CAPIS Partners with Fidessa For Global Reach

Capital Institutional Services (CAPIS), an institutional agency brokerage and independent research provider, has expanded it's global reach by becoming a broker destination on Fidessa's global network and Execution Management Service (EMS) Workstation. Fidessa group is a provider of trading systems, market data and global connectivity. CAPIS, via the EMS Workstation, will offer a global, broker-neutral execution management solution providing integrated execution tools and services to the buy-side. The EMS Workstation will connect customers to direct market access (DMA) venues, care order services and CAPIS's comprehensive suite of algorithmic trading strategies. "The EMS Workstation expands upon the top tier systems and tools our clients have come to expect when working with CAPIS. Fidessa's truly broker-neutral solution will enable our clients to use the robust functionality of the system while paying over 255 brokers through one integrated platform," said Kristi P. Wetherington, President and CEO at CAPIS, in a press release.

Martin Hakker, evp marketing at Fidessa added in the release, "As the buy-side operate in a more complex environment than ever, we are pleased to have partnered with CAPIS to provide our mutual clients with integrated execution tools and services through the EMS Workstation. We have built an unrivalled reputation for global connectivity and robust trading solutions, and as our clients' business grows, we are able to provide them with the sophisticated solutions required to stay at the very top of the game." Fidessa's global connectivity network provides a fully normalized, highly resilient, broker-neutral solution for clients wishing to route order flow to a variety of sell-side or buy-side destinations.