Firms can now integrate Infront electronic trading and market data to the FA investment management software platform.
Infront is an advanced market information and trading platform for professional investors. It provides a unique combination of real-time global market data, news, analytics and powerful trading tools. FA Solutions is the leading provider of software solutions for asset managers, private banks and family offices in the Nordic countries. We provide modern tools for portfolio management, investment analysis, reporting, CRM and sales – everything included in one software platform which is always accessible with any device.
The integration between FA Solutions and Infront opens up a fully automated and compliant chain from discovering investment opportunities, analyze and execute the orders in Infront, to the evaluation process with portfolio management, investment analysis and producing reports in FA Solutions. “By reducing many of the manual elements in the order handling and wealth management we strive that our integration will release time from administrational duties to client focused activities for our users” says Magnus Lindelöf, Product Manager at Infront.
With this integration in place an asset manager has access to nearly 1500 counterparties for execution via the ULLINK NYFIX execution network. We have already built a solution of fully automated trading process for our customer with the new integration. This is as simple as electronic trading can be;
Trade order generation
Trade orders are generated into portfolios in FA, e.g. by rebalancing portfolios to match the investment strategy that has been defined for them.
Send trade orders to Infront with a click of a button
Trade orders can be sent to Infront with a click of a button. Trade orders will be sent to Infront as a JSON messages by using WebSocket protocol which provides a full-duplex communication channel between FA and Infront.
Edit trade orders in Infront Trading terminal
Sent trade orders end up to Infront Trading terminal where user can edit, delete or activate them to be executed on the markets.
Actions made in Infront Trading terminal are reported back to FA
All the above actions made in Infront Trading terminal are reported back to FA via WebSocket communication channel and trade orders in FA are updated accordingly.
FA updates trade information automatically
When trade orders are executed on the markets, FA receives trade information from Infront, such as executed volume and the final price. These values are updated automatically to the trade orders in FA.
FA Solutions is the leading provider of software solutions for asset managers, private banks and family offices in the Nordic countries. We provide modern tools for portfolio management, investment analysis, reporting, CRM and sales – everything included in one software platform which is always accessible with any device. Our solution is built with blocks which makes it easy to set up and tailor for customer needs but also flexible for growth. FA Solutions is a combination of strong knowledge from the finance industry and high-level technical skills.
Infront is an advanced market information and trading platform for professional investors. It provides a unique combination of real-time global market data, news, analytics and powerful trading tools. Infront’s terminal, mobile apps and versatile electronic trading solutions connects thousands of professional users in over 27 countries to their local and international markets – helping financial institutions to reduce costs and work more effectively.
