SunGard’s Valdi Liquidity Solutions Now Offer One Broker/Dealer for “High and Low Touch” Trading

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 29, 2011

SunGard’s high-touch execution services trade desk will be consolidated into Valdi Liquidity Solutions offering customers both “high and low touch” trading capabilities. With this combined offering, customers will have the ability to send orders either to the trade desk to be executed (high touch) or through low latency execution solutions (low touch). SunGard’s trade desk manages agency-only equity trades for all types of buy-side customers in the US through execution-only and soft dollar solutions that help provide commission management.

SunGard’s Valdi Liquidity Solutions offer execution and clearing services to both buy- and sell-side institutions. This consolidation will help SunGard fulfill customers’ trading and commission management needs, all through one broker/dealer relationship. SunGard’s brokerage solutions, which include Fox River Execution, a provider of award-winning algorithms, offer traders electronic execution services and access to experienced brokers from one broker/dealer.

Valdi Liquidity Solutions is a member of NYSE Euronext, and provides customers with direct access to NYSE Euronext. This direct membership helps SunGard provide buy-side and sell-side customers with reduced latency when executing and clearing through the broker/dealer by further automating the trade lifecycle.

Bob Santella, president of broker operations for SunGard’s global trading business, said, “The consolidation of our broker/dealers will result in a streamlined business model and enhanced customer service. We are particularly pleased to offer more of our customers direct access to the NYSE Euronext, one of the largest exchanges in the world.”

About SunGard’s Solutions for Global Trading
SunGard's global trading solutions help buy- and sell-side firms manage the entire trade lifecycle across multiple platforms, asset classes and markets. SunGard provides equities, futures, fixed income, options and energy traders with trading, market data, risk management, compliance and surveillance solutions for increased performance and execution. Linking buy-side firms to brokers, SunGard provides a single, broker-neutral platform for access to electronic markets, including major ECNs and dark pools, while supporting low latency market data delivery.

About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world's leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 20,000 employees and serves more than 25,000 customers in 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue of about $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 434 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and IT services company.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, Fox River Execution and Valdi are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

SGN Brokerage Services offered in the United States are provided by SunGard Institutional Brokerage Inc., Member FINRA / SIPC.

Fox River Execution Technology, LLC is a registered Broker Dealer in the United States and a Member of FINRA / SIPC.

Valdi Brokerage Services offered in the United States are provided by Assent LLC., Member NYSE & other Principal Exchanges/SIPC

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