously enhance our world-class analytical capabilities that make our clients more efficient across the entire portfolio lifecycle.”
Robert Robie, head of analytics and trading solutions, FactSet
The Solution
Scale and efficiency: Portware’s data-driven order-routing logic enables trading teams to handle higher volumes and get orders to market faster and consistently.
Data volumes and analysis: Portware aggregates and filters data from diverse sources and graphically represents the order and execution data that matters at each stage of a trade.
Secret Sauce
Portware is configured to each client’s workflow requirements and offers access to electronic liquidity for multiple asset classes. Its vendor-neutral/open architecture enables integration of proprietary and third-party data and analytics for use within its buy-side trading blotters, providing execution desks with the pre-trade insight they need.
Recent Milestones
- Release of aggregated bond pricing data from Bloomberg, Intercontinental Exchange (Ice) and Trace
- Enhanced liquidity discovery via integration with Neptune for streaming axes data
- Improved graphical reporting capabilities with flexible analysis of executions using time-series data and fill-level details
Future Objectives
- Continued focus on FactSet’s delivery-agnostic platform with further investment in cloud-centric access, including the migration of the Portware EMS to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud
- Expansion of the collection of critical data such as private markets, deep-sector metrics and ESG intelligence
- Expansion of the firm’s API offering to support clients’ growing programmatic needs
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