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[ original email was from Annie Walsh - aw@cameronsystems.com ]
Winterflood Securities Limited selects CameronFIX Engine to enhance its electronic trading offering.
LONDON, UK, Monday November 29, 2004: — Winterflood, a subsidiary of the Close Brothers Group and the largest UK market maker in terms of stock coverage, has selected the CameronFIX Engine to increase its FIX connectivity options. WINNER — Winterflood’s electronic dealing service provides the client base with immediacy of execution with dealing at London Stock Exchange (LSE) touch prices or better. Following completion of this project, Winterflood will also be able to accept larger orders electronically that will be routed to their highly experienced sales trading teams.
The CameronFIX Engine, the global financial community’s FIX engine of choice developed and supported by leading FIX engine solutions provider Cameron Systems, enhances Winterflood’s implementation of the FIX protocol to further develop its electronic offering. CameronFIX Excel is being utilised by Winterflood as a trading blotter connected to the CameronFIX Universal Server, with plans to also utilise the CameronFIX NetTrader. Winterflood has selected the CameronFIX Routing Hub for routing of trade messages to its multiple trading desks.
The CameronFIX Engine provides Winterflood’s clients with support for all versions of the FIX protocol 4.0 to 4.4, and message types including QuoteRequest, Quote, Order, Execution and SecurityDefinitionRequest.
Announced during SIBOS Atlanta, the CameronFIX NetTrader is a recent addition to the CameronFIX product suite developed specifically for both Buy-side and Sell-sides to provide easy-to-use, browser-based order entry solutions for enabling the sending and receiving of message trades via the FIX protocol.
“Winterflood selected CameronFIX to achieve fast implementation of a FIX blotter that provides increased efficiencies for the processing of its FIX-based transactions,” said Philip Yarrow, Director of Winterflood Securities. “CameronFIX comes highly recommended and well supported. Its addition will provide a powerful and reliable FIX application for Winterflood. Cameron Systems has demonstrated their valuable knowledge of the evolving FIX protocol and their experience with providing custom FIX solutions for the global financial community.”
Cameron Systems Director of Sales, Glenn Cruickshank, has been in contact with Winterflood Securities for the past two years. “During the past two years Winterflood has witnessed first-hand the growth and demands on FIX at both regional and global levels, resulting in their selection of the CameronFIX engine to complement their current in-house FIX solution. Cameron Systems is pleased to be supporting one of UK’s leading market makers with the CameronFIX product set including the recently released CameronFIX NetTrader.”
About Winterflood
Formed in 1988, Winterflood quickly achieved success as a small cap market maker. Today they are the largest market maker in London in terms of stock coverage.
A subsidiary of the Close Brothers Group, Winterflood provides an unparalleled level of service to the UK market place and is established as one of the leading market makers in London. Winner, (the electronic trading engine) offers extensive stock coverage in nearly all UK securities, leading International stocks, covered warrants, ETF’s, unit trusts, UK Gilts and bonds. Winterflood has created a one-stop shop for UK brokers, private asset managers & institutions to trade a wide range of products over Winner. Either electronically or over the telephone, Winterflood provides a unique blend of immediacy and flexibility to its clients.
For further information please refer to www.wins.co.uk
About Cameron Systems
First released in 1997, the CameronFIX Engine is a highly scalable implementation of the Financial Information eXchange protocol; the messaging standard developed specifically for the real-time electronic exchange of securities transactions.
The CameronFIX Engine is suitable for large and medium size fund managers, brokers and exchanges, as well as smaller companies who use the FIX protocol. Cameron Systems provides dedicated and global FIX integration and connectivity solutions with worldwide 24/7 technical support from its offices in New York, London and Sydney. Cameron Systems client base is global in over 15 countries across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Major customers include: Fidelity Management and Research, Knight Securities, CIBC World Markets, UBS, Nomura Securities, Barclays Capital, LatentZero, Charles River Development, RCM, Gartmore Investment Management, MFS Investment Management and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
Cameron Systems is a Global Member of the FIX Protocol Organisation and is a SWIFTNet Ready FIX application provider.
For further information please refer to www.cameronsystems.com
Contacts:
Annie Walsh, Cameron Systems
aw@cameronsystems.com, +61.412.867.068
Glenn Cruickshank, Cameron Systems
gc@cameronsystems.com, +44.207.464.8817
Sarah Danes, Winterflood Securities Limited
Sarah.danes@wins.co.uk, +44.207.621.5597