GL TRADE

GL Trade provides software solutions for financial intermediaries and brokerage houses.

GL TRADE S.A. provided software solutions primarily to financial intermediaries and brokerage houses to automate the order flow from client through broker, and then onto back office. It offered an electronic trading and order management software suit, GL STREAM; a network community of financial institutions, GL NET, that offered order routing and financial data; back office tools; market data; and professional services, including consulting, technical support, project management, development support tools, and database administration. GL TRADE was founded by Louis Christophe Laurent and Pierre Gatignol in 1987. The company was acquired by [SunGard](/organization/sungard) in July 2008 and now operates as SunGard's Global Trading segment.