Rival Systems - WatersTechnology's Best Buy Side OMS 2025
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CHICAGO - illiNews -- Rival Systems, a leading provider of trading and risk management technology, announced that its multi-asset platform, Rival One, has been named "Best Buy-Side Order Management System (OMS)" at WatersTechnology's 2025 Buy-Side Technology Awards. This marks the second consecutive year Rival has earned the distinction, highlighting its continued innovation and focus on delivering advanced, trader-driven solutions for the buy side.

Built for speed, scalability, and simplicity, Rival One allows firms to trade equities, futures, options, and crypto from a single, cloud-based system. Developed in close collaboration with active traders, the platform eliminates multiple front ends, streamlining operations, reducing technology overhead, and improving performance and transparency across markets.

"Winning this award two years in a row demonstrates how Rival One continues to transform the way trading firms operate," said Rob D'Arco, CEO of Rival Systems. "Our goal has always been to build technology that adapts to the trader—not the other way around. This recognition reinforces our vision to deliver intuitive tools that help firms thrive in dynamic markets."

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Recent Platform Enhancements

Rival continues to evolve Rival One to meet the changing needs of buy-side firms. Key recent milestones include:

• Expanded integrations with Instinet, Lightspeed, Trafix, Marex, and Wedbush for greater execution flexibility and liquidity access.
• Depth Ticket for intuitive, securities-focused order entry.
• Proprietary options algorithms delivering faster, more controlled multi-leg execution.
• Auto-spreading across equities, options, and futures for improved efficiency.
• New WebSocket API offering automation, normalized market data, and real-time risk analysis.

These updates reinforce Rival One's position as a unified platform that combines OMS and EMS functionality with built-in risk, compliance, and performance analytics.

Earlier this year, Rival announced a strategic partnership with Wedbush Securities, one of the largest full-service investment firms in the U.S. The partnership expands Rival's reach and provides Wedbush's institutional and professional clients with access to Rival One's high-performance, multi-asset trading capabilities.

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Rival Systems' recognition follows the continued success of Rival Risk, which earned the Waters Rankings title of Best Market Risk Solution Provider for three consecutive years (2022–2024).

About Rival Systems

Founded in 2015, Rival Systems delivers an integrated suite of enterprise trading and risk management solutions built on ultra-low-latency architecture. Its technology spans market data feed handlers, multi-asset trading tools, enterprise risk systems, and open APIs for algorithmic development—empowering firms to operate with greater speed, efficiency, and insight.

Visit RivalSystems.com (https://www.rivalsystems.com) to learn more.