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Jersey City, NJ and Bogotá, Colombia – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, today announced it continues to expand its financial marketplace in Latin America with the addition of Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC) to the IPC Financial Markets Network (FMN) through a leading market data provider.

IPC’s FMN now provides capital market participants around the world with a secure, reliable connectivity they can rely on to access Colombia’s financial markets while meeting their local regulatory requirements in doing so. The announcement is part of IPC’s continued global network expansion and now provides domestic and foreign investors the ability to trade equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, energy, listed derivatives and OTC derivatives as well as access market data in the Colombian market.

BVC manages variable income, fixed income and standardized derivatives trading platforms while operating currency and energy derivative markets and price provision services via its subsidiaries. BVC has an active global presence as a member of the main equity industry forums, including the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Bolsas (FIAB), of which it currently holds the presidency. In addition, BVC forms part of the Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano (MILA), together with the Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago (BCS), the Bolsa de Valores de Lima (BVL), the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV) and the central securities deposits of Colombia, Chile, Peru and Mexico.

“There has been a dramatic increase in the interest among global institutional investors to access Colombia’s capital markets as a result of the country’s steady growth, business-friendly environment, and abundant natural resources,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “We are excited to welcome BVC, one of Latin America’s leading exchanges, to our financial 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 in over 700 cities in nearly 60 countries.

About the BVC

The Colombian Securities Exchange (BVC:CB) is Colombia’s primary trading platform. It is a private company listed on the public securities market. The BVC is a multi-product, multi-market exchange offering a trading platform for the equity, fixed income and standardized derivatives markets. Likewise, the BVC provides issuer list and market information services. Also, through its subsidiaries, the BVC trades and provides services on the Foreign Exchange Markets (Set Icap FX S.A.); fixed income and OTC derivatives (Set Icap Securities); Energy Derivatives Market (Derivex S.A.); Innovative Technology Services (Sophos Banking Solutions); and it offers services of price assessment (Infovalmer PPV S.A.). Additionally, the BVC is involved in the whole securities industry value chain through holdings in the Central Securities Depository (Deceval), the Central Counterparty Risk Clearing House (CRCC) and in the FX Clearing House (CCDC). For more information, visit www.bvc.com.co.

About IPC 

IPC Systems, Inc. is the technology and service provider of choice powering the global financial markets. With a 40-year, award-winning history, IPC’s focus on innovation, service excellence and partnership with customers has delivered valuable solutions that set the standard for a productive, secure and compliant financial community. IPC accelerates a customer’s ability to be agile and adapt to dynamic industry requirements for counterparty and liquidity access, advanced networking capability, regulatory adherence and global compliance mandates. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC connects a global financial services community of more than 6,000 market participants across 700 cities worldwide. For more information, visit 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.

Jersey City, NJ – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service (MNaaS) solutions for the financial trading community, has enhanced its network capabilities in two major Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries – Thailand and the Philippines. IPC’s points-of-presence (PoPs) in Bangkok and Manila have been enhanced to support all of IPC’s data and voice solutions. This expansion is intended to achieve seamless access to the Connexus extranet marketplace, latency-sensitive Ethernet connectivity and MPLS corporate WAN solutions. Leveraging a unified and converged infrastructure, IPC is uniquely positioned to deliver a comprehensive and secure MNaaS data and voice product portfolio and solution set that is engineered to fulfill the growing demands of global capital market participants.

The announcement is part of IPC’s continued world-wide network expansion thus enabling Asia Pacific regional and global investors to trade equities, fixed income, FX, commodities and derivatives in the capital markets of Philippines and Thailand. MNaaS solutions are becoming increasingly important in the ASEAN capital markets to execute on a wide range of complex cross asset class trading strategies – strategies that require connectivity for the complete portfolio of trade lifecycle services, business continuity, risk mitigation risk and liquidity management.

“Firms trading in the Philippines and Thailand and are increasingly demanding access to a ready-made ecosystem of market participants and connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle across multiple asset classes,” said David Dodd, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, IPC. “We are delighted to meet the demands of global investors by offering a comprehensive MNaaS solution that empowers them to capture alpha and manage risk in the burgeoning ASEAN markets.”

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 6,300 market participant locations in over 700 cities in nearly 60 countries.

About IPC

IPC Systems, Inc. is the technology and service provider of choice powering the global financial markets. With a 40-year, award-winning history, IPC’s focus on innovation, service excellence and partnership with customers has delivered valuable solutions that set the standard for a productive, secure and compliant financial community. IPC accelerates a customer’s ability to be agile and adapt to dynamic industry requirements for counterparty and liquidity access, advanced networking capability, regulatory adherence and global compliance mandates. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC connects a global financial services community of more than 6,000 market participants across 700 cities worldwide. For more information, visit 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.

Jersey City, NJ – IPC Systems, Inc., is proud to announce that one of the company’s thought leaders, Ganesh Iyer, IPC’s Global Director of Product Marketing, will be presenting to senior FX traders from leading buy-side institutions at the TradeTech FX Conference in Miami, FL. The event, scheduled to be held on February 22 and 23, 2016, at the Eden Roc Hotel, will focus on critical concerns facing the FX industry, such as, fragmentation of liquidity, proliferation of platforms, automated and algorithmic execution, the evolving regulatory environment and the changing market structure. During his presentation titled “Minimizing the Effects of ‘Delivering’ and ‘Derisking’ in Stressed Market Conditions”, Mr. Iyer will be focusing on the benefits of being able to access a large and diverse financial ecosystem during a selling contagion.

About IPC

IPC Systems, Inc. is the technology and service provider of choice powering the global financial markets. With a 40-year, award-winning history, IPC’s focus on innovation, service excellence and partnership with customers has delivered valuable solutions that set the standard for a productive, secure and compliant financial community. IPC accelerates a customer’s ability to be agile and adapt to dynamic industry requirements for counterparty and liquidity access, advanced networking capability, regulatory adherence and global compliance mandates. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC connects a global financial services community of more than 6,000 market participants across 700 cities worldwide. For more information, visit 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.

Jersey City, NJ – IPC Systems, Inc. (IPC), a leading provider of global communications solutions and software for the financial services community, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Etrali Trading Solutions (Etrali), a leader in compliance and unified communications solutions. The new organization offers customers an innovative suite of compliance products, enhanced capabilities in agile network services, advanced communications software, an unparalleled global network community, and an experienced talent base dedicated to service excellence.

“I’m very excited about bringing together the complementary strengths of both companies, particularly as the financial technology sector continues to innovate at a rapid pace,” said Neil Barua, CEO of IPC. “Our customers will realize significant benefits from our expanded geographical footprint and accelerated roll-out of capabilities in compliance and security. This is a pivotal event during a transformational time in the industry. Our shared vision and decades of experience creates a best-of-breed combination – one that provides our customers with progressive solutions to meet their business challenges. I am also excited to welcome Lionel Grosclaude, current CEO of Etrali, who will join my executive team as Managing Director of EMEA and lead our newly created compliance business division.”

By uniting IPC’s award-winning roster of products with Etrali’s compliance expertise and agile service delivery, customers now receive highly differentiated connectivity solutions over a unified access architecture. The company’s enhanced, industry-leading portfolio addresses the most demanding security, compliance and productivity challenges that financial institutions face, all maintained with the highest level of support available.

IPC’s worldwide presence, together with Etrali’s European and Asia Pacific strengths, creates an expanded global footprint that provides customers access to markets in over 700 cities in 60 countries across six continents. It establishes a deep community of more than 6,000 financial services firms operating on an agile, secure and focused Financial Markets Network with multiple on-premise and cloud offerings.

The company will operate as IPC. Its global headquarters remain in Jersey City, NJ, USA, with new regional hubs in EMEA and APAC.

To view IPC CEO Neil Barua discuss this exciting news please click here.

About IPC

IPC Systems, Inc. is the technology and service provider of choice powering the global financial markets. With a 40-year, award-winning history, IPC’s focus on innovation, service excellence and partnership with customers has delivered valuable solutions that set the standard for a productive, secure and compliant financial community. IPC accelerates a customer’s ability to be agile and adapt to dynamic industry requirements for counterparty and liquidity access, advanced networking capability, regulatory adherence and global compliance mandates. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC connects a global financial services community of more than 6,000 market participants across 700 cities worldwide. For more information, visit 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.

Jersey City, NJ – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service (MNaaS) solutions for the financial trading community, has enhanced its network capabilities in five strategic markets across the United States. Additional IPC points-of-presence (PoPs) in Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, Atlanta and the District of Columbia metropolitan area have been enabled to support all of IPC’s MNaaS solutions. This expansion includes access to the Connexus extranet marketplace, latency sensitive Ethernet connectivity and MPLS corporate WAN solutions. Leveraging a unified and converged infrastructure, IPC provides a comprehensive and secure MNaaS data and voice product portfolio that is engineered to address the exacting demands of the global capital markets.

The announcement is part of IPC’s continued efforts to expand its global network and enable capital market firms located throughout the United States to rapidly execute on a wide range of complex cross asset class trading strategies, design business continuity solutions, manage risk and source liquidity. MNaaS solutions are being deployed to address multimodal communications, collaboration and connectivity requirements across the entire capital markets ecosystem of liquidity vendors, banks, brokers, pension funds, foundations, endowments, family offices, corporate treasuries, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies. MNaaS solution adoption continues to grow and play an increasingly vital role for asset managers, hedge funds, proprietary trading and private equity firms allowing them to focus on their core competencies by essentially outsourcing their communications infrastructure.

“A managed network-as-a-service solution offers trading firms adaptive, on-demand cross asset class connectivity solution throughout the portfolio of trade lifecycle services,” said Tim Carmody, Global Head of Product Management, IPC. “We are excited to continue to expand our comprehensive MNaaS solutions to buy side firms, regional banks and other market participants throughout the globe to serve their trade execution, risk mitigation and liquidity management needs.”

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 5,000 market participant locations in over 700 cities in nearly 60 countries.

About IPC

IPC is a global provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology to the financial markets community. With complete focus on this sector and over 40 years of expertise, IPC provides customers with integrated solutions that support traders and participants across the entire trade lifecycle, including sell-side and buy-side financial institutions, inter-dealer brokers, liquidity venues, clearing and settlement firms, independent software vendors, corporate finance departments, financial information exchange providers and market data providers. IPC’s offerings include a unified communications/application platform, award-winning trading positions, managed voice and data connectivity solutions, compliance technologies, infrastructure management and a suite of enhanced service offerings. IPC’s global reach extends to more than 60 countries – including a network of 5,000 customer sites over 700 cities and an installed base of approximately 120,000 trading positions deployed worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC has over 900 employees located throughout the Americas and the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. IPC’s mission is to continually innovate to support collaboration across the global financial community and address our clients’ needs in an ever-changing landscape.

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 and London – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, today announced that the company will host a webinar with TABB Group, the international research and consulting firm focused exclusively on capital markets to discuss the importance of connectivity and ecosystems in the financial markets.

The shifting sands of market structure, stricter risk management practices and a stronger regulatory regime are altering the landscape of the global capital markets. Every asset class has been affected and firms are now requiring increased connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle and access to a large and diverse ecosystem of market participants to successfully execute their trading strategies, mitigate risk and source liquidity.

Host Ganesh Iyer, Global Director of Product Marketing, Financial Markets Network, IPC will moderate the discussion with industry leaders from TABB Group – Anthony Perrotta and Andy Nybo – and discuss the role of connectivity and ecosystems in the generating alpha, sourcing liquidity and mitigating risk in two major asset classes – fixed income and listed derivatives.

When: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:30 EST (15:30 GMT)

Where: Online

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About TABB Group 

With offices in New York and London, TABB Group is the international research and consulting firm focused exclusively on capital markets, based on the interview-based, “first-person knowledge” research methodology developed by Larry Tabb. For more information, visit www.tabbgroup.com.

About IPC

IPC is a global provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology to the financial markets community. With complete focus on this sector and over 40 years of expertise, IPC provides customers with integrated solutions that support traders and participants across the entire trade lifecycle including sell-side and buy-side financial institutions, inter-dealer brokers, liquidity venues, clearing and settlement firms, independent software vendors, corporate finance departments, financial information exchange providers and market data providers. IPC’s offerings include a unified communications/application platform, award-winning trading positions, managed voice and data connectivity solutions, compliance technologies, infrastructure management and a suite of enhanced service offerings. IPC’s global reach extends to more than 60 countries – including a network of 5,000 customer sites over 700 cities and an installed base of approximately 120,000 trading positions deployed worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC has over 900 employees located throughout the Americas and the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. IPC’s mission is to continually innovate to support collaboration across the global financial community and address our clients’ needs in an ever-changing landscape. For more information, visit 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.

Jersey City, NJ and Mumbai, India – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, today announced that it continues to grow its financial marketplace in the Asia-Pacific region with the addition of National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to the IPC Financial Markets Network (FMN). The announcement is part of IPC’s continued global network expansion and empowers domestic and foreign investors to trade equities, fixed income, FX and derivatives in the Indian markets.

The NSE is a leading exchange in India and has played a catalytic role in reforming the Indian securities market in terms of microstructure, market practices and trading volumes. The NSE operates an electronic market, offering trading in many products including equities, equities based derivatives, currency futures and options, equity based ETFs and government securities.

In order to satisfy the demand for market data connectivity to India, IPC has entered into an agreement with Tata Group, a global enterprise headquartered in India, and comprising over 100 operating companies. Under the terms of this agreement, IPC’s FMN is able to provide capital market participants with the secure, reliable connectivity they need to access India’s markets while meeting local regulatory requirements.

“Investors in the Indian markets are demanding more connectivity options for sourcing liquidity, devising optimal trading approaches and managing risks,” said Mukesh Agarwal, CEO, DotEx and IISL (DotEx and IISL are wholly owned subsidiaries of NSE). “We are excited to partner with IPC to expand our global base of institutional investors that are executing trading strategies across multiple asset classes.”

“India is one of the world’s most captivating secular growth stories and we are seeing tremendous interest in the country’s capital markets from global investors,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “We are thrilled to welcome the NSE to our financial marketplace and enable the global buy-side community to tap into the Indian markets.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet and Direct Connect data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity services. IPC’s Financial Markets Network interconnects global financial centers and allows access to approximately 5,000 market participant locations in over 700 cities in nearly 60 countries.

About National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE)

In its 20 year history, NSE has transformed the capital market, based on technology, innovation, high standards of governance and management practices. NSE’s business practices and high levels of integrity have earned it the trust of the financial markets worldwide. Besides being a platform of choice for all exchange traded financial products in India, NSE’s flagship index, the Nifty 50, has become a benchmark national level economic parameter. Since inception, the exchange has been covered extensively by global media and has won many accolades as recognition of this remarkable journey. For more information, visit www.nseindia.com.

About IPC

IPC is a global provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology to the financial markets community. With complete focus on this sector and over 40 years of expertise, IPC provides customers with integrated solutions that support traders and participants across the entire trade lifecycle, including sell-side and buy-side financial institutions, inter-dealer brokers, liquidity venues, clearing and settlement firms, independent software vendors, corporate finance departments, financial information exchange providers and market data providers. IPC’s offerings include a unified communications/application platform, award-winning trading positions, managed voice and data connectivity solutions, compliance technologies, infrastructure management and a suite of enhanced service offerings. IPC’s global reach extends to more than 60 countries – including a network of 5,000 customer sites over 700 cities and an installed base of approximately 120,000 trading positions deployed worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC has over 900 employees located throughout the Americas and the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. IPC’s mission is to continually innovate to support collaboration across the global financial community and address our clients’ needs in an ever-changing landscape.

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.

Jersey City, NJ and Mumbai, India – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, today announced that it continues to grow its financial marketplace in the Asia-Pacific region with the addition of BSE to the IPC Financial Markets Network (FMN). The announcement is part of IPC’s continued global network expansion and empowers domestic and foreign investors to trade equities, fixed income, FX and derivatives in the Indian markets.

Established in 1875, BSE is Asia’s first stock exchange and now India’s fastest exchange with the speed of 6 microseconds. More than 5300 companies are listed on BSE making it the world’s leading exchange in terms of listed members. The companies listed on BSE command a total market capitalization of USD 1.60 Trillion as of November 2015.

In order to satisfy the demand for market data connectivity to India, IPC has entered into an agreement with Tata Group, a global enterprise headquartered in India, and comprising over 100 operating companies. Under the terms of this agreement, IPC’s FMN is able to provide capital market participants with the secure, reliable connectivity they need to access India’s markets while meeting local regulatory requirements.

“The ability to successfully execute complex trades, source liquidity and managed risk is increasingly governed by having reliable connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle and access to ecosystems,” said Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, BSE. “We are delighted to partner with IPC to expand both our global reach and the communications choices of our diverse investor pool.”

“India has embarked on an extended growth cycle and we are consequently seeing a dramatic increase in the need for connectivity to the country’s capital markets from foreign institutional investors,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “We are confident that the addition of BSE to our financial marketplace will benefit the global institutional investor community seeking to generate superior risk-adjusted returns in the Indian capital markets. We are excited to welcome Asia’s oldest stock exchange to the IPC Financial Markets Network.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet and Direct Connect data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity services. IPC’s Financial Markets Network interconnects global financial centers and allows access to approximately 5,000 market participant locations in over 700 cities in nearly 60 countries.

About BSE Ltd

BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.) – Established in 1875, BSE Ltd. (formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.), is Asia’s first & fastest Stock Exchange with the response time of 6 microseconds and one of India’s leading exchange groups and has played a prominent role in developing the Indian capital market. BSE is a corporatized and demutualised entity, with a broad shareholder-base which includes two leading global exchanges, Deutsche Bourse and Singapore Exchange as strategic partners. BSE provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, debt instruments, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, interest rate derivatives, mutual funds and stock lending and borrowing. BSE also has a dedicated platform for trading in equities of small-and-medium enterprises (SME). BSE provides a host of other services to capital market participants including risk management, clearing, settlement, market data services and education. It has a global reach with customers around the world and a nation-wide presence. BSE systems and processes are designed to safeguard market integrity, drive the growth of the Indian capital market and stimulate innovation and competition across all market segments. Indian Clearing Corporation Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of BSE, acts as the central counterparty to all trades executed on BSE platform and provides full novation guaranteeing the settlement of all bonafide trades executed on the BSE Platform. BSE Institute Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of BSE, runs one of the most respected capital market educational institutes in the country. Central Depository Services Ltd. (CDSL), a subsidiary of is one of the two central depository services in India. For more information, visit www.bseindia.com.

About IPC

IPC is a global provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology to the financial markets community. With complete focus on this sector and over 40 years of expertise, IPC provides customers with integrated solutions that support traders and participants across the entire trade lifecycle, including sell-side and buy-side financial institutions, inter-dealer brokers, liquidity venues, clearing and settlement firms, independent software vendors, corporate finance departments, financial information exchange providers and market data providers. IPC’s offerings include a unified communications/application platform, award-winning trading positions, managed voice and data connectivity solutions, compliance technologies, infrastructure management and a suite of enhanced service offerings. IPC’s global reach extends to more than 60 countries – including a network of 5,000 customer sites over 700 cities and an installed base of approximately 120,000 trading positions deployed worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC has over 900 employees located throughout the Americas and the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. IPC’s mission is to continually innovate to support collaboration across the global financial community and address our clients’ needs in an ever-changing landscape. For more information, visit 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.

Jersey City, NJ – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, today announced that it continues to grow its equity options marketplace with the addition of BOX Options Exchange (BOX) to the IPC Financial Markets Network. BOX is an all-electronic equity options market designed to empower participants by providing an efficient marketplace and cutting-edge technology.

The expanding global pool of assets under management and increasing volatility in the markets are driving burgeoning buy-side interest in trading options. The equity options asset class is witnessing a perfect storm for network technology with reliable connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle and the ability to rapidly access a ready-made ecosystem of market participants emerging as two of the most critical elements for mitigating the buy-side’s operational, market, business and investment process risks.

“Investors in equity options are demanding more choices when searching for liquidity, executing trades and managing risks,” said Patrick Zielinski, Senior Vice President, Market Operations and Technology, BOX. “We are thrilled to partner with IPC to expand our investor base of traditional asset managers and alternative investment managers executing equity option trades and hedges.”

 

“It is our singular focus to provide our institutional investor community with efficient, liquid markets where they can successfully hedge investment risk and unearth profitable opportunities,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “Access to a large and diverse ecosystem of equity options market makers and liquidity venues is crucial to the effective execution of trading and risk management strategies of investors. We are excited to welcome BOX to our equity options trading ecosystem.”

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet and Direct Connect data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity services. IPC’s Financial Markets Network interconnects global financial centers and allows access to approximately 5,000 market participant locations in over 700 cities in nearly 60 countries.

About BOX Options Exchange

BOX is an all-electronic equity options market that is jointly owned by the TMX Group and a group of broker-dealers. BOX was established in 2002 and launched trading in February 2004 as an alternative to the then-existing market models. Since its inception, BOX has provided BOX Participants with an efficient, transparent marketplace, cutting-edge technology, and best price filtering for customer order execution.

About IPC

IPC is a global provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology to the financial markets community. With complete focus on this sector and over 40 years of expertise, IPC provides customers with integrated solutions that support traders and participants across the entire trade lifecycle, including sell-side and buy-side financial institutions, inter-dealer brokers, liquidity venues, clearing and settlement firms, independent software vendors, corporate finance departments, financial information exchange providers and market data providers. IPC’s offerings include a unified communications/application platform, award-winning trading positions, managed voice and data connectivity solutions, compliance technologies, infrastructure management and a suite of enhanced service offerings. IPC’s global reach extends to more than 60 countries – including a network of 5,000 customer sites over 700 cities and an installed base of approximately 120,000 trading positions deployed worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC has over 900 employees located throughout the Americas and the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. IPC’s mission is to continually innovate to support collaboration across the global financial community and address our clients’ needs in an ever-changing landscape.

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.

Hong Kong – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, today announced that Liquid Capital Group has deployed IPC’s Managed MPLS VPN solution to enable collaboration on trading and risk management strategies among the firm’s personnel and sites located in Hong Kong, Sydney, London, Chicago, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo and Chengdu. Liquid Capital Group is a market maker in Exchange-listed options focusing on the most actively traded Asia-Pacific, European and US derivative markets. The firm also engages in quantitative trading across global futures markets.

“Collaboration among our firm’s geographically dispersed offices, collocations, traders, quantitative analysts, developers and risk managers is vital for formulating insights and executing trading strategies in the fluid and competitive markets we operate in,” said Colm Bowler, Head of IT , APAC, Liquid Capital Group. “We are excited to implement IPC’s sophisticated managed network technology that enables collaboration and complements our firm’s market making and trading strategy.”

 

“The ability to generate alpha and stay ahead of the competition is dependent on constant assessment and anticipation in market changes, and to continually adapt to evolutionary and dynamic trading strategies, “said David Dodd, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, APAC, IPC. “We are thrilled that Liquid Capital Group has selected IPC’s Managed VPN service, a solution that has redefined the boundaries of collaboration technology in the global capital markets.”

In addition to the Managed VPN solution, IPC’s Financial Markets Network service portfolio also includes the Connexus Financial Extranet and Direct Connect data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity services. IPC’s Financial Markets Network interconnects global financial centers and allows access to approximately 5,000 market participant locations in over 700 cities in nearly 60 countries.

About Liquid Capital Group

Established as a genuinely independent trading business, Liquid Capital is a privately owned company headquartered in Luxembourg employing over 200 staff from offices in London, Sydney, Hong Kong and Chengdu. The group is comprised of two divisions. Liquid Capital Markets, the core business in the group, is a market maker in exchange listed options focusing on the most actively traded European, Asia-Pacific and US derivatives market. Liquid Alpha is the latest addition to the portfolio of businesses within the group. It was established in 2008 and engages in quantitative trading across global futures markets. For more information, visit www.liquidcapital.com.

About IPC

IPC is a global provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology to the financial markets community. With complete focus on this sector and over 40 years of expertise, IPC provides customers with integrated solutions that support traders and participants across the entire trade lifecycle, including sell-side and buy-side financial institutions, inter-dealer brokers, liquidity venues, clearing and settlement firms, independent software vendors, corporate finance departments, financial information exchange providers and market data providers. IPC’s offerings include a unified communications/application platform, award-winning trading positions, managed voice and data connectivity solutions, compliance technologies, infrastructure management and a suite of enhanced service offerings. IPC’s global reach extends to more than 60 countries – including a network of 5,000 customer sites over 700 cities and an installed base of approximately 120,000 trading positions deployed worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC has over 900 employees located throughout the Americas and the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. IPC’s mission is to continually innovate to support collaboration across the global financial community and address our clients’ needs in an ever-changing landscape. For more information, visit www.ipc.com.

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