Tuesday, June 27, 2017

GES Partners with Basis Capital Markets to Offer Executable Deep Liquidity

GES has announced an alliance with broker and liquidity provider Basis Capital Markets (“Basis”) as a strategic partner in FX and OTC markets.

Basis is an OTC liquidity provider based in the United Kingdom, with a strong focus on growing their institutional brokerage business throughout the Asia Pacific and MENA regions. Basis Capital Markets CEO, Nick Hammer, explains why his firm sought a partnership with GES:  "GES was selected as a strategic trading technology partner, as we found their TX-Cloud trading solution provided the reliability, execution quality, and ultra-low latency that our clients demand.

Through our partnership with GES, we look forward to providing clients with world class execution and customized liquidity in G10, Emerging Markets FX, Precious Metals, CFDs and NDFs.  Our deep and unique liquidity combined with the elite trading technology of the TX-Cloud solution promises to offer an unparalleled trading experience for clients worldwide."

"GES is thrilled to be working with Basis Capital Markets.” GES Marketing Manager, Ben Tse commented. “Their depth of liquidity in a diverse list of OTC products is remarkable. The addition of Basis as a liquidity provider enhances our clients' access to deep, unique, and executable liquidity sources on a global scale."

About GES
Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (“GES”) is a global leading provider dedicated in financial technologies for more than 10 years. GES empowers financial institutions with algo-trading capability, advanced risk management and FIX bridging solutions. GES fully covers the needs of the on-floor trading and OTC markets, with value-added services ranging from IT technical support, system integration, bespoke software and network infrastructure development to hosting services. With GES technologies, financial institutions are able to overcome the challenges of risk management, position management, liquidity source and trading across different financial instruments in a single platform. GES’s well established partnering with top-tier financial institutions and prime brokerage firms can fulfill customers’ needs of liquidity and market depth. GES ensures the highest level of certainty and satisfaction through comprehensive industry expertise and a deep-set commitment to customers.
For further information, please visit our website: www.ges.com.hk


About Basis
Basis Capital Markets UK LTD. is a new age brokerage and financial technology company that was incorporated as a UK limited company.  Basis provides a disruptive, cloud based technology platform for global market participants seeking access to price discovery, trading solutions, margin brokerage accounts and execution across Foreign Exchange, Commodities, CFDs and other alternative markets.

Basis controls deep, unique, and executable liquidity pools derived from an array of bank and non bank liquidity partners through cross-connections in Tier 1 data centers globally.  Through its proprietary liquidity, Basis provides each client with a customized multi-asset marketplace for optimal price discovery, execution and product depth based on their individual needs.


GES 與白馬資本市場成為合作夥伴 為客戶提供深度流通量

GES 宣佈與經紀商及流通量供應商 Basis Capital Markets 白馬資本市場 (白馬) 成為策略夥伴,為外匯及場外交易經紀商提供流通量。

白馬是一家總部位於英國的外匯流通量供應商,現於亞太、中東及北非地區積極擴展機構經紀商業務。白馬行政總裁Nick Hammer表示:「GES TX-Cloud 解決方案穩定可靠,執行簡易快速,擁有超低延時架構,正正切合我們客戶的所需。透過與 GES 合作,我們期望能夠為十國集團 (G10) 、新興市場外匯、貴金屬、差價合約及不交收合約 (NDF) 客戶提供世界級的執行力及可定制的流通量。白馬獨特的深度流通量,結合TX-Cloud 的優越交易科技,定能為全球各地客戶提供無可比擬的交易體驗。」

GES 市場部經理 Ben Tse 則表示:「GES 很高興與白馬成為合作夥伴。白馬的深度流通量涵蓋多元的場外交易產品,全球客戶可經GES 穩定的橋接方案,接通白馬獨特的深度流通量,取得優越的交易價格。」

關於 GES
Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (GES) ,專注於金融科技軟件的研發已有超過十年歷史,是一間全球領先的金融科技供應商。GES 多年來為金融機構提供程式交易平台、風險管理系統及各類金融訊息交換協議 (FIX) 的橋接解決方案,服務覆蓋場內及場外交易市場的需要,同時為客戶提供各類增值服務包括 IT 技術支持、系統整合、定製軟件、網絡基礎建設及托管服務等。GES 的專業技術及解決方案能讓金融機構克服各種風險管理、倉位管理、流通量需求及多元資產交易需求的挑戰。與此同時,GES 已與多間世界頂級的金融機構成為合作夥伴,為經紀商提供充足的流通量及市場深度,滿足各種交易需要。GES 將以豐富的行業經驗,加上大量的科研投入,於未來持續為金融機構提供最優秀的交易平台及支援服務,時刻保持業界領導地位。
詳情可瀏覽企業網站 www.ges.com.hk

關於白馬

白馬資本市場英國有限公司 (Basis Capital Markets UK LTD.) 受英國金融監管局監管,是一間經紀商及金融科技公司。白馬為全球投資者提供技術服務和雲交易服務,核心服務包括價格總匯、交易技術、保證金賬戶等,涵蓋外匯、商品、差價合約等場外交易市場。白馬通過交互式連入全球一級數據中心來控制衍生於一系列銀行與非銀行的獨特、有深度並且可交易的流動資金池。所有價格通過API端口進行相應地清算,匯總並發送給終端用戶,達到極快的下單速率和低拒單率。白馬通過利用自身獨有的流動性,根據客戶不同需求來向每位用戶提供量身定制的多資產交易市場,以發現並成交最優的價格和深度化產品。

Thursday, June 15, 2017

35 Teams Set to Compete in the First Computational Finance Competition Jointly Organized by GES and IEEE (HK) CI Chapter

The First Computational Finance Competition (Competition) jointly organized by Hong Kong based Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (GES), a leading financial trading platform provider, and the IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter (IEEE (HK) CI Chapter) is officially kicked off. The Competition is held for students from universities in Hong Kong to foster the pursuit of algo trading among university students. The Competition has received an overwhelming response of entries, with more than 60 participants in 35 teams. Stage 1 of the Competition for algo development and testing is now in progress.

During the Competition, all participants are required to use the Auton trading platform provided by GES for algo development and backtesting with historical data in stage 1. The participants will execute virtual trading by live data on the platform in stage 2 during 3 July to 11 August 2017. Every participant will use algo strategies to trade on CFDs of 50 Hang Seng Index Constituent Stocks and several major indices with a simulated capital of HK$1 million.

Participants will have a chance to win the prize of up to HK$8,000 and half-year free usage on the GES Auton Software. At the end of the Competition, participants with the “Best Overall Return” and “Best Risk-Adjusted Return” will be the winners. Top two teams of each category will be awarded the Champion and First Runner-up respectively. The Champion will be presented with book coupons of HK$3,000 and a cash prize of HK$5,000, while the First Runner-up will be presented with book coupons of HK$2,000 and a cash prize of HK$3,000.  A “Weekly Best Return” award will also be presented to each weekly winner who gains the largest positive profits by each week during the competition period, including 6 winners in total. Each weekly winner will be presented with HK$300 book coupon as the reward.

Dr. Vincent Tam, Chairman of IEEE (HK) CI Chapter, said, “Students’ overwhelming response to the Competition shows their keen interests in algo trading. It is hoped that students can grasp this opportunity to put investment theories into practice and gain valuable experience of trading simulation in the real investment world.”

Mr. Ken So, Senior Quantitative Developer of GES, said, “We are glad that the
academia in Hong Kong has responded enthusiastically to the Competition. As one of the pioneers in development of quantitative finance in Asia, GES has dedicated to promoting the application of computational intelligence in the financial industry for years. The Competition is definitely a good channel to nurture the next generation of Fintech talent and promote the development of Fintech in Hong Kong investment market.”

Auton serving as the virtual trading platform in this Competition is a true multi-asset platform which supports FX, Bullion, CFDs, Equities, Futures and Stock Options. Its built-in algo trading kit allows traders to deploy existing trading strategies or script their own one in the platform. Allowing algo backtesting and forward-testing with historical data and live data respectively, Auton helps traders to develop the unique trading strategy that will work best for them.

For more details and competition ranking which will be updated each week, please visit: www.ges.com.hk/20170703.


About the First Computational Finance Competition
The First Computational Finance Competition is organized by Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (“GES”) and IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter (“IEEE (HK) CI Chapter”), which invite undergraduates and postgraduates students from renowned universities in Hong Kong to foster the pursuit of algo trading among university students in Hong Kong. It was initiated with the vision to promote the use of Computational Intelligence in the area of finance, identify algo trading talents at top universities and provide top performers with potential career opportunities

About IEEE
The IEEE is the world's largest professional organization dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity, with more than 430,000 members in over 160 countries. Through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers, and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power, and consumer electronics. Learn more at http://www.ieee.org.

About GES
Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (“GES”) is a global leading provider dedicated in financial technologies for more than 10 years. GES empowers financial institutions with algo-trading capability, advanced risk management and FIX bridging solutions. GES fully covers the needs of the on-floor trading and OTC markets, with value-added services ranging from IT technical support, system integration, bespoke software and network infrastructure development to hosting services. With GES technologies, financial institutions are able to overcome the challenges of risk management, position management, liquidity source and trading across different financial instruments in a single platform. GES’s well established partnering with top-tier financial institutions and prime brokerage firms can fulfill customers’ needs of liquidity and market depth. GES ensures the highest level of certainty and satisfaction through comprehensive industry expertise and a deep-set commitment to customers.

For further information, please visit our website: www.ges.com.hk

GES 與 IEEE (HK) CI Chapter 合辦 「第一屆計量金融程式交易擂台」 本港大專學界35個參賽隊伍競逐殊榮

GES 與電機暨電子工程師學會計算智能協會(香港分會)(IEEE (HK) CI Chapter) 合辦的「第一屆計量金融程式交易擂台」正式展開。「第一屆計量金融程式交易擂台」邀請來自香港不同大學的學生及研究生參賽,藉此提升本地學術界對程式交易的興趣及研發交易策略的技術。參賽反應熱烈,多達35個隊伍參賽,參賽者超過60名。參賽隊伍現正如火如荼地進行第一階段比賽,包括編寫參賽程式及進行回溯測試。

參賽者以 GES 提供的 Auton 程式交易平台進行比賽,在第一階段運用平台提供的工具自行編寫交易程式,並以歷史數據進行回溯測試;而第二階段將於73日至811日進行,參賽者需於平台上運行參賽程式,透過真實市場數據進行模擬交易。每隊參賽者的比賽戶口會有一百萬港元的模擬資金,以程式交易投資於50隻香港上市的恒生指數成份股及部分主要指數的差價合約

參賽者有機會贏取高達8,000港元獎金獎品以及6個月免費享用 GES Auton 程式交易平台。比賽結束後,於比賽賬戶內持有「累積最高回報」及「最佳風險調整回報」的參賽者將會勝出。「累積最高回報」及「最佳風險調整回報」均設冠、亞軍各一名,冠軍可獲得港幣3,000元書券及港幣5,000元現金,亞軍可獲得港幣2,000元書券及港幣3,000元現金。比賽亦增設「每週最高回報」獎項,每週淨回報率最高之參賽者(共6週)可獲得港幣300元書券。

IEEE (HK) CI Chapter
主席譚偉略博士表示︰「是次比賽報名踴躍,顯現出本港大學生及研究生對程式交易的興趣,期望參賽同學可透過是次比賽實踐編寫交易策略的技巧,及以真實市場數據進行模擬交易,獲得實踐及活用學術理論的寶貴經驗。」

GES 資深量化工程師蘇劍平先生表示:「很高興『第一屆計量金融程式交易擂台』取得本地大專學界的熱烈迴響。GES作為亞洲地區發展量化金融及程式交易的先驅之一,一直積極推動金融科技於本地金融行業內的應用。憑藉是次比賽,GES 希望可以培訓新一代的本地 FinTech 專才,同時推動香港投資市場的金融科技發展。」 

作為是次比賽的模擬交易平台,GES Auton 是一個多元資產交易平台,支援外匯、貴金屬、差價合約、證券、期貨及期權。其內置的程式交易引擎讓投資者可於交易平台上使用現有的或自行編寫交易策略,同時可透過歷史數據進行回溯測試、以及透過真實市場數據進行未來測試,從而建立最適合自己,獨一無二的交易策略。

比賽詳情及得獎名單會於比賽網站每週更新,歡迎瀏覽網站了解更多:www.ges.com.hk/20170703

關於第一屆計量金融程式交易擂台
第一屆計量金融程式交易擂台由Global eSolutions (HK) Limited ”GES”)與電機暨電子工程師學會計算智能協會(香港分會)(“IEEE (HK) CI Chapter”)聯合舉辦,邀請來自香港知名大學的學生及研究生參賽,以提升學生對程式交易的興趣及研發交易策略的技巧,以及培養香港新一代的程式交易人材。比賽設立的理念包括推廣計算智能 / 程式交易於金融領域的運用、在芸芸頂尖大學學府中尋找並培育程式交易人才、以及為表現優異者提供事業發展機會。

關於IEEE
IEEE是全球最大規模的科技專業組織,在超過160個國家和地區擁有超過430,000位會員,宗旨是促進科技的創新及發展,改善人類生活。通過高引用率出版物、各項會議、技術標準、專業和教育活動,IEEE成為從航太系統、電腦、電信到生物醫學工程、電力、消費電子等廣泛領域的權威組織。欲瞭解更多資訊,請造訪: http://www.ieee.org

關於 GES
Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (GES) ,專注於金融科技軟件的研發已有超過十年歷史,是一間全球領先的金融科技供應商。GES 多年來為金融機構提供程式交易平台、風險管理系統及各類金融訊息交換協議 (FIX) 的橋接解決方案,服務覆蓋場內及場外交易市場的需要,同時為客戶提供各類增值服務包括 IT 技術支持、系統整合、定製軟件、網絡基礎建設及托管服務等。GES 的專業技術及解決方案能讓金融機構克服各種風險管理、倉位管理、流通量需求及多元資產交易需求的挑戰。與此同時,GES 已與多間世界頂級的金融機構成為合作夥伴,為經紀商提供充足的流通量及市場深度,滿足各種交易需要。GES 將以豐富的行業經驗,加上大量的科研投入,於未來持續為金融機構提供最優秀的交易平台及支援服務,時刻保持業界領導地位。

詳情可瀏覽企業網站 www.ges.com.hk