Technology

Asset Classes

Fixed Income
Equities
Credit
FX, MM and FX Options
Hybrids and Structures
Interest Rate Derivatives
Asset-Backed Securities
Convertible Bonds

Workflows

Exchange Market Making
Proprietary Position Keeping
Online Brokerage
OTC Flow Market Making
Back Office Operations
Technology and Infrastructure
Trader Control
Brokerage
Smart Order Routing and Algorithmic Trading
Financial institutions want more accurate calculations delivered at a quicker rate for more complex instruments and in greater volumes than ever before. At the same time banks strategies dictate in favour of much broader cross-asset trading solutions over stand-alone silo-based systems.

This means that systems now have to cope with the explicit needs of a much wider variety of users - differing requirements can that can only be addressed through the adoption of new technology. We are working continually to make more efficient use of processing power and deliver built-for purpose applications, enablling our users to work smarter and faster.

Front Arena makes for a unique proposition - full order management capabilities in tandem with cross-asset analytics and back–office processing. It represents the robustness of an out-of-the-box solution with the flexibility of a toolkit. Rich integration features make it an ideal building block in a modern corporate infrastructure. A broad and deep extension framework empowers you to adapt the system to your specific requirements.

Front Arena Platform Support...
  • Windows, Solaris and Linux for back end services
  • Sybase ASE and SQL Server database support
  • Full 64bit support for client and servers
  • The ideal infrastructure
    Front Arena’s scalable multi-tier architecture avoids the bottlenecks of single-processor applications. It's easy for IT staff to add new models workflows and reports.
  • Faster calculations
    Lazy evaluation, gridding and multi-threading help save calculation power and processing load.
  • Switch on the power
    64 bit architecture gives servers and clients to access more memory and reduces latency.
  • Superior performance
    A leading German bank handles 150,000 trades per day using Front Arena. While an internet broker serves 150,000 registered users and 10,000 concurrent users.