Edge Key Benefits

Designed for OTC

OTC markets are fragmented and have different requirements from typical exchange systems. The Baymarkets team’s deep experience in voice and online OTC marketplaces runs right through the OTC-optimised design of EDGE, the most high performing, advanced system of its kind.

Infinitely Flexible

EDGE can be easily adapted to handle any asset class. EDGE is currently being used for, amongst others, equity derivatives (Norwegian Stock Exchange), freight derivatives (Cleartrade MTF connecting to LCH.Clearnet) and oil derivatives (Cornerstone). EDGE can handle complex multi-legged derivative, physical, structured and even multi-asset products. Different instruments, on different asset classes, from different trading venues, with a mix of bilateral and cleared interests can be traded simultaneously within the same screen.

Highly Connected

EDGE is an open system based on standards like FIX. EDGE is already integrated with our clearing house partners and valuation services partners. Further integration to other external systems or your existing systems is straightforward and rapid.

STP integration: In addition to enabling you and your clients to send confirmations and invoices directly, EDGE can also connect to your back-office systems and those of your clients.

Front-Office integration: Allow your clients to connect EDGE directly to their derivative pricing models

Risk Management integration: Connect EDGE directly to your risk management and credit management systems, and to those of your clients.

Media integration: Enable your clients to send trading interests via email, Bloomberg, Reuters, IM etc.

Unique Feature Set

• EDGE has broker centric features such as selective multicast (order routing to selected recipients)
• Multi Broker environment with Chinese walls between brokers
• Comprehensive option trading functionality
• Credit filter for GCMs and Clearing houses to set limits for principals
• Counterparty credit limits for bilateral trading

Fast to Adoption

EDGE can be tailored faster to fit your market. You can deploy almost instantly to your clients because EDGE is zero install – it will even run in a browser. Your EDGE Marketplace will be tailored more precisely than is possible elsewhere, meaning that your clients will like it and adopt it faster.

Ease-of-use

The EDGE screen has been designed by the best developers working with experienced brokers and traders. It is genuinely innovative and easy to use and users adopt it quickly. For a client of Baymarkets this means that you will have more users on-board faster.

Robust and Secure

EDGE has been designed to be robust and secure enough for the most demanding clients. It is trusted by national stock exchanges like the Norwegian Stock Exchange and is approved for use as an MTF.

Scalable

The EDGE architecture enable you to scale your marketplace as you attract higher volumes. EDGE can be scaled on the server side by adding additional clustered servers.

The modular, scalable architecture of EDGE means that it may be easily upgraded to accommodate changes in market structure, new markets, new asset type and new types of market participants.

Audit Compliant

You or your clients, if permissioned, are able to access an Audit Trail of activity in EDGE Markets, including for accounts, price and trade data.

 

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