Rolfe & Nolan to launch RANorder Pro

UK derivatives systems provider, Rolfe & Nolan (R&N), is poised to launch a new trade-order entry system for institutional traders called RANorder Pro.

The system was developed through an alliance set up last year with front-end specialist Eccoware. It accepts fills and market depth information, and sends orders to R&N's central order routing and administration server. This in turn sends and receives orders and fills to derivatives exchanges.

RANorder Pro is Windows NT-based, and was developed in C++. It combines Eccoware's T-Ware, the component-based front-end behind all Ecco products, with R&N's order infrastructure. Ecco wrote its front-end to R&N's application programme interface (API), and R&N wrote 'push' technology to send fill data and market data to the front-end. R&N APIs were previously request-response, said R&N chief financial officer for North America Jim Birney.

The release will not include Ecco's spreading capability, which performs immediate hedging of trades.

R&N can interface with open outcry markets as well as electronic exchanges, unlike traditional ISVs, said R&N Systems chief executive Bob Sylverne in Chicago. This allows traders to trade on electronic and open-outcry markets through a single front-end. Birney said this is good from a risk management perspective, as the back office collects data for all trades from only one system. The R&N central routing and administration server can interface to back-office systems from any vendor, as well as to proprietary systems.

RANorder Pro is now in beta tests with US futures commission merchants ADM and Alaron Trading, said Sylverne, and due for launch later this month.

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

Chartis RiskTech100® 2024

The latest iteration of the Chartis RiskTech100®, a comprehensive independent study of the world’s major players in risk and compliance technology, is acknowledged as the go-to for clear, accurate analysis of the risk technology marketplace. With its…

T+1: complacency before the storm?

This paper, created by WatersTechnology in association with Gresham Technologies, outlines what the move to T+1 (next-day settlement) of broker/dealer-executed trades in the US and Canadian markets means for buy-side and sell-side firms

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Risk.net account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account here