Central Matching Service (CMS)

The central platform offering standardised straight through processing

Equias' Central Matching Service (CMS) is a central platform offering straight through processing to energy trading companies. The CMS is a centralised infrastructure allowing users to connect across the energy trading landscape using a simple interface, connecting the trading systems of organisations to the CMS back-end and allowing access via a web front-end.

The CMS leverages open industry standards in a Software as a Service model, enabling fast implementation and early delivery of benefits.The Equias' CMS provides a single interface to all Equias' products and services, acting as a joint gateway for both brokers and traders to services such as clearing houses and trade repositories.

The CMS delivers:

• a single connection to all counterparties – traders, brokers, exchanges, regulatory trade repositories
• a fully scalable solution, either in terms of users or processes
• a common user interface, allowing users to monitor progress through a single screen
• a secure, reliable multiple user infrastructure, easily enabling intercompany data exchange and single interface management
• cost savings and risk mitigation