Company Profile

Established in 1997, Peresys had a vision to become the leading provider of specialised information technology solutions to the financial services industry. Today, Peresys can ascribe some of the leading buy- and sell-side Financial Market participants as long-standing clients. With a team of highly skilled and experienced individuals, Peresys is ideally positioned to continue delivering value for money, world-class solutions and services to its current and prospective customers.

Through a combination of organic growth and acquisition, Peresys has built up an extensive suite of solutions:

Trading - Peresys offers South African JSE Equities Exchange , South African Futures Exchange, South African Bond Exchange and OTC market participants a variety of ‘off-the-shelf’ and customised trading solutions including an exchange trading front-end and interface, order management, trade capture, DMA and post trade services either onsite or from a secure, hosted environment.

FIX Applications - The Peresys BPN plays host to the latest breed of Peresys FIX related solutions know as the perFIX suite of applications. This suite of applications is deployed in an Application Service Provider (ASP) model. perFIX currently provides solutions across asset classes in the Equity, Equity Derivative and OTC markets. There are perFIX applications in the pre-Trade, Trade and post-Trade reporting areas of the trading life cycle. The ASP model allows maximum flexibility and efficient support and implementation without compromising on quality. Latest technologies are used to constantly improve the user experience. All perFIX solutions, including hub routing, can be accessed via a single physical connection, thus leveraging the investment made by market participants in FIX

Order Routing and Direct Market Access – The Peresys Business Process Network (BPN) offers low cost and efficient delivery of pre- and post trade messages associated with securities transactions covering the full message spectrum from order initiation to contract notes across all asset classes. This is done using the internationally accepted FIX protocol enabling electronic communication between Buy and Sell sides. The Peresys BPN offers unique value in the provision of cross asset class solutions.

Trading Gateway to Africa - The Peresys BPN has grown significantly since inception in 2001, now offering high speed, reliable and cost effective access to the majority of the enabled market participants through its unique connectivity agnostic offering of direct connections in conjunction with strategic partnerships. The Peresys BPN is the partner of choice for wholesale investors seeking electronic access to Africa.

Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) – Leading SLB participants in South Africa use the Peresys SLAMS system to administer their activities. Peresys is also actively involved in automating the SLB pre- and post trade market via the implementation of globally accepted practices and protocols.

Integration – The Peresys team has integrated leading front and back office systems together with automating pre- and post trade processes for numerous investment managers.

Research Dissemination - Among the first solution providers globally to adopt the RiXML research dissemination standard, Peresys is actively involved in promoting and delivering RiXML-based solutions in both South Africa and Europe.

Portfolio Management – The Peresys MAIA system is the leading private client portfolio management solution in South Africa and is used by some of the biggest retail brokers.