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FlexTrade Certifies with IHS Markit thinkFolio

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FlexTrade, a global provider of cross-asset execution and order management systems, has extended the integration of FlexTRADER, its broker-neutral execution management system, with IHS Markit’s cross-asset investment management platform, thinkFolio. The combination of execution and order management system space expertise will provide improved global cross-asset trading capabilities across the trading lifecycle. “A certified interface between thinkFolio and FlexTRADER creates the best of both worlds for us at Barings, by giving us the ability to trade in a seamless manner,” said Louisa Paul, Head of Equity Dealing at Baring Asset Management.

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