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[ S U R V E Y | E X E C U T I O N M A N A G E M E N T S Y S T E M S ] Instinet Newport For the third year running, Instinet Newport record- Reliability and Availability ed the highest average score for all major providers Latency profiled in the survey, although this did decrease slightly Service year-on-year, from 6.19 in 2017 to 6.06 in this Client Personnel year’s survey. The firm was one of only two major Ease-of-Use providers to break the 6.0 mark for its overall average. Handling of New Versions/Releases Instinet Newport saw a decreased number of respon- dents in this year’s survey, with respondents down Breadth of Broker Algorithms 28% year-on-year. Timeliness of Updates Broker Changes Instinet outperformed the for survey average in all 13 FIX Capabilities categories reviewed, recording the highest scores of all the major providers in this year’s survey for its Breadth of Asset Class Coverage reliability and availability, latency, client service per- Breadth of Direct Connections to changes, Venues FIX sonnel, timeliness of updates for broker Product Development connectivity, breadth of direct connections to venues, and overall cost of operations. The firm also recorded Ease of Integration to Internal Systems improvement for its breadth of asset class coverage, Overall Cost of Operation 2018 2017 5.92 6.2 which increased 0.32 year-on-year, although respon- 6.62 6.72 dents weren’t too impressed with its ability to handle 6.21 new versions/releases, as 6.29 the firm’s score dropped by 0.41 year-on-year. 6.57 6.62 Respondents for Instinet came primarily from the 6.12 mid-to-large AuM range, 6.37 with around three-quar- 5.74 located 6.15 ters of respondents in the United States. Around half of respondents used Instinet to trade 6.23 6.41 listed derivatives, while only a few respondents said 5.99 they used the system for 6.27 either foreign exchange or 6.36 6.44 were no respondents fixed income activity. There for Instinet 5.56 that indicated they were planning to 5.24 adopt other EMS providers in the next 12 months, 6.01 suggesting 6.06 that Instinet has cultivated a dedicated 5.59 5.73 Instinet should be and satisfied user base, although wary of complacency given the saturated nature of 5.85 5.98 the EMS space. 6.62 6.72 Reliability and Availabili ty 6.21 6.29 Latency 6.57 6.62 Client Service Pers onnel 6.12 Eas e-of-Use 5.74 Handling of New Versions/Releases 6.15 6.23 6.41 Breadth of Broker Al gorithms 5.99 Timeliness of Updates for Broker Changes 6.27 6.36 6.44 FIX Capabiliti es Breadth of Asset Class Coverage 5.24 5.56 6.06 6.01 Breadth of Direc t Connec tions to Venues 5.59 5.73 Product D evelopment 5.85 5.98 Eas e of Integration to Internal Sys tems 5.92 Overall Cost of Operation 0.00 1.0 0 2.00 3.00 20 18 72 // TheTrade // Autumn 2018 6.37 20 17 4.0 0 5.00 6.0 0 6.2 7.00