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NEW YORK AND SINGAPORE – February 27, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, and Spark Systems, a Singapore-based financial technology company providing innovative trading solutions for foreign exchange trading in Asia, announced today that Spark Systems has joined the IPC FX Hub.

Through IPC’s FX Hub, Spark Systems’ users will be able to access interconnectivity leader Equinix’s International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) Tokyo (TY3) and Singapore (SG1) data centers. Both of these data centers are connected to IPC’s vast community of financial market participants and provide low latency access via IPC’s high performance network to key FX liquidity providers and dealers.

Headquartered in the third largest foreign exchange center, Spark Systems provides IPC customers access to a highly cost-effective foreign exchange trading platform to Singapore and the rest of Asia, offering faster execution for institutional traders. Through its underlying technology, Spark Systems is designed to address the ever-growing need to process data at a faster rate. However, great software still needs to be paired with great networks and connectivity. With IPC’s help, Spark Systems is designed to provide the best trading solution to its Singapore-based clients, connecting them to counterparties whose infrastructures are based outside of Singapore.

“Speed and stability are mission critical to our business,” said Spark Systems CEO Wong Joo Seng.  “Our FX market participants need the most reliable platforms, which we can provide through our partnership with IPC which also aligns us with Equinix. Spark Systems will continue seeking out technology enablers such as IPC who are able to cater to the ultra-low latency requirements of our customers, given the extreme volatility that characterizes the FX markets.”

David Dodd, IPC Managing Director, Asia Pacific added: “We are delighted that Spark Systems has joined IPC’s diverse community of financial market participants. Connectivity and ecosystems have become increasingly vital to sourcing liquidity, mitigating risk and harvesting alpha in the FX markets.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network portfolio includes Connexus Extranet, Connexus Ethernet, Connexus WAN, Connexus Voice and Trader Voice services. IPC’s Financial Markets Network interconnects global financial centers and allows access to more than 6,000 market participant locations across 700 cities in more than 60 countries.

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

About Spark Systems

Spark Systems are builders of smart and efficient trading platforms. We believe that the current foreign exchange buy-side can be better served by being redefined by Spark Systems platform. From local banks to hedge funds; retail traders to corporate treasuries; Spark Systems aims to serve specific requirements of buy-side sub groups. Our objective is to enhance usability and optimize user experience by providing a stable and ultra-low latency market place with an aggregator and algorithms for execution. We provide an innovative solution to today’s segmented and under-served FX market participants. Spark aims to differentiate itself by using the latest in technology to improve the user experience in trading and execution. Through a stable and fast platform, Spark also provides analytics to the user to capitalize their liquidity and trading history.

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

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MUSCAT, OMAN – February 26, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced that one of the company’s thought leaders, Ganesh Iyer, Director of Global Marketing, will be presenting to executives of exchanges, alternatives trading systems, multilateral trading facilities and other liquidity venues at the World Exchange Congress. The 13^th Annual World Exchange Congress is scheduled to be held on February 27 and 28, 2018 at the Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort in Muscat, Oman. The event will focus on critical issues facing the global exchange community such as the evolving regulatory environment and market structure, technological innovation, lack of liquidity during volatile market conditions, and growth of multi-asset trading.

During his presentation titled “Global Connectivity: Why it Matters More Than Ever for Exchanges,” Mr. Iyer will be focusing on the benefits of adaptive, on-demand connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle and access to a large and diverse ecosystem of market participants to execute trading strategies, generate alpha, source liquidity and mitigate risk. Mr. Iyer holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation, is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Financial Information Services Association of the SIIA and has been a speaker and panelist at prestigious industry events around the world. 

The IPC Connexus Cloud portfolio includes data connectivity solutions consisting of the Connexus Extranet, Connexus Ethernet and Connexus WAN as well as voice solutions consisting of Connexus Voice and Trader Voice services. IPC’s Connexus Cloud interconnects global financial centers and allows access to more than 6,000 market participant locations across 700 cities in more than 60 countries.

Market participants interested in speaking to IPC’s subject matter experts can schedule a meeting with us at the conference or email us. 

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

NEW YORK – February 7, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, will attend TradeTech FX in Miami, Florida at the Eden Roc Hotel from February 12-14.

Organized by Worldwide Business Research, TradeTech FX is one of the largest gathering of buy side heads of FX trading and portfolio management. The event will be attended by CTAs, hedge funds, money managers and pension funds, alongside market leaders from the rest of the FX value chain.

The IPC team will be in attendance to further the conversation around FX challenges facing the buy side and practical solutions available as well to meet with buy side peers.

Market participants interested in speaking to IPC’s subject matter experts can schedule a meeting with us at the event or email us. We also encourage you to follow us on Twitter @IPC_Systems_Inc or on LinkedIn.   

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

 

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LONDON – January 29, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, will be in attendance at the FISD Amsterdam event taking place on February 1 at Euronext, Beursplein 5, Amsterdam.

The event will be attended by influential executives from sell-side firms, investment managers, liquidity venues, market data vendors and technology providers. IPC executives will join key panel discussions that cover topics including what is new and different about alternative data, whether the MiFID II market data landscape is too fragmented for transparency, and trends and developments in financial information services.

The Financial Information Services Association of the Software & Information Industry Association provides a neutral business forum for exchanges, market data vendors, specialist data providers, brokerage firms, investment managers and banks to address and resolve business and technical issues related to the distribution, management, administration and use of market data within the financial sector.

Market participants interested in speaking to IPC’s subject matter experts can schedule a meeting with us at the event or email us. We also encourage you to follow us on Twitter @IPC_Systems_Inc or LinkedIn.   

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

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January 25, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial market participants, will be an exhibitor and sponsor of the 20^th annual Congreso de Tesorería in Cartagena, Colombia from February 1-2. The event will be attended by influential financial sector organizations, including banking, fiduciaries, insurance, members of the Congress of Columbia and regulation authorities.

At the event, key financial players will discuss and analyze various global economic policy challenges, the domestic regulatory regime and upcoming regulatory matters that the country – and financial industry as a whole – will face over the next year. Additional topics anticipated to be covered will include the impact of the Trump administration, predicted economic growth in Colombia throughout 2018, and Basel III. In addition, there will be panels from local, regional and global financial organizations such as Citibank, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, ITAU, Santander, Caixa Bank, and Corficolombiana.

IPC executives will be joined at the show by IPC’s channel partner, Telnorm Colombia, who will be exhibiting and demoing the IPC IQ/MAX Touch turret.

Event attendees interested in speaking with IPC’s subject matter experts can schedule a meeting with us at the conference, email us or stop by booth #10. We also encourage you to follow us on Twitter @IPC_Systems_Inc or LinkedIn.  

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help customers anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

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NEW YORK – January 24, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, is a gold sponsor of “DerivCon 2018: SEFCON Transformed, Pivoting from Adoption to Adaptation,” which will take place on February 1 at Convene, 117 West 46^th Street in New York City. The event is presented by TabbFORUM.

Topics that will be explored include OTC derivatives trading in the US, the effect of global regulation on the OTC derivatives markets and how innovations are shaping the OTC derivatives landscape. IPC executives along with other thought leaders in the space will discuss the critical role OTC derivatives play in the global financial ecosystem.

TabbFORUM is the site for thought leadership on important issues affecting global capital markets. Launched by TABB Group in February 2010 exclusively for capital markets professionals, TabbFORUM is “where capital markets speak” — it’s the place for exchanging ideas and information, finding out what your colleagues in the industry are thinking about and engaging in lively debate. 

Market participants interested in speaking to IPC’s subject matter experts can schedule a meeting with us at the conference, email us or stop by booth #12. We also encourage you to follow us on Twitter @IPC_Systems_Inc or LinkedIn.   

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

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NEW YORK – January 22, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, will be in attendance at the FISD Learning & Libations event on January 25 at OTC Markets Group, 304 Hudson Street, in New York City.

Dan Connell of Greenwich Associates will lead a panel discussion, ‘Alternative Data: An Essential Primer,’ on alternative data and its potential to give an edge to anyone with the right data sets and mechanisms for decoding its signals. Executives from alternative data providers Dataminr and YipitData will participate on the panel.

The Financial Information Services Association of the Software & Information Industry Association provides a neutral business forum for exchanges, market data vendors, specialist data providers, brokerage firms, investment managers and banks to address and resolve business and technical issues related to the distribution, management, administration and use of market data within the financial sector.

Market participants interested in speaking to IPC’s subject matter experts can schedule a meeting with us at the event or email us. We also encourage you to follow us on Twitter @IPC_Systems_Inc or LinkedIn.   

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

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NEW YORK – January 18, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community is sponsoring the Time and Money II Workshop on January 23 at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. Presented by ATIS, the event will be attended by leading finance and trading software specialists as well as telecom experts.

Time and Money II will deliver expert insight into the latest time synchronization and technology alternatives. The event is designed to help the finance industry face one of its most formidable challenges: the need to ensure to clients and regulators that their transactions are accurately timed.

IPC executives at the workshop will drive conversation on the latest financial market best practices in timing, lessons learned and risk mitigation strategies. With the increase in regulatory activity taking place in Europe, pushing adoption of more stringent timing requirements for financial institutions globally is at its peak. Setting up a system to deliver accurate timing provides a critical opportunity for financial institutions to demonstrate operational excellence.

As a leading technology and solutions development organization, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) brings together the top global ICT companies to advance the industry’s business priorities. ATIS’ 150 member companies are currently working to address 5G, cybersecurity, robocall mitigation, IoT, artificial intelligence-enabled networks, the all-IP transition, network functions virtualization, smart cities, emergency services, network evolution, quality of service, billing support, operations, and much more. These priorities follow a fast-track development lifecycle – from design and innovation through standards, specifications, requirements, business use cases, software toolkits, open source solutions, and interoperability testing.

Financial market participants interested in speaking to IPC’s subject matter experts can schedule a meeting with us at the workshop or email us. We also encourage you to follow us on Twitter @IPC_Systems_Inc or LinkedIn.   

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

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NEW YORK – January 17, 2018 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, will be at ‘Fixed Income 2018: Evolutionary Tipping Point’ on January 23 at New World Stages, 340 West 50^th Street in New York City.  Presented by TabbFORUM, the event will be attended by influential executives in the fixed income markets.

IPC executives will attend executive leadership panels that cover topics from the importance of strong connectivity for coalescing, provisioning, and accessing liquidity, to data management solutions for liquidity intelligence. Along with these topics, IPC executives will be available to discuss with other thought leaders in the space the challenge of finding a balance in the fixed income markets between the demand for efficiency and the need for solutions that minimize risk.

TabbFORUM is the site for thought leadership on important issues affecting global capital markets. Launched by TABB Group in February 2010 exclusively for capital markets professionals, TabbFORUM is “where capital markets speak” — it’s the place for exchanging ideas and information, finding out what your colleagues in the industry are thinking about and engaging in lively debate. 

Market participants interested in speaking with IPC’s subject matter experts can schedule a meeting with us at the conference or email us. We also encourage you to follow us on Twitter @IPC_Systems_Inc or LinkedIn.   

About IPC

IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or similar terminology. Any forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

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