Linedata (NYSE Euronext: LIN), the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, today announced their newest client, Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, will use Linedata Longview as their global trading platform.
As global asset managers face complex regulations, increased investor demands and tightened competition, focusing on core competencies is becoming more important to their success. With a trend toward specialization, firms who position themselves as niche experts can provide strong value-add to their clients.
Grandeur Peak, a small- and micro-cap focused global equity investment firm, applies an investment process that screens companies in every part of the world. Founded in 2011, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based asset manager will use Linedata Longview's multi-currency trading platform to optimize global trading decisions and execute transactions.
Offering seamless integration to hundreds of trading destinations worldwide, Linedata Longview offers the flexibility, ease of use and pre-trade compliance that Grandeur Peak requires to manage their trade book globally.
Linedata Longview is the award winning order management system that provides real-time transparency and insight, helping clients to quickly see, understand and respond to opportunities. Linedata Longview provides a highly configurable and comprehensive global trading system to support the needs of portfolio managers, traders and compliance officers. Linedata is unique in offering a fully integrated front office platform that responds to the key challenges faced by institutional and alternative asset managers. Additionally, Linedata provides seamless trading integration to over 400 destinations globally through 50 partners accessing ATS, dark pools, broker algos, TCA etc.
"Linedata's goal is to provide innovative and intuitive trading tools for our front office clients," said Gavin Little-Gill, Managing Director of Linedata North America. "Our experience of working with both start-up firms with as little as one user and established multi-office firms with over 500 users gives Grandeur Peak confidence knowing that they have chosen the firm and tools they need not only todayododay, but well into the future."