IPC’s FX Hub to Enable Secure and Reliable Access to Hotspot’s Marketplace for Outright Deliverable Forwards

CHICAGO, IL – October 20, 2016 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, and Hotspot, a leading institutional foreign exchange (FX) market owned and operated by Bats Global Markets, today announced that market participants can now gain secure and reliable access to Hotspot’s marketplace for outright deliverable forwards through IPC’s FX Hub. The announcement was made at the 2016 FIA Futures & Options Expo in Chicago.

The IPC FX Hub supports the global foreign exchange markets through data centers in key markets such as New York, London, Tokyo, Singapore, Moscow, Chicago, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Zurich – all with connectivity to IPC’s vast community of diverse financial market participants and low latency access via IPC’s dark fiber rings to key FX liquidity providers and dealers. The Hotspot marketplace for outright deliverable forwards operates as an anonymous order book, underpinned by Hotspot’s matching engine located in the NY5 data center in Secaucus, NJ. The existing Hotspot credit infrastructure will be extended to cater to the new products.

“We are excited that our recently launched marketplace for outright deliverable forwards is a part of the IPC FX Hub and the broader IPC financial ecosystem,” said Bill Goodbody, SVP, Foreign Exchange, Bats Global Markets. “This will empower a larger base of institutional investors, asset managers and sell-side firms to securely and reliably access our platform to trade outright deliverable forwards contracts.”

“Connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle and access to an established ecosystem of diverse counterparties have become indispensable to trading FX derivatives given the increased participation of non-dealer financial institutions such as asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds and regional banks in the asset class,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “We are pleased that our FX Hub solution is empowering market participants to connect to Hotspot’s marketplace for outright deliverable forwards.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network 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 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.

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About Bats Global Markets

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) is a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, dedicated to Making Markets Better. Bats is the second-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., operates the largest stock exchange and trade reporting facility in Europe, and the #1 market globally for ETF trading. We also operate growing ETF listings venues in the U.S. and Europe, two U.S. options exchanges and Bats Hotspot, our global foreign exchange market. Also, ETF.com, a leading provider of ETF news, data and analysis, is a wholly-owned subsidiary. The company is headquartered in Kansas City with offices in New York, London, Chicago, San Francisco, Singapore and Quito. Visit bats.com and @BatsGlobal for more information.

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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties 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.

IPC extends Financial Markets Network products to Connexus platform

CHICAGO, IL – October 19, 2016 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, announced today that it has extended its Financial Markets Network service portfolio to its Connexus platform. The initiative is accompanied by a global campaign that emphasizes the critical importance of reliable, resilient and secure managed network services and access to a diverse ecosystem of market participants for the financial markets. The announcement was made at the 2016 FIA Futures & Options Expo in Chicago.

The IPC Financial Markets Network 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 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.

“With the rapid growth in the number and types of market participants leveraging our financial ecosystem and the increased breadth and depth of our product offerings, we deemed it essential to continue to transform our product set to leverage the Connexus platform in the market,” said Tim Carmody, Vice President, Global Product Management and Engineering, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “The new identity for the Connexus products in the Financial Markets Network portfolio showcases our unique ability to help institutional investors, asset managers, hedge funds, CTAs, broker-dealers and IDBs achieve their objectives by harnessing the power of one of the largest financial ecosystems in the world.”

The advancement, positioning and messaging underscore IPC’s initiative to provide market participants with adaptive on-demand connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle and across asset classes for accessing counterparties, liquidity venues, trade lifecycle services and market data. Connexus has quickly become one of the industry’s most recognizable delivery systems since its introduction in 2011.

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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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties 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.

Clearpool Group Joins the IPC Financial Markets Network

NEW YORK – October 18, 2016 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, and Clearpool Group, a service provider of electronic trading software solutions and independent agency broker dealer execution services, today announced that Clearpool Group has joined the IPC Financial Markets Network. IPC’s extensive and diverse community of financial market participants around the world can now reliably and securely access not only Clearpool’s Algorithmic Management System, but also Clearpool’s Execution Management System. Several leading institutional investors, asset managers and commercial banks are currently taking advantage of IPC’s advanced connectivity, communications and collaboration solutions to access Clearpool’s services.

“Our innovative trading technologies provide transparency and control to market participants in today’s rapidly evolving market microstructure,” said Ray Ross, CTO, Clearpool Group. “We are delighted to join IPC’s financial ecosystem and expand the global base of broker-dealers that can access our services.”

“Given the accelerated pace of evolution of the global equity markets in the recent past, market participants are increasingly demanding cutting-edge solutions for pre- and post-trade transparency, sourcing liquidity, executing trades, managing risk and achieving compliance,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “We are excited to provide the sizeable and diverse community of trading firms in the IPC Financial Markets Network with reliable, latency-sensitive and secure connectivity to Clearpool’s solutions and services.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet, Direct Connect and MPLS WAN data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity 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.

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About Clearpool Group

Launched in 2014 and based in New York, Clearpool Group, Inc., offers advanced electronic trading software and provides independent agency broker dealer execution services.  Clearpool’s algorithmic and execution management systems empower market participants to take control of better quality execution by delivering advanced electronic trading solutions for an evolving equity market microstructure and competitive landscape.

www.clearpoolgroup.com

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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties 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.

IPC Collaborates with Superloop for Greater Network Access to Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong

SYDNEY – October 12, 2016 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, announced its collaboration with Superloop, a leading independent connectivity solutions provider in the Asia Pacific Region, to provide the diverse market participants in IPC’s Financial Market Network with reliable and secure access to financial markets.

Superloop delivers high performance, reliable and secure connectivity solutions to customers in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.  Superloop’s world class networks are built for scalability and flexibility on the latest fibre-optic technology.

“We are pleased to be working with Superloop. We look forward to being their partner within the financial markets community,” says David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “Their offerings will enable us to provide our customer base with highly secure and reliable access into key Asian markets.”

“Superloop is excited to be working with IPC,” says Steve Bond, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Superloop. “The IPC service portfolio leverages our innovative approach to connectivity infrastructure to deliver value to the financial markets community.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet, Direct Connect and MPLS WAN data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity 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.

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About Superloop

Established in 2014, Superloop is quickly becoming one of the leading independent providers of interconnection services in the Asia Pacific region.

The Company owns and operates fibre networks in Australia and Singapore spanning over 300km and connecting over 48 of the region’s key data centres including the ASX and SGX. The network is continually expanding with further extensions currently underway.

In Hong Kong, Superloop is establishing a 110 km fibre optic network connecting 30 strategic sites including the Hong Kong Stock Exchange data centre, and is on track to commence operations in December 2016. Additionally, the Company is also constructing TKO Express, the first submarine cable to connect the traditional carrier hotels located in Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island and the data centre campus located at Hong Kong Science and Technology Park’s Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate on the mainland, providing much needed physical diversity and a lowest latency path between Hong Kong’s major finance and technology hubs.

The Group also operates two subsidiary businesses, APEXN and CINENET. For more information, visit: www.superloop.com

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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties 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.

 

IPC Ranked Among the World’s Largest Financial Industry Technology Providers by American Banker and BAI

IPC Ranked Among the World’s Largest Financial Industry Technology Providers by American Banker and BAI

NEW YORK — October 5, 2016 — IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global financial markets technology and service provider, today announced the company ranks 38th on the 2016 FinTech Forward 100 list of the leading technology providers in the world, based on its 2015 revenue. The list is a collaboration of American Banker and BAI.

“IPC’s strength in leading our industry’s transformation through continuous product and service innovation is reaffirmed as we are honored in the 2016 FinTech Forward 100,” said Neil Barua, Chief Executive Officer, IPC. “Our top priority is providing customers with solutions that set the standard for a productive, secure and compliant community and offering them a competitive advantage.”

“Financial services companies are increasingly turning to vendors to augment legacy technology, better understand data and provide customers with products that hold up across the digital universe,” said Robert Barba, technology editor of American Banker. “The companies we recognize as members of the FinTech Forward rankings are giving banks the tools they need to handle the challenges and opportunities they face.”

IPC is a technology and service leader, powering the global financial markets. IPC’s industry expertise, dedicated service and innovative technology allows customers to connect to the global financial community, exchange information and mitigate risk confidently and cost-effectively. IPC’s community includes more than 200,000 users that use IPC’s communication solutions to collaborate in real-time to drive more productive interactions and profitable relationships.

FinTech Forward provides a comprehensive and forward-looking view of the strategic imperatives driving bank technology, both from the vendor and the user perspectives. The program draws on the two organizations’ deep industry expertise, market-leading proprietary research, and strength in live events to produce actionable content for decision makers.

A complete listing of FinTech Forward ranked companies is available at FinTechForward.com.

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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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties 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.

MIAX Options Joins IPC’s Rapidly Growing Equity Derivatives Marketplace

NEW YORK and PRINCETON, NJ – October 4, 2016 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced that it continues to grow its equity derivatives marketplace with the addition of the MIAX Options Exchange (MIAX Options) to the IPC Financial Markets Network. MIAX Options is a fully automated electronic options exchange for the trading of OCC issued standardized options on equities and ETFs.

Options play a significant role in risk mitigation, particularly tail risk management, since they can potentially generate substantial returns in times of market duress. The recent volatility in the markets and increasing frequency of black swan events are stoking demand among institutional investors, asset managers, hedge funds and dealers for trading options on equities and ETFs. Reliable and secure connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle and access to an established ecosystem of market participants continue to be pivotal in trading of derivatives in the current market environment.

“MIAX Options is pleased to become part of the network of trading venues offered by IPC to its clients,” said Douglas M. Schafer Jr., Chief Information Officer and EVP at MIAX Options.  “IPC’s ability to provide efficient and reliable access to the MIAX Options markets enables its clients to take advantage of the unique functionality, protections and industry leading performance MIAX Options has brought to the equity derivatives marketplace.”

“It is our mission to provide the global buy-side community with reliable and secure access to liquidity venues so that they can successfully generate alpha, manage beta, diversify and protect portfolios,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “We are excited to welcome MIAX Options to our flourishing equity derivatives ecosystem.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet, Direct Connect and MPLS WAN data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity 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.

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About MIAX Options and MIH

MIAX Options is a fully electronic options trading exchange. MIAX Options has assembled a team with deep rooted experience in developing, operating and trading on options exchanges. Its trading platform has been developed in-house and designed from the ground up for the unique functional and performance demands of derivatives trading. MIAX Options now lists and trades options on over 2,400 multi-listed classes. MIAX Options’ unparalleled system throughput is approximately 38 million quotes per second. The average latency for a single quote on MIAX Options is approximately 16.21 microseconds for a full round trip. At the 99th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 23.90 microseconds. At the 99.9th percentile, the latency on MIAX Options is approximately 53.71 microseconds. The executive offices and technology development center as well as the National Operations Center for the MIAX Options are located in Princeton, New Jersey.

MIAX Options, Miami International Technologies, LLC (MIAX Technologies), MIAX Global, LLC (MIAX Global) and MIAX PEARL, LLC (MIAX PEARL) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH). MIAX Technologies is MIH’s technology subsidiary for the sale and/or license of the trading technology developed by MIAX Options. MIAX Global focuses on merger, acquisition and joint venture activities of MIH. MIAX Global also provides technology and other services outside of North America, with its initial concentration being on Europe and Latin America. MIAX PEARL will be MIH’s second fully electronic options trading exchange and will leverage the industry leading technology and infrastructure developed by MIAX Options to employ a price-time allocation model. MIAX PEARL is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2017, pending approval from the SEC. www.miaxoptions.com

 

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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties 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.

IPC to Sponsor and Exhibit at 2016 Australia FIX Conference

SYDNEY – October 4, 2016 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced that it will sponsor and exhibit at the 2016 Australia FIX Conference in Sydney on October 13. The conference is a leading electronic trading event in Australia that will be attended by a variety of key market participants including buy-side firms, sell-side firms, liquidity venues, market data vendors and technology providers.

“IPC is excited to be a sponsor and exhibitor at an event where over 400 market participants will be discussing the most important issues affecting the Australian capital markets,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “Our team of subject matter experts based in the Australia / Oceania region will be present at the conference to discuss the central role of connectivity and diverse ecosystems in enabling market participants to generate alpha, source liquidity, diversify, protect assets and mitigate risks.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet, Direct Connect and MPLS WAN data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity 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.

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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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties 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.

FastMatch Joins IPC’s FX Hub

CHICAGO, IL – September 28, 2016 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, and FastMatch, a leading financial technology company focusing on foreign exchange trading, today announced that FastMatch has joined the IPC FX Hub.

IPC’s FX Hub supports the global foreign exchange markets through Equinix’s International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in New York (NY4), London (LD4), Tokyo (TY3) and Singapore (SG2) as well as other major FX centers such as Moscow, Chicago, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Zurich; all with connectivity to IPC’s vast community of financial market participants and low latency access via IPC’s dark fiber rings to key FX liquidity providers and dealers. The announcement was made at the Profit & Loss Forex Network 2016 in Chicago, an annual gathering of FX market participants.

The collaboration between IPC and FastMatch enables market participants within the diverse IPC FX Hub to gain reliable and secure access to FastMatch’s three independent matching engines as well as trade lifecycle services. Connectivity and ecosystems have become increasingly vital to sourcing liquidity, mitigating risk and harvesting alpha in the FX markets given the growth in participation of non-dealer financial institutions such as pension funds, hedge funds, asset managers, insurance companies, regional banks along with the increased use of execution algorithms and the lack of a central marketplace.

“Ease of customers’ access to FastMatch is a key driver of the company’s growth. Connectivity to IPC’s FX Hub provides a significant additional global channel for customers to access the FastMatch platform,” said Dmitri Galinov, CEO of FastMatch.

“The highly liquid global foreign exchange markets offer alpha generation and diversification opportunities as returns are typically uncorrelated with those of traditional financial assets,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “With more and more firms participating in the FX markets, reliable and secure managed network services and access to a diverse ecosystem of market participants continue to be critical. We are delighted to welcome FastMatch to the IPC FX Hub — the world’s leading FX marketplace.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet, Direct Connect and MPLS WAN data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity 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.

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About FastMatch

FastMatch is a financial technology company focusing on trading foreign exchange and precious metals. FastMatch develops and operates trading platforms concentrating on both the sell-side and buy-side market segments. FastMatch operates a highly successful sell-side Electronic Communication Network offering its customers access to large pools of diversified liquidity at unparalleled speed in the optimal location with complete transparency. The FastMatch ECN is based on its state-of-the-art technology. This market-tested technology gives FastMatch an incredible speed advantage and has the capability of handling thousands of clients simultaneously. Clients include retail brokers, asset managers, banks, hedge funds, and proprietary trading firms. http://www.fastmatch.com

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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties across the financial markets. https://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.

IPC Provides Secure Access to Argentina’s Financial Markets

NEW YORK and BUENOS AIRES – September 22, 2016 – IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community today announced that it continues to expand its financial marketplace in Latin America by enabling global market participants to trade in Argentina with the IPC Financial Markets Network. The IPC Financial Markets Network (FMN) is a managed network-as-a-service solution that offers an established ecosystem of sell-side firms, buy-side firms, inter-dealer brokers, liquidity venues, energy firms, trade lifecycle services, market data providers and clearing/settlement firms. The FMN provides thousands of sub-ecosystems throughout the trade lifecycle and across asset classes – equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities, and their derivatives — futures, options, forwards and swaps.

Through a single connection into the diverse global IPC ecosystem, market participants can access IPC’s comprehensive suite of mission-critical, multi-modal communications solutions for:

–       Sourcing liquidity

–       Achieving best execution

–       Capturing alpha

–       Latency-sensitive trading

–       Price discovery

–       Gaining speed to market

–       Reducing capital and operational costs

“There has been remarkable growth in interest among global institutional investors and asset managers to access Argentina’s financial markets as the country demonstrates that it is open to the world for business and investment,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “We are thrilled to offer the global investment community reliable and secure connectivity to one of Latin America’s leading economies.”

The IPC FMN service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet, Direct Connect and MPLS WAN data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity 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.

 

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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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties 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.

IPC Named to the 2016 IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings

NEW YORK, September 8, 2016 – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global financial markets technology and service provider, today announced the company is ranked number 33 on the 2016 IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings Top 100.

“The IDC ranking recognizes the technological transformation IPC is enabling within the industry through our cloud strategy and the products and partnerships we are developing,” said Neil Barua, Chief Executive Officer, IPC. “We are committed to providing our customers with solutions which address their most pressing business needs and help them to maintain their competitive edge.”

“For 13 years, financial institution executives globally have relied on the IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings program to make critical investment decisions on the technologies that transform their businesses,” said Jerry Silva, Research Director, IDC Financial Insights. “A company’s presence on the IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings list – the leading market index of technology spending in financial services – confirms that the technology provider has a proven track record for offering the solutions that the worldwide financial services industry relies on to ensure success.”

IPC is a technology and service leader, powering the global financial markets. IPC’s industry expertise, dedicated service and innovative technology allows customers to connect to the global financial community, exchange information and mitigate risk confidently and cost-effectively. IPC’s community includes more than 200,000 users that use IPC’s communication solutions to collaborate in real-time to drive more productive interactions and profitable relationships.

The annual IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings has become an important measure of the health and direction of technology in the industry and the emergence of innovative solutions from new players. In addition, the IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings serve as a critical tool for financial services institutions to use during strategic planning and to review whenever they consider new investments in 3rd party solutions. IDC Financial Insights publishes a comprehensive report about the year’s findings that is available to view or download HERE.

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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 data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

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About IDC Financial Insights

IDC Financial Insights assists financial service businesses and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them, in making more effective technology decisions by providing accurate, timely, and insightful fact-based research and consulting services. Staffed by senior analysts with decades of industry experience, our global research analyzes and advises on business and technology issues facing the banking, insurance, and securities and investments industries. International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology market. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world’s leading technology, media, research, and events company. For more information, please visit www.idc.com/financial, email@idc-fi.com, or call 508-620-5533. Visit the IDC Financial Insights Community at http://idc-community.com/financial.