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Higo Bank Selects Tora EMS for Equities Trading

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Tora, the order and execution management system vendor recently acquired by London Stock Exchange Group, has been selected by Higo Bank to upgrade their electronic equity trading operations. Higo cited Tora’s Japanese GUI, trade management and position monitoring tools, and a compliance engine set up for Japanese market regulations as key selection criteria. Higo was also keen to invest in a hosted environment platform to reduce their initial IT cost overhead, according to the company.

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