MINNEAPOLIS, May 16th – The
Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) and Rolfe & Nolan Systems Inc. today
announced order routing connectivity to the MGEX for Rolfe & Nolan clients
Frontier Futures, Inc. and ADM Investor Services, Inc. The announcement comes on
the heels of a recent agreement between Rolfe & Nolan and MGEX, which
supplies licensing of MGEXpress®, the MGEX electronic trading platform, to Rolfe
& Nolan`s entire RANorder client base for no license or installation fees.
RANorder is Rolfe & Nolan`s fully automated white label order entry and
management system supporting retail and professional trade entry, pre-trade
order risk control, and transaction routing to open outcry and electronic
markets.
“Rolfe & Nolan and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange provided us a smooth,
cost-effective entry into the MGEX electronic trading environment,” said Ted
Johnson, compliance director for Frontier Futures, Inc., which purchased the
RANorder system in November of 2002. “For companies of modest size like ours, it
means a lot to be able to stay up-to-date with the most current exchange APIs
without the burden of additional licensing fees.”
“Our ASP business model is designed to provide the latest exchange interfaces
to our clients for the least possible cost,” said Jim Birney, chief financial
officer at Rolfe & Nolan Systems Inc. “Our agreement with the Minneapolis
Grain Exchange puts that philosophy into practice. Rolfe & Nolan is the
first solution provider to write to the Minneapolis Exchange API, and has done
so with no new costs to clients.”