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S3 is a full service compliance and trade analytics software company providing simple and elegant solutions to address client needs for regulatory reporting, trade surveillance, and best execution analytics, across multiple asset classes. S3’s robust product suite offers exceptional trading analytics technology, and all-in-one regulatory reporting solutions for U.S. and International financial markets.
Who We Serve
S3 products are used today by many of the world’s largest financial institutions including retail broker-dealers, exchanges, bulge bracket and retail banks, as well as mutual funds.
Our Offering
S3 provides simple and elegant solutions to address our clients’ regulatory needs in trade surveillance, execution quality, and reporting, across multiple asset classes, all in one location.
Regulatory Reporting Suite
Best Execution Trade Analytics
Trade Surveillance
Products & Services
SEC Rule 606 Reporting
SEC Rule 606 Reporting Easily and effectively comply with the 2019 SEC 606 order routing disclosure regulations. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced updates to Rule 606 in an effort to ensure that broker-dealers are acting in the best interest of...
Rule 606(a) Analysis
Rule 606(a) Analysis S3 Rule 606(a) Analysis offers advanced analytics for SEC Rule 606(a) Reports. SEC Rule 606(a) requires broker-dealers to make quarterly reports publicly available, broken down by calendar month, containing certain required information...
Best Execution Analytics
Best Execution Analytics Reporting and trade exception management solutions that optimize trade execution, streamline the search for price improvement and simplify regulatory compliance. S3’s proprietary Best Execution Analytics software provides on-the-spot reporting...
CAT Reporting
CAT Reporting A managed solution which validates exchange files, submits required data to the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), and resolves data problems with individual brokers. On April 20, 2020, industry participants began being required to submit reports in...
Trade Surveillance Suite
Trade Surveillance Suite Monitor trading for a variety of restricted behaviors across multiple asset classes, including market manipulation and other trade-based violations. S3’s Trade Surveillance Suite (TSS) simplifies monitoring for a variety of restricted...
Regulatory Reporting Suite
Advanced analytics tools for SEC Rules 605, 606, 611 and Regulation SHO. Read more about S3's Regulatory Reporting Suite
Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)
Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) Advanced trading analytics functionality, order execution transparency and Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) specifically for institutional clients. S3’s Transaction Cost Analysis Suite offers advanced trading analytics...
Canadian Best Execution Quality Suite
Given varying conditions between the U.S. and Canadian markets, execution considerations become more complicated and change in real time for dual-listed stocks. S3’s Canadian Best Execution Quality Suite keeps traders informed of these shifting circumstances by...
Fixed Income Execution Quality Suite
Order execution transparency and compliance tools for corporate, municipal, and TRACE eligible agency bond trades. Read More About S3's Fixed Income Execution Quality Suite.
S3 Concierge
S3 Concierge S3 Concierge provides clients with a dedicated data expert to produce custom reports from specifically requested data and formatted to preference. With S3 Concierge, our latest service takes our quality data and our industry-leading service a step...
Complex Option Spread Best Execution
S3's Execution Quality for Complex Spreads allows clients to determine and prove how well their complex spreads are being executed. By developing an execution quality system that understands complex orders, S3 is able to show the execution quality of the complete...
Options TCA
Options TCA Unmatched Transaction Cost Analysis and Best Execution Insight for the Options Market S3’s proprietary Options TCA platform enables users to better identify, and achieve, best execution and price improvement on their options orders by analyzing a multitude...
News
STANY Member Spotlight: Mark Davies
This month’s spotlight is on new STANY Associate Member, Mark Davies. Davies is Co-Founder and CEO of S3, a full-service compliance and trade analytics software company that services many of the world’s largest financial institutions and exchanges. S3’s extensive...
S3 Welcomes Sarah Phillips for Marketing and Sales Operations
Austin, TX December 1, 2020 – S3, a leading provider of trade surveillance, analytics, and regulatory reporting technology, today announced the appointment of Sarah Phillips as Vice President of Marketing and Sales Operations. At S3, Phillips will be responsible...
Finops Report: FINRA’s CAT: Customer Account Data Management Challenge
S3 Chief Software Architect Josh Barry speaks with Chris Kentouris at Finops Report, about existing data management challenges with the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). by Chris Kentouris 14 November 2020 Reporting correct customer data for the next phase of the...
S3 Launches Concierge Service for Custom Reports
Press Release S3 Concierge provides clients with a dedicated data expert to produce custom reports from specifically requested data and formatted to preference Austin, Texas, 07 October 2020 –S3, a leading provider of trade surveillance,...
S3 Concierge Launch
Finops Report: CAT: FINRA’s Exams, Deadlines Won’t Be a Virtual Breeze
S3 Chief Software Architect Josh Barry speaks with Chris Kentouris at Finops Report, about existing challenges that exist with the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) ahead of upcoming deadlines. by Chris Kentouris 12 September 2020 Trade compliance, regulatory operations,...
Markets Media: RegTech Q&A with Mark Davies, S3
S3 CEO Mark Davies speaks with Terry Flanagan about the latest regtech updates, SEC Rule 606, and how the S3 team has been operating during the pandemic in the latest Markets Media article by Terry Flanagan 18 August 2020 What has it been like leading S3 through...
S3 Certified for CAT Production by FINRA
Press Release FINRA grants S3 CAT Reporting Agent status augmenting S3’s CAT reporting technology already utilized by several major financial institutions. Austin, TX, 27 April 2020 S3, a leading provider of all-in-one compliance solutions, announced today that...
Traders Magazine: S3’s Davies on SEC Rule 606 Delay
John D'Antona, Editor of Traders Magazine speaks exclusively to S3 CEO Mark Davies on the delay of SEC Rule 606 by John D'Antona 1 April 2020 The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced a change in the amended Rule 606 timeframe. Last week the Securities and Exchange...
Finops Report: New Trade Execution Transparency Tests Data Exchange
S3 CEO Mark Davies discusses the new SEC Rule 606 reporting format and what asset managers can glean from these reports by Chris Kentouris 18 March 2020 Complying with a new US regulatory requirement for brokers to give investors more information on trade routing...