smartTrade Technologies Unveils Advanced Trading Front End Application and Real-Time Market Data Visualizer

A LMS leader provides for cross-asset Trading Front End using Microsoft Silverlight

TOKYO, NEW YORK, LONDON, PARIS & AIX EN PROVENCE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--smartTrade Technologies, an industry leader in cross-asset liquidity management solutions today announced the release of smartTrade Technologies StudioAir™, a cross-asset trading front end that enables organizations to customize and tailor their Desktop views, including their Market Data.

“Standard front-end trading platforms simply don't offer the depth of functionality or level of customization, which is why we are pleased to release StudioAir to the market.”

StudioAir is an advanced Trading Front End Application and Market Data Visualizer. It has been built on the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Silverlight, a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web, desktop and mobile applications when online or offline. StudioAir comes with several features for traders, including Market Data Views, Order Management, and RFQ processes. StudioAir is cross-asset and can be used for any product including FX, rates, equities, futures etc.

StudioAir can be easily customizable by an organization for a quick time-to-market implementation and has been designed for Liquidity Management. StudioAir can communicate in real-time with the smartTrade Technologies components including LiquidityAggregator™, LiquidityDistributor™,LiquidityCrosser™, LiquidityOrchestrator™ and LiquidityConnect™.

"smartTrade Technologies StudioAir has set new standards for advanced front-end trading applications, allowing our clients to navigate with a high level of security and ease of deployment. StudioAir is highly scalable and works with an organization’s existing technology," said David Vincent, CTO and co-founder of smartTrade Technologies. “Standard front-end trading platforms simply don't offer the depth of functionality or level of customization, which is why we are pleased to release StudioAir to the market.”

“Microsoft is pleased to see smartTrade’s release of smartTrade Technologies StudioAir,” said Brad Becker, director of product management at Microsoft Corp. “smartTrade’s development with Silverlight and the Microsoft .NET Framework provides engaging and interactive experiences with a high level of security and easy deployment.”

About smartTrade Technologies

Founded in 1999 by former IT and trading professionals from Citigroup, Credit Agricole and Société Générale, Smart Trade automates execution across the enterprise by providing the financial markets with the most sophisticated liquidity management system (LMS) that enables investment banks, brokers and exchanges to streamline their execution process across multiple-asset classes around the globe. For more information, visit www.smart-trade.net.