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Neovest

Neovest , is a wholly owned but independently operated subsidiary of JP Morgan . To enhance its offering and support its clients , Neovest made an acquisition of investment management platform , LayerOne Financial , in March of 2024 . This led to the creation of the company ’ s new solution , PortfolioOne , which covers the full investment process , empowering clients to monitor portfolios , conduct risk assessments , send orders to their brokers , perform necessary compliance checks , and manage their positions . The platform covers equities , ETFs , listed derivatives , FX and commodities . Elsewhere , in December last year , MAIA Technology and Neovest partnered to create an enhanced joint offering of new execution management capabilities for Fulcrum Asset Management , as Fulcrum ’ s trading desk looked to leverage more derivatives strategies and its execution needs evolved . Of Neovest ’ s approximately 600 buy-side clients using its EMS , 33 responded to this year ’ s survey of which 76 % represented firms with less than $ 10 billion in AUM .

Neovest received an average score of 6.41 this year , representing a 35 basis point increase from its 2023 score of 6.06 and 50 basis points above this year ’ s
survey average of 5.91 . Neovest outperformed the category average in all thirteen areas under review , with the most notable areas of outperformance being overall cost of operation (+ 0.66 ), ease of integration to internal systems (+ 0.64 ), client service personnel (+ 0.62 ) and breadth of asset class coverage (+ 0.54 ). When it came to year-over-year performance , the most significant improvements were in breadth of direct connections to venues (+ 0.57 ), breadth of broker algorithms (+ 0.55 ) and latency (+ 0.47 ). The only area Neovest saw a year-over-year decline was timeliness of updates for broker changes , which only experienced a one point drop from its prior year rating and still outperformed the overall category average of 5.90 . Neovest has continued to focus on expanding its capabilities and allocating resources to further enhance its offering and although respondents gave Neovest high marks , they did have a few requests for additional features and capabilities . Respondent ’ s wish list for additional capabilities included mobile trading features , quicker new development and response to new customer requests , imbedded stock locate features and updated compliance to allow easier restricted list changes .
NEOVEST RATINGS FOR EMS PERFORMANCE
Reliability and availability
Latency
Client service personnel
Ease-ofuse
Handling of new versions / releases
Breadth of broker algorithms
Timeliness of updates for broker changes
FIX capabilities
6.65 6.55 6.63 6.30 6.22 6.56 6.34 6.71
Breadth of asset class coverage
Breadth of direct connections to venues
Product development
Ease of integration to internal systems
Overall cost of operation
Average score
6.29 6.47 5.90 6.34 6.31 6.41
KEY STATS Overall Outperformer : Category Outperformer : X13

6.71

Highest score ( FIX capabilities )

5.90

Lowest score ( product development )

+ 0.57

Most improved ( breadth of direct connections to venues )

-0.01

Least improved ( timeliness of updates for broker changes )
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