Hermes API's

API for Orders and Executions (Private information)

Hermes connect provides an open API to the trading services of Hermes SETS solution. This API enables the broker to run external trading applications without the need to write directly to the exchange specified API. Benefits include:

• Open API - The API is accessible via Microsoft SQL stored procedures.
• Persistence and queuing - With Talaria DB on top of Microsoft's SQL technology the solution is able to provide the intersession persistence of orders and trades, obviating the need for the client application to perform this role.
• Supports the full range of message types required to effectively trade on JSE SETS.
• Reduced Exchange dependency - Exchanges tend to adapt their trading practices and API's. The Talaria DB can buffer a broker from all but the most fundamental of changes.
• Clients can also integrate Talaria DB into in-house systems such as Risk Management, Surveillance, Management reporting and private client trading.

Public API

Hermes data monitors and persists all broadcast message flows from the exchange, and as such provides an interface that allows developers to gain access to public information contained in the API for use in third-party applications and websites.

Peresys offers a comprehensive FIX environment with services and solutions for the most advanced FIX compliant organisation as well as institutions and brokers new to the FIX family, concepts and benefits.

Peresys currently facilitates order routing into the South African equity market using the FIX protocol through the perFIX hub and network for over thirty buy and sell side participants. These participants are based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, Paris, and New York, to mention major centres, and growing steadily.

The perFIX order routing solution has been up and running since April 2003, and messages supported include indications of Interest, orders, notice of execution, done for day, allocations and off market trade reporting. Order Routing services are available to clients with their own FIX compliant Order management Systems or via perFIX trader, a hosted Execution Management System (EMS) provided by Peresys.

Similarly perFIX DMA facilitates any combination of FIX compliant front-end trading system and broker OMS, as well as the optional perFIX trader EMS provided by Peresys.

Where a client's OMS is not FIX enabled, Peresys offers a FIX enabling service via the implementation of an application FIX engine (AFE) in a hosted or on-site implementation.

A key differentiator of the perFIX solution is an optional translation service inside the perFIX hub, which enables clients to outsource the conversion of FIX message between the different versions of FIX where messaging counterparties comply with different versions of the protocol or nuances thereof.

perFIX trader is the next generation execution management system (EMS) for buy side and sell side clients. It is an instant off-the-shelf FIX compliant EMS for equity DMA, order routing and equity derivative trade reporting. Using the latest technologies this sophisticated EMS is hosted in the Peresys BPN (Business Process Network) and requires no software installation, simply login and trade.

• Top line watch list and market depth for equity instruments
• DMA, order routing and single stock future pricing and reporting
• Historical trade reporting. All history stored and available
• Import orders from a spreadsheet
• Export orders for allocation, reporting and reconciliation
• Smooth update technology, with custom time intervals for order status
• Alerts ticker for notice of execution, cancels, amends, etc…
• Ability to add, edit, cancel orders. Fill orders, price single stock futures and report them automatically from a filled equity order