Waters Rankings 2013: Best EMS Provider — Eze Software Group
If the market had any doubts about the business logic of such developments, it certainly hasn’t shown it—Waters readers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the RealTick EMS as the winner of this prestigious category, which, when combined with Eze Software Group’s win in the best buy-side order management system (OMS) category thanks to its ever-popular Eze OMS, designates Eze Software Group as the go-to buy-side front-office technology vendor.
The RealTick EMS, owned by Chicago-based Townsend Analytics in a previous life, is a global, multi-broker, cross-asset electronic execution platform, integrating real-time market data to provide users with market analysis functionality and direct market access. It also offers decision support, order entry and routing, automated reporting, position and risk management, and execution documentation, which, when implemented alongside the Eze OMS, takes care of firms’ entire front-office needs.
Combined with a win in the best buy-side OMS category, this designates Eze Software Group as the go-to buy-side front-office technology vendor.
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