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TNS Launches Managed Hosting & Colocation Access in Madrid

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has launched its Managed Hosting and Colocation offering in Madrid, targeting financial market participants looking to access Spain’s principal stock exchange, Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME). The deployment in Spain becomes TNS’s third Managed Hosting and Colocation venue in mainland Europe, following Frankfurt and Bergamo. The combination of colocation with BME…

Exegy Acquires FPGA Specialist Enyx

Front-office trading solutions vendor Exegy has added to its product portfolio by acquiring Paris-based Enyx, a leading developer of FPGA-based, high-performance trading solutions. Operating as Exegy Inc., the combined company will now offer a product suite that leverages low-latency field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology at all stages of the trading lifecycle. This builds on Exegy’s…

TNS Goes Live with Managed Level 1 Access in Bergamo IT3 Data Centre

Transaction Network Services (TNS), the infrastructure, connectivity, market data and analytic services provider, has leveraged its Layer 1 switching solution to deliver ultra-low latency mutualised market access and network connectivity to the Aruba Global Data Centre IT3 in Bergamo, Italy, in readiness for Euronext’s planned go-live in June. The company has announced that operations now…

LedgerEdge Launches Corporate Bond Trading Platform Built on R3’s Corda DLT

Financial technology vendor LedgerEdge has launched a what it believes is the first regulated corporate bond trading platform built using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the technology that underpins blockchain ecosystems and digital markets. By building an ecosystem using DLT, LedgerEdge aims to modernize institutional-grade trading services and protocols in the $41 trillion global corporate bond…

StoneX Chooses Chronicle FIX Solution for Equities Trading

StoneX Financial – formerly known as INTL FCStone – has selected Chronicle Software, the low-latency microservices and technology solutions provider, to enhance its equities trading performance. In a competitive process to replace its incumbent trading technology, the firm cited speed, flexibility and reliability as the key factors behind the decision to select Chronicle. StoneX provides…

Recorded Webinar: Leveraging cloud as part of your colocation or proximity hosting strategy

As firms assess which elements of the trading workflow can be profitably migrated to cloud environments, ensuring compatibility with colocation and proximity hosting facilities becomes paramount. Practitioners need to take into account data access and security, messaging latency and regulatory considerations around operational resilience and physical location of client data. This webinar will discuss best…

Colt Offers 10 Gbps Connectivity for AWS Clients in APAC

Colt Technology Services has launched its Colt On Demand cloud connectivity to AWS Direct Connect Hosted services, with speeds of up to 10 Gbps, for customers in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Until now, 10 Gbps connectivity was only available on AWS Direct Connect Dedicated services. This enhancement allows customers can now connect directly to…

VendEx Solutions Launches Vendor Gateway to Market Data Platform

Market data administration specialist VendEx Solutions has launched VLink, the latest iteration of its VendEx ecosystem, which aims to create digital connections between market data vendors and financial institutions. Following the launch of its VSource vendor services directory in June last year, VLink is the vendor gateway that enables vendors to highlight and share detailed…

Raiffeissen Bank Deploys Chronicle FIX Solution Across Global ETD Trading Business

Low-latency technology solutions provider Chronicle Software has expanded its footprint at Austrian bank Raiffeisen Bank International. The bank has rolled out Chronicle’s Java-based FIX engine across its complete global ETD workflow, following initial implementation within one of its regional trading centres. For the rollout, Chronicle has given Raffeissen access to the source code, enables a…

IPC Launches Connexus Alpha for Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity

Connectivity solutions provider IPC has expanded its electronic trading portfolio with the launch of Connexus Alpha, which will enable financial markets participants to connect to key global liquidity venues through ultra-low latency optimised point-to-point optical fibre connections. Connexus Alpha, which IPC claims will offer a speed advantage in executing complex trading strategies while reducing the…