Cowen selected TORA’s SaaS OEMS following an intensive side-by-side evaluation of leading trading system providers. TORA was hand-picked for bond trading operations after making an assessment of TORA’s product and support capabilities against the requirements of a rapidly transforming and increasingly electronified global bond market. Cowen’s Outsourced Trading team works alongside their clients, functioning as either the clients’ trading desk or as an extension of the clients’ trading desk.

TORA’s OEMS provides traders at Cowen with access to advanced trading functionality, including market data aggregation, customized order intake and execution, order allocation management, and post-trade analytics. The system also offers a comparable bond tool, smart order routing, pre-trade risk controls, real-time position management, and P&L tracking in one single interface. Cowen traders are now using the TORA FIX network to connect to multiple bond trading platforms and global brokers to access greater liquidity and improve trade execution quality.

Joram Siegel, Head of Fixed Income Outsourced Trading at Cowen, stated “TORA’s SaaS OEMS stood out because of its functionality to go beyond traditional buy-side order management systems. Their ability to give traders a single system with detailed insights and access to various sources of bond liquidity, coupled with straight-through execution on major bond venues, is unparalleled”.

Siegel continued “TORA’s robust technology, which is uniquely suited for the Outsourced Trading workflows, provides a highly scalable technology infrastructure that allows us to deliver exceptional results for our clients.” It was noted that TORA was also awarded the contract because of their interoperability with various different analytics and data providers in this market.

Chris Jenkins, Managing Director at TORA commented “We are delighted to have been selected by Cowen. The selection process was particularly intensive and highly competitive. We are focused on facilitating electronic trading in fixed income, so I am really pleased Cowen chose our trading platform for their fixed income requirements. We are looking forward to working together over the coming years.”

He added “increasing numbers of clients are using outsourced trading as a solution and TORA’s flexibility allows our clients to easily incorporate them into their workflow.”