Systems and trading platform supplier, Fidessa has added exchange-traded derivatives to its equities platform. The single platform approa...

Systems and trading platform supplier, Fidessa has added exchange-traded derivatives to its equities platform. The single platform approach simplifies compliance with directives such as MiFID, according to Fidessa, by reducing the number of separate systems and data feeds in use when trading in futures and derivatives. The equities platform will initially include four of the world’s main futures and derivatives exchanges, Eurex, Euronext.life, the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. “This will pay real dividends in areas such as smart order routing and algorithmic trading whereby we can go across asset class and across exchange simultaneously," said Stephen Grob, head of derivatives at Fidessa.