Connectivity & Trading Network
Modern Trade Connectivity Network for Firms Ready to Expand Their Enterprise with Control
In an increasingly volatile and changing market, you need to deliver operational alpha and simplify operations.
Flyer Trading Network (FTN) connects your firm to hundreds of brokers, custodians, and counterparties through a single, cloud-native platform—so you can trade across multiple custodians/brokers, asset classes, and workflows without adding complexity.
The Challenge for Today’s IBDs, Enterprise RIAs and Asset Managers
You're Managing Complexity with Tools That Weren’t Built for It
As assets, advisors, and custodians multiply, siloed systems slow down execution, increase operational risk, and create compliance headaches.
You’re Being Forced into All-or-Nothing Tech Decisions
Most platforms demand full adoption—leaving you locked into rigid tools that don’t flex with your firm’s evolving needs.
Legacy Infrastructure Is Dragging You Down
Waiting hours (or days) to execute trades, dealing with error-prone manual processes, and struggling to scale? That’s not a trading solution—it’s a roadblock.
Enter the Flyer Trading Network (FTN)
FTN combines trading infrastructure with a connected ecosystem — giving firms the ability to scale, maintain control, and modernize without disruption.
Solve Real Problems with FTN
Trade Everywhere Without Rebuilding Anything
Your trading ecosystem should help you grow, not the other way around. FTN integrates directly into your current infrastructure via open APIs—no replatforming, no disruption. Whether you need to support advisor-led trading, centralized desks, or both, FTN fits around your operations—not the other way around.
Explore Seamless Connectivity
Flyer was the only solution we found that let us scale trading without rebuilding our stack.”
CTO, $15B RIA
Unify Your Trading
Operations, Front-to-Back
FTN delivers operational alpha by connecting the needs of advisors, traders, compliance officers, and operations teams—reducing errors and accelerating execution.
Learn more about centralized trading
With FTN, we finally got our advisors, traders, and compliance team working from the same playbook.”
COO, National Independent Broker-Dealer
Gain Reliability,
Security & Scale
Trade without limits on a cloud-native network built for scale, speed, and security. FTN delivers 99.99% uptime and auto-scaling performance so you never miss a market moment.
Explore FTNs Capacity
We process all of our daily trades with zero downtime—FTN gives us confidence to grow without worrying about the pipes.”
Head of Trading, Independent Broker-Dealer
How FTN Works for You
One Integration point, Many Destinations
Trade equities, ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, options and more—via a single interface, FTN provides thousands of connections to custodians, brokers, and venues.
Pre-, Post-, and Real-Time Execution
Manage the full trade lifecycle in real time with pre-trade checks, automated order routing, allocations, and post-trade compliance.
Fits Into Your Workflow, Not Against It
FTN is platform-agnostic. Whether you use Flyer’s Co-Pilot or your own PMS/OMS, we plug in where needed and get out of your way.
FTN Is Built For The Wealth and Asset Management Community
For Independent Broker-Dealers
Support thousands of advisors with complex books across multiple custodians—without hiring an army of ops staff. FTN gives you the automation, control, and flexibility to grow AUM while maintaining compliance and efficiency.
For Enterprise RIAs
When scale meets sophistication, legacy tools break down. FTN lets you centralize trading, control risk, and streamline operations across advisor teams—without rebuilding your entire architecture.
For Asset Managers
Managing diverse strategies across multiple counterparties shouldn’t mean juggling fragmented systems and manual workflows. FTN gives asset managers the scale, speed, and connectivity to execute across markets with confidence—while reducing operational drag. Automate allocations, streamline compliance, and trade multi-asset portfolios through one connected network that adapts as strategies evolve.
FTN lets us expand into new asset classes and custodians without a tech rebuild—it’s a game-changer for efficiency.”
Portfolio Manager, $25B Asset Manager
A Scalable Network That Connects the Entire Advisor Trading Ecosystem
Making it Effortless to Trade with Your Custodians and Brokers
Every day, platforms powered by FTN manage thousands of advisor trades—routing, allocating, and reconciling across the industry’s top custodians and brokers. No manual lift. No system rework.
Flyer Trading Network FAQ
Flyer Trading Network provides cloud-based FIX connectivity that centralizes broker and execution venue connections into a single managed infrastructure. These FAQs explain how managed FIX trading networks support execution performance and scalability.
What is a FIX trading network?
A FIX trading network is secure trading infrastructure that connects investment and asset managers, RIAs, broker-dealers, custodians, and liquidity venues using the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol. It supports real-time FIX connectivity, order routing, trade execution, multi-custodian allocations, and post-trade processing across counterparties, helping firms manage the trade lifecycle through standardized electronic communication while maintaining performance, security, and operational control.
How does Flyer Trading Network improve trade connectivity?
Flyer Trading Network (FTN) is a multi-custodian trading network that centralizes broker, custodian, and execution venue connections within one managed, cloud-based system. FTN transmits and receives data through FIX, APIs, and files, then normalizes that information for easy access. Instead of maintaining multiple point-to-point FIX connections, firms can simplify broker onboarding, automate FIX order routing, and gain consistent visibility across execution workflows. This broker-neutral approach helps trading operations scale across counterparties without continually rebuilding connectivity infrastructure.
Who should use a centralized trading connectivity network?
Enterprise RIAs, investment and asset managers, broker-dealers, and outsourced trading desks use centralized trading connectivity networks to manage complex workflows across multiple brokers, custodians, and venues. Firms can use centralized connectivity to simplify broker onboarding, support multi-asset trading across equities, ETFs, options, and alternative assets, improve execution monitoring, reduce operational risk, and expand their trading ecosystem without adding separate infrastructure for every new connection. Firms that want to outsource their FIX needs entirely can do so through Flyer Financial’s FTN Managed Service.
What are the benefits of cloud-based trading connectivity?
Cloud-based trading connectivity gives firms scalable, hybrid infrastructure with direct, resilient connections to brokers and custodians. Built-in redundancy across multiple datacenters supports 24/7 trading access to brokers, custodians, and execution venues, without the fragmented on-premise or point-to-point infrastructure that limits many firms. With Flyer Trading Network (FTN), firms can expand into additional counterparties and asset classes while supporting reliable FIX connectivity, order routing, trade execution, and post-trade workflows. Cloud-native infrastructure also helps trading operations scale without continually re-architecting the technology stack.
How does FIX order routing work within Flyer Trading Network (FTN)?
Flyer Trading Network centralizes FIX order routing across connected brokers, custodians, and execution venues. Orders can move from a firm’s PMS or OMS through FTN to the appropriate destination while execution and allocation information flows back through the connected workflow. This reduces reliance on separate point-to-point connections and supports more consistent execution, monitoring, and post-trade processing across counterparties.
Can Flyer Trading Network connect with an existing OMS or PMS?
Yes. Flyer Trading Network is platform-agnostic. It connects natively with Flyer’s Co-Pilot OMS and integrates directly with a firm’s existing order management system (OMS) and some portfolio management systems (PMS). Through FIX and API connectivity, firms can connect existing trading workflows to brokers, custodians, and execution venues without replacing their core technology stack, helping them modernize connectivity while preserving established operating processes.
How does FTN support the trade lifecycle from execution through allocation?
FTN supports connected trading workflows across order routing, execution, trade allocation, and post-trade processing. By centralizing connections between trading systems, brokers, custodians, and venues, FTN helps firms reduce manual handoffs and maintain consistent information throughout the trade lifecycle. Advisors, traders, compliance teams, and operations teams all work from the same connected infrastructure instead of fragmented systems.
What is the difference between a managed FIX network and point-to-point FIX connectivity?
Point-to-point FIX connectivity requires firms to build and maintain individual connections with each broker or trading destination. A managed FIX network replaces the point-to-point model with a single connectivity layer that centralizes those connections within shared infrastructure. Flyer Trading Network gives firms access to a broad broker, custodian, and venue ecosystem through this layer, reducing integration complexity as trading relationships, asset classes, and workflows expand.
What is a multi-custodian trading network?
A multi-custodian trading network is infrastructure that connects a firm to multiple custodians, brokers, and execution venues through one centralized platform instead of separate individual connections. Flyer Trading Network delivers this through cloud-based FIX and API connectivity, giving firms consistent visibility and control across every custodial relationship without rebuilding connectivity for each new counterparty.
What is the difference between a trading network and an order management system?
A trading network and an order management system serve different functions in the trading workflow. An order management system, like Flyer’s Co-Pilot OMS, manages the creation, tracking, and lifecycle of orders within a firm. A trading network, like Flyer Trading Network, provides the connectivity layer that routes orders to brokers, custodians, and execution venues through FIX and API connections. FTN integrates directly with Co-Pilot OMS or a firm’s existing OMS or PMS.
Can FTN connect brokers, custodians, and trading systems through both FIX and APIs?
Yes. Flyer Trading Network connects brokers, custodians, and trading systems through both FIX and API connectivity. The dual approach lets firms maintain established FIX-based workflows while also supporting API-driven integrations, giving trading, operations, and technology teams flexibility in how they connect to the network.
Ready to Modernize, Without the Mess?
You no longer have to choose between control and innovation. Flyer Trading Network gives you both—scalable, modern trading infrastructure designed for firms that demand flexibility, independence, and growth.
Ready to Modernize, Without the Mess?
We connect to hundreds of counterparties across the industry. Tell us who you need connectivity with and your current tech stack. Our integration team will provide a Custom Connectivity Audit—detailing exactly what’s supported today, what’s in our pipeline, and what we can custom-build for you.
