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TNS Acquires West Highland Support Services

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Transaction Network Services (TNS) has acquired Danbury, CT-based market data solutions provider West Highland Support Services for an undisclosed sum. The combination of TNS and West Highland services into a single trading infrastructure stack and an integrated offering, will offer connectivity, monitoring and consulting to professional traders, institutions and financial services vendors worldwide.

The acquisition aims to reduce cost and complexity for TNS clients across every element of their market data estate, including hosting, connectivity, middleware distribution, data usage and incident management. All West Highland employees, products and services will integrate into TNS.

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