| 1. |
You like paying more for less. |
| 2. |
You like to administer (and pay for) multiple “mission-critical” systems for direct market access, order routing/trade execution (DMA/EMS), order management (OMS), risk management, and the assortment of mid and back-office applications that address your needs i.e. multi-custodian allocation, internal accounting/bookkeeping, compliance reporting, CSAs, TCAs. |
| 3. |
You like that your internal staff spends your valuable time manually “drop-copying” trade-related data across various software applications—when they could be more productive focusing on revenue-related tasks. |
| 4. |
You have absolutely no need for an objective trading technology expert who understands your business better than many of your own employees; one whose only agenda is to help streamline your business processes efficiently and cost-effectively. At no additional cost. |
| 5. |
You have no fiduciary obligations and don’t care that you might be captive to a particular broker’s technology vs. using a broker-neutral system. |
| 6. |
You would rather continuously fight with your current vendors than switch to one who truly appreciates your culture and your business needs. |
