Waypoint Trading Solutions Enables Day-One Connectivity to Texas Stock Exchange

Waypoint Trading Solutions, a TNS business, has announced it will provide immediate connectivity to the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) from its launch day. This addition allows Waypoint clients to access the new platform alongside other exchanges and alternative trading systems, including all 22 US equities venues and overnight markets. Headquartered in Dallas, TXSE is a fully electronic national securities exchange backed by major global financial institutions, aimed at expanding access to US equity capital markets.

The integration leverages Waypoint’s established infrastructure, which is designed to streamline and secure global trading environments. The company’s capabilities are delivered through three core service areas: Radianz, which operates the world’s largest financial extranet for global connectivity; Xpress, a managed low-latency platform for high-performance market access; and Sentinel, a fully managed service supporting large-scale, complex market data operations.

Avelacom Completes Network Optimisations for Low-Latency Trading from Shanghai

Avelacom has completed a series of network optimisations from the Shanghai Tonglian Data Centre, to improve connectivity between Shanghai and major global financial hubs, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, and Chicago.

The newly optimised routes deliver round-trip delays of under 16.5 milliseconds to Hong Kong, less than 50 milliseconds to Singapore, and under 24 milliseconds to Tokyo, which also supports onward connectivity to CME Group markets. These improvements facilitate latency-sensitive trading strategies, including onshore and offshore China trading, FTSE China A50 trading, and cross-market commodities trading between global derivatives markets.

As Shanghai maintains a key role in Asian trading infrastructure, these network upgrades address the growing demand from trading firms requiring deterministic, low-latency connectivity to deploy cross-market and cross-region strategies.

GTN and Koscom Partner to Build Global Order Hub for Korean Securities Firms

Global fintech provider GTN has signed an agreement with Koscom, the IT infrastructure provider for Korea’s capital markets, to develop a ‘Global Order Hub’. Signed on 16 June in Seoul, the partnership creates a next-generation order-routing infrastructure, offering Korean securities firms a single gateway to international markets. Under the deal, GTN will act as a single counterparty providing market access, while Koscom will deliver the underlying infrastructure.

Koscom, which is majority-owned by the Korea Exchange, the Korea Securities Depository, and local securities firms, selected GTN due to its multi-asset coverage and institutional network. Alongside this agreement, Koscom and GTN have signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean fintech QV Labs Inc. This separate collaboration aims to introduce value-added services, including global investment data for local investors and transaction cost analysis for overseas orders.

The agreement further expands GTN’s footprint in the Asia-Pacific region. It follows the firm securing a Type 1 licence from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission in March 2026, establishing a regional dual-hub alongside its existing operations in Singapore.

Mackenzie Investments Implements Bloomberg Multi-Asset Class Factor Model

Mackenzie Investments, a Canadian investment firm managing approximately $265 billion in assets, has adopted Bloomberg’s Multi-Asset Class Factor Model (MAC3). The implementation aims to strengthen the firm’s portfolio risk forecasting, factor exposure analysis, and fixed-income portfolio construction. MAC3 provides a unified view of factor exposures across equities, fixed income, commodities, and alternatives.

By adopting MAC3, Mackenzie Investments enhances its ability to identify factor-driven risks, detect unintended exposures from allocation shifts, and conduct forward-looking risk forecasting. The system also supports systematic back-testing, quantitative strategy validation, and portfolio optimization. Calculated daily across more than 3,000 factors, the model delivers precise forecasting and integrates smoothly into Mackenzie’s existing technology infrastructure via machine-readable formats and APIs.

The adoption builds on Mackenzie Investments’ existing relationship with Bloomberg. The firm already utilizes Bloomberg AIM for order management, Bloomberg PORT Enterprise for portfolio analytics, Bloomberg’s ESG Manager for data management, and Bloomberg Indices as benchmarks for its fixed-income funds.

AIQ Markets and MarketAxess Partner to Launch AIQ Insight for Fixed-Income Traders

New York-based AIQ Markets has partnered with electronic trading platform MarketAxess to develop AIQ Insight, an AI-native tool specifically designed to help fixed-income traders and portfolio managers analyse U.S. corporate bond market data and analytics more efficiently.

The platform allows users to search bond data, evaluate relative value, and build portfolios using natural language queries. To securely support investment decisions, the tool provides auditable answers backed by transparent data sourcing and strict governance controls.

As part of the collaboration, MarketAxess is piloting an exclusive version of the tool that integrates its own proprietary data feeds, including CP+ pricing information and Tradability scores. The launch signals an initial step in AIQ Markets’ broader strategy to deploy practical AI technologies that meet the increasing demand for efficiency and transparency in the fixed-income sector.

Trading Technologies and ICE Data Services Partner to Enhance Fixed Income EMS

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) has entered into an agreement with ICE Data Services, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), to integrate ICE’s foundational evaluated prices and reference data into its new buy-side Fixed Income execution management system (EMS). As part of the partnership, TT will also offer its clients access to ICE’s Continuously Evaluated Price (CEP) market data feed

The new buy-side fixed income EMS is scheduled to launch later this year. Built natively within the TT multi-asset platform, the system will initially focus on USD Rates and Credit products. This integration enables clients to use their existing trading widgets and post-trade services, which are already established for futures, options, and foreign exchange (FX) markets.

Iress Secures Multi-Year Partnership with UAE Trading Platform BitDelta Pro

Iress has established a multi-year partnership with the United Arab Emirates-based multi-asset trading platform, BitDelta Pro. The agreement extends Iress’s existing trading and market data capabilities across high-growth international financial markets.

As part of the collaboration, BitDelta Pro will adopt Iress’s complete trading and market data suite. The technology integration includes platforms such as ViewPoint, Iress Pro, and IOS+, alongside FIX connectivity and application programming interfaces (APIs). Providing this infrastructure will directly support BitDelta Pro’s strategic business expansion into equities and contracts for difference (CFDs).

Furthermore, BitDelta Pro will utilise Iress’s API and FIX infrastructure to connect its front-end trading systems directly to its back-office operations. Linking these critical technical systems will enable the platform to process scalable, multi-asset execution efficiently.

Integral and StoneX Expand Partnership to Boost APAC Trading Infrastructure

Integral, the currency technology provider, has extended its long-term partnership with global financial services firm StoneX Group Inc. The collaboration establishes connectivity at the Equinix SG1 data facility in Singapore, a move designed to strengthen StoneX’s capabilities and client service across the Asia-Pacific region.

The localised deployment will allow StoneX to lower latency and enhance trading efficiency for its clients. By utilising Integral’s expanded presence at the SG1 hub, StoneX can directly access liquidity in foreign exchange and precious metals, eliminating the cross-region lag associated with its existing setups in New York and London.

This infrastructure expansion aligns with Singapore’s position as a major global financial hub experiencing a rise in regional trading volumes. To accommodate this growing demand, Integral has recently tripled its capacity at the SG1 facility, where it now processes more than one million tickets every day.

Waypoint Trading Solutions Expands European Footprint with Launch in Equinix MD6 Data Centre

Waypoint Trading Solutions, a TNS business, is expanding its European exchange connectivity services by launching managed hosting and ultra-low latency Layer 1 connectivity at the Equinix MD6 data centre in Madrid. This expansion prepares for Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) migrating its matching engines from Las Rozas to MD6 in the second quarter of 2027. The move places trading firms closer to the core Spanish trading platform, reducing network latency.

The new deployment enables market data vendors and exchange members to access Spanish equities and derivatives markets for market data and order entry. Waypoint will also offer Layer 3 services within the facility. This project builds on the company’s existing European colocation services, which include access to major exchanges such as the London Stock Exchange, Euronext, Deutsche Boerse, and SIX Swiss Exchange.

By establishing a presence in MD6, Waypoint provides clients with direct access to a financial hub featuring over 85,000 equities, fixed income, and derivative instruments. As a registered data vendor and application service provider, the firm offers a managed alternative to in-house infrastructure, allowing trading firms to optimize internal resources.

TS Imagine Expands TradeSmart Fixed Income EMS to Support Comprehensive Loans Trading

TS Imagine has expanded the product coverage within its TradeSmart Fixed Income Execution Management System (EMS) to include comprehensive support for loans trading. This update allows users to trade leveraged loans, syndicated loans, and distressed debt through the platform. The addition addresses a growing demand from trading desks for more scalable, automated, and integrated workflows across their fixed income operations.

This expansion builds upon TradeSmart’s existing fixed income capabilities, which already encompass investment-grade, high-yield, municipal, mortgage, and government bonds. The platform also supports asset-backed securities, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, listed securities, and cryptocurrency, enabling users to manage a diverse multi-asset portfolio through a single interface.

The new feature follows significant growth in fixed income automation for the company. Driven by the recent launch of its event-driven Automation 2.0 platform, TS Imagine reported a 200% year-over-year increase in automated fixed income execution volumes in Q1 2026, alongside a 44% year-on-year rise in overall fixed income trading.