Horizon Software, the leading provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology to the world’s exchanges, banks, brokers and fund managers, today announced that it has been shortlisted for Best Trading System by the FStech Awards 2017. Winners will be announced during a ceremony to be held on March 23rd at the London Mariott Hotel, Mayfair.

“We are very pleased to be shortlisted for the FStech Awards,” commented Sylvain Thieullent, CEO of Horizon Software. “This peer group acknowledgement of our innovation is a tremendous start to the year for us. We take great pride in our unique ‘Trade Your Way’ approach and continue to ensure that we develop and deliver the best system possible for all our clients. We just took home a Trading System of the Year award and winning the FStech one would be yet another fantastic recognition of our team’s commitment to excellence.”

Horizon’s Platform was shortlisted by the prestigious FStech jury for its flexible and robust high-frequency and algorithmic trading solution, which enables financial institutions to develop and deploy proprietary algorithmic trading strategies.  

Now in their 17th year, the FStech Awards recognise excellence and innovation in the field of information technology within the UK and EMEA financial services sector. Winning entries will come from financial services institutions and technology suppliers who are leading the way in such areas as compliance, systems integration, outsourcing and data governance.