WINDSOR, Conn., March 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced a partnership with Americas Trading Group (ATG) to provide advanced algorithmic trading strategies to SS&C MarketTrader Order Management System (OMS) clients and FIXLink electronic trading community participants. ATG is a leading Brazilian-based electronic trading and technology provider with 35 local sponsoring brokers across Latin America. Leveraging expertise built from a unique understanding of those markets, ATG's suite of multi-asset algos are optimized for local market execution.
"We partnered with SS&C as an opportunity to provide our clients access to MarketTrader's expanding user base and to join SS&C's FIXLink trading community," said Francisco Gurgel, Partner and Chief Business Officer, Americas Trading Group. "As the importance of cross-border trading continues to grow, working with SS&C gives us an opportunity to help our clients reach new customers and, at the same time, provide SS&C's clients with state-of-the-art trading access to Latin America."
"We are delighted to offer our clients access to ATG's suite of advanced algorithmic strategies for the Latin American markets," said Bob Moitoso, Senior Vice President and General Manager, SS&C Financial Markets. "We are equally pleased with the continued expansion of MarketTrader's capabilities and the growing reach of our FIXLink community, solidifying our position as a valued partner in helping customers meet the demands of the challenging global marketplace."
SS&C MarketTrader is a comprehensive and cost-effective solution for the order and execution management needs of broker-dealers. Firms operate more efficiently at every step of the trading process: from order capture to execution, transaction and compliance reporting. FIXLink offers electronic routing of multi-asset class order flow between 260 institutional investors and 365 execution destination participants globally. FIXLink's advanced messaging technology coupled with redundant and resilient infrastructure insures reliability, speed and ease of use.
About ATG
Americas Trading Group (ATG) is a company that specializes in electronic trading solutions that offers a multi-broker platform for order execution that connects the key markets of the Americas. Americas Trading System Brasil (ATS Brasil), a joint-venture between ATG and NYSE Euronext (NYX), is a new Brazilian exchange that will launch in 2015.
For additional information, please visit: http://www.americastg.com/eng/ATG_en
About SS&C Technologies
SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial software-enabled services and software focused exclusively on the global financial services industry. Founded in 1986, SS&C has its headquarters in Windsor, Connecticut and offices around the world. Some 6,900 financial services organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services. These clients in the aggregate manage over $26 trillion in assets.
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