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Professional Services Application implementation
Standby Services Disaster protection
Back-Office System Financial services, risk management
Trading System Financial services, trading automation

Acme FS Corporation

1920 Park Avenue East
New York, NY 10087-2190
United States
Tel: +1 (212) 281 5400
Fax: +1 (212) 281 5401
E-mail: info@acme.com
Website: http://www.acme.com

Contact: Robert McDonald
Title: Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Tel: +1 (212) 281 5400
E-mail: robert.mcdonald@acme.com

 

 
 

 

 
 

Company overview

 
   
  Acme is a leading provider of trading automation software for capital markets and security exchanges. The company's products and services enable financial institutions to leverage information technology to cut operating costs, reduce risk, and embrace timely market opportunities.

Acme has more than 25 years of experience implementing technology solutions. Customers of Acme include stock exchanges, options and futures exchanges, debt markets, banks, and securities brokers.

Partner type: Independent software vendor (ISV)
Industries served: Financial services
Sales and support areas: Worldwide
Quality accreditation: ISO 9000
Year established: 1975
Number of employees: 140,000
Annual revenue: US$53.3 million
NYSE ticker symbol: SACO

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Service offering: Professional Services

 
   
 
Service offering:
Professional Services
Standby Services
 
 

Acme provides the services, resources, and commitment needed to support the mission-critical operations of leading securities exchanges and brokerage firms. With experience in both financial services and technology, Acme understands customers' needs and can address their total processing requirements.

Services include:
Implementation support — provides a smooth conversion to the Trading System and the Back-Office System (see product descriptions below), including expertise on multiple conversions and other unique requirements
Account management — coordinates all service needs and helps customer's plan for business changes
Professional services — develops specialized functionality to meet customers' needs and offers a dedicated-team option
User training — conducts training on functional and technical levels to ensure immediate user productivity
Product support — provides day-to-day support, including product experts for specific Trading System and Back-Office System capabilities

Operating environments supported:
Microsoft Windows
Linux
UNIX

For more information:
Contact: Martin Burns
Title: Director of Professional Services
Location: United States
Tel: +1 (212) 281 5400
E-mail: martin.burns@acme.com

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Service offering: Standby Services

 
   
 
Service offering:
Professional Services
Standby Services
 
 

Acme provides commercial hot-site business continuity services on a subscription basis. The hot site is available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, and is backed by a dedicated technical support and operations staff. Housed in a secure data center, Acme Services is the perfect complement to your disaster recovery plan. With Acme Standby Services, you are ensured up-to-date contingency planning, hot-site and network recovery, work-area solutions for critical business functions, long-term recovery through cold-site facilities, and emergency equipment sourcing.

Operating environments supported:
Microsoft Windows
Linux
UNIX

For more information:
Contact: John Q. Smith
Title: Director of Outsourcing Services
Location: United States
Tel: +1 (212) 281 5400
E-mail: john.smith@acme.com

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Product name: Back-Office System

 
   
 
Product name:
Back-Office System
Trading System
 
 

First released in 1999, the Back-Office System is an integrated real-time system for securities transaction processing that automates the areas of sales support, trading, account maintenance, clearance, tax and regulatory reporting, accounting, and clearing and settlement. The system processes all currencies and all securities—including equities, annuities, fixed-income, international securities, and more—on a single platform. Based on more than 18 years of experience and partnerships with industry leaders, the system supports full-service retail firms, institutional broker/dealers, discount brokerage firms, correspondent clearing firms, electronic communications networks (ECNs), and online trading firms in U.S. domestic and international markets.

Key capabilities:
Eliminates the need to download and reconcile transaction data on disparate systems, saving time and reducing transaction costs
Enables continuous, real-time data replication of account balances and portfolio information
Grows with the business to accommodate increasing transaction volumes and the rising expectations of customers
Eliminates paper bottlenecks and reduces manual and redundant tasks
Helps to manage risk, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction

Operating environments supported:
Microsoft Windows
Linux
UNIX

For more information
Contact: Joseph Jones
Title: Director of Sales
Location: United States
Tel: +1 (212) 281 5432
E-mail: joseph.jones@acme.com

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Product name: Trading System

 
   
 
Product name:
Back-Office System
Trading System
 
 

First released in 2001, the Trading System provides front-office support for stocks, bonds, commodities, and foreign exchange transactions. The Trading System addresses the needs of brokerage firms, banks, and investment management companies.

Key features:
Real-time pricing
Position monitoring and analysis
Browser-based contact and portfolio management capabilities
Seamless integration with the Back-Office System (see product description above)

The real-time, straight-through processing environment enabled by the integration of the Trading System with the Back-Office System enables brokers, traders, and operations personnel to all see the exact same information every moment of the day—improving risk management and reducing errors. In addition, the use of advanced workstations and distributed processing architectures provide faster trade execution, while helping to lower operational and data communications costs.

Operating environments supported:
Microsoft Windows
Linux
UNIX

For more information
Contact: Joseph Jones
Title: Director of Sales
Location: United States
Tel: +1 (212) 281 5432
E-mail: joseph.jones@acme.com

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Additional locations

 
   
 

Acme FS, Asia-Pacific Operations
Master Estate, 5th Floor
25 Tumkur Road
Bombay 400 021
India
Tel: +91 (22) 881 4827
Fax: +91 (22) 881 4829
E-mail: info@acme.com
Website: http://www.acme.com

Contact: Mr. Livleen Ramal
Title: Senior Vice President of Development
Tel: +91 (22) 881 4824
E-mail: livleen.ramal@acme.com

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Distributors

 
   
 

European Trading Solutions (ETS) A/S
Contact: Anton Ulander
Rivierstaete Amsteldijk 355
1079 LH Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (20) 443 9102
Fax: +31 (20) 443 6974
E-mail: aulander@ets.com
Website: http://www.ets.com
Territory: Europe
Products distributed: all

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