Ho Chi Minh City Securities chooses Horizon for warrants, futures, ETF market making & institutional trading

10^th April 2018, Paris, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh: Horizon Software (Horizon), the leading global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, today announced its partnership with Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corporation (HSC), a leading and award-winning securities brokerage and equities firm in Vietnam. With increasingly sophisticated trading strategies, HSC chooses Horizon for trading warrants, futures and ETF market making, as well as institutional care orders execution.

Ekaluck Chaiyaporn, Horizon’s ASEAN Sales Director, said: “HSC is our first customer based in Ho Chi Minh City and we are looking forward to broadening our relationship, as we explore a new region. Clients have been quick to see the competitive potential of Horizon’s Market Making strategy; it is allowing us and our clients to adapt to the ever-evolving needs of the market and the special trading requirements of the region. We are very excited that we have been chosen by a true leader in the market, one of the largest securities companies in Vietnam, with a solid financial base and stable investment capacity.

Trinh Hoai Giang, HSC’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, said: “Horizon’s technology allows us to take advantage of shifting markets, adapt quickly in an innovative industry, and to develop and update our products for our valued customers. Their platform creates the difference that enables us to build systematic trading strategies. A comprehensive offer providing a platform that can simultaneously cover a wide range of business, and has proven to be successful for Warrants, Futures and ETF Market Making in the APAC Region.”

Doan Chi Trung, IT Director at HSC, further commented: “Our mutual trust and drive for excellence continues to grow on our journey of strategic partnership with Horizon. We look forward to expanding our platform usage for Institutional OMS in the future as well. HSC’s aim is to continuously develop our business and to have full range of financial services with solid systems.”

Established in 2003, HSC’s continuous growth in both capital and business scale has made it one of the leading securities and financial services firms in Vietnam with the largest market share nationwide. HSC offers a full suite of services and financial products to private and institutional clients, providing professional investment advisory services backed by solid, trusted, award winning research.