Interfaces

Charles River IMS offers an Open Integration Framework, including tools for rapid integration with third-party and legacy systems:

  • APIs for pre-trade and post-execution compliance, security and order creation, real-time data, etc.
  • Web services access to the core application (SOAP over HTTPS/HTTP) for easy integration with other applications
  • Messaging interfaces such as IBM WebSphere® MQ, TIBCO Rendezvous™, Microsoft Message Queuing, and SonicMQ®
Message-based APIs and exposed Web services create seamless integration with internal and external systems: back-office data warehouses, message hubs, settlement facilities and custodians. In addition, Charles River has certified systems interoperability with a wide variety of accounting systems, data warehouses, market data feeds, prime brokers, fund administrators and more. In each instance, Charles River works with the vendor to provide appropriate levels of system communication, ongoing maintenance, and support. Common interfaces are listed below.


 
DATA  

 


 
  • Bloomberg Data License
  • Bloomberg Desktop API
  • Bloomberg Server API
  • FactSet Marquee
  • Interactive Data TurboFeed
  • ITG Logic
  • Markit Group Limited
  • Proquote
  • Quick
  • Telemet Orion
  • The Yield Book Inc.
  • Thomson Reuters Bridge Station
  • Thomson Reuters DataScope Select
  • Thomson Reuters DataScope Select API
  • Thomson Reuters GlobalTOPIC
  • Thomson Reuters ONE / ILX
  • Thomson Reuters Triarch / SSL
 


ELECTRONIC
TRADING

    
 Algorithmic Trading
  • Algorithmic Trading Management, LLC (US)
  • Bank of America Securities LLC (US)
  • Barclay’s Capital (Global)
  • BlocSec
  • BNP Paribas (EU, UK)
  • BNY ConvergEx (Global)
  • CAPIS (US)
  • CA Cheuvreux (GLOBAL)
  • CIBC World Markets (US, CAN)
  • Citigroup (GLOBAL)
  • CLSA Limited (GLOBAL)
  • Credit Suisse (GLOBAL)
  • Daiwa Capital Securities Markets Co. Ltd (APAC)
  • Deutsche Bank (GLOBAL)
  • Fidelity Capital Markets (US)
  • FOX River Execution (US)
  • Goldman Sachs (GLOBAL)
  • Instinet (GLOBAL)
  • Investec (ZA)
  • ITG Inc. (GLOBAL)
  • Jefferies & Company (US)
  • JP Morgan (GLOBAL)
  • JPM Cazenove (GLOBAL)
  • Knight Securities (US)
  • Lazard Capital (US)
  • Leerink Swann & Co.  (US)
  • Lime Brokerage LLC (US)
  • Liquidnet (US)
  • Macquarie Securities (GLOBAL)
  • Merrill Lynch (GLOBAL)
  • Morgan Stanley (GLOBAL)
  • Nomura Securities (GLOBAL)
  • NYFIX NEXAS ALGORITHMS (US)
  • Piper Jaffray (US)
  • Royal Bank of Canada (US) 
  • Royal Bank of Scotland (formerly ABN Amro) (EU, UK)
  • R. W. Baird (US)
  • Sanford Bernstein (US)
  • Societe Generale (Global)
  • Susquehanna (US)
  • Thomas Wiesel (US)
  • Trade Trek (US)
  • UBS (GLOBAL)
  • UNX (US)
  • Weeden & Co, Inc. (US)  
 
Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) Equity
  • ITG/Channel ITG
  • Pipeline Trading System LLC/Pipeline Alternative Trading System
Fixed Income

  • MarketAxess
  • TradeWeb
Foreign Exchange (FX)

  • FXall
  • FXConnect
  


POST-EXECUTION

    

Prime Broker
  • Credit Suisse
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Fidelity
  • Goldman Sachs
  • JP Morgan Communications
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Morgan Stanley
  • UBS

Fund Administrators
  • CITCO
  • GlobeOp Financial Services

Post-Trade Processing

 Charles River supplies standard file formats (flat files or XML) as well as a library of exports formats and these additional interfaces:
  • FIX 4.2/4.4 allocations (TradeWeb, MarketAxess, FX venues, equity brokers)
  • Omgeo - OASYSSM
  • Omgeo - OASYS/TradeMatchSM
  • Omgeo - TradeSuiteSM
  • Omgeo - CTMSM
  • ISO 15022
  • Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (MBS Electronic Pool Notification)
  • MarkitServ

Accounting Systems
  • Advent Axys
  • Advent APX
  • DST GPS
  • DST InfoQuest
  • Eagle STAR
  • IDS GIM 2
  • Metavante
  • Princeton ePAM
  • Princeton PAM
  • SS&C Pacer
  • Thomson Reuters PORTIA 

Custodians
  • State Street Bank (SSB) Horizon
  • CIBC Mellon
  • Northern Trust
  • Bank of New York
  • Others via ISO 15022 

Data Warehouses
  • Eagle Investment Systems PACE