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Jersey City, N.J – IPC Corp., a leading global provider of specialized communications solutions for the financial trading community, today announced the appointment of two accomplished technology and business leaders to its parent’s Board of Directors. Mark Adams, Chief Development Officer of Equinix, and Marc Lefar, former Chief Executive Officer of Vonage, will serve as independent directors. Mr. Adams and Mr. Lefar will join Neil Barua and representatives from Centerbridge Partners on the Board of Directors.

“We welcome Mr. Adams and Mr. Lefar to our Board of Directors,” said Neil Barua, IPC’s Chief Executive Officer. “Mr. Adams and Mr. Lefar are respected leaders and mentors, with great vision and focus that have led their respective companies to strong and sustained business growth. It is exciting to welcome new members to the board who bring with them a fresh perspective. The benefit from their combined expertise will help us continue supporting IPC’s ongoing growth and innovation.”

Mr. Adams is the Chief Development Officer for the data center services company Equinix, where he is responsible for developing the company’s data center and services strategy. Prior to Equinix, Mr. Adams was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy for Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (EFI), where he led a series of acquisitions and equity investments that launched EFI into digital inkjet printing. In addition, Mr. Adams has founded and been CEO of four companies in wireless networking, digital music, IPTV, and a venture capital fund for direct investment. Mr. Adams started his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Mr. Lefar was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Vonage, a position he held from 2008 until the end of 2014. He also serves as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, appointed by President Obama in 2011. Before joining Vonage, he was the Chief Marketing Officer of Cingular Wireless, now AT&T Mobility, responsible for all aspects of marketing strategy and execution. Mr. Lefar played a major leadership role in the acquisition and successful integration of AT&T Wireless into Cingular in 2005. Mr. Lefar’s career in the telecommunications industry started with GTE Wireless, where he was Vice President of Marketing and helped to merge GTE with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon. Mr. Lefar is a frequent speaker on the topics of Global Commerce and Strategic Marketing and serves on the Advisory Board of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

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 more than 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 nearly 5,000 customer sites across 700 cities and an installed base of more than 120,000 trading positions deployed worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC has more than 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.

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 has acquired ASPone Networks, a global voice and data network provider to the financial markets. IPC and ASPone’s complementary customer bases, market focus and solution synergies enable IPC’s Financial Markets Network to uniquely offer highly differentiated data and voice connectivity solutions to the global financial industry.

ASPone was founded in 2005 by Patrick McGrath, Arthur Hughes and Sina Hakman as a one-stop shop service provider of IT solutions for the financial markets. Today’s announcement reinforces IPC’s commitment to delivering best-of-breed network solutions that offer market participants adaptive, on-demand connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle and across asset classes. Capital market firms are continually seeking ways to rapidly access liquidity venues, counterparties, brokers/dealers, institutional investors, trade lifecycle services and market data. Through this acquisition, IPC expands its financial ecosystem of 5,000 locations into high-growth markets around the world and strengthens its global capabilities to provide capital market participants with even greater levels of resiliency and reliability.

“The strategic decision to acquire ASPone is driven by our commitment to empower our global customers, offering them faster and more direct access to the markets they trade in, coupled with the highest levels of service and support available in the industry,” said Neil Barua, Chief Executive Officer, IPC. “We believe that the combined IPC and ASPone business will create tremendous value for customers of both organizations and enhance our ability to deliver industry-leading managed network-as-a-service solutions.”

 

“Integrating with a larger, successful organization like IPC provides the ASPone Networks team with the resources and global reach to accomplish its goals of continued growth and support of existing and new clients,” said Patrick McGrath, Chief Executive Officer, ASPone. “IPC is positioned perfectly to best serve our customers moving forward and offer employees additional opportunity.”

 

IPC looks forward to welcoming the ASPone employees to its global team and to onboarding and supporting all ASPone clients, while providing the opportunity for these firms to take advantage of its broader Financial Markets Network portfolio and global reach.

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 ASPone

ASPone is specialized in the development and provision of technology and communication based solutions for the finance industry. It has a broad international presence with offices in Istanbul, Moscow, Singapore, Hong Kong and London. The company has deep expertise in fast, high-volume, highly robust transactional systems tailored to the needs and constraints, including compliance, of financial companies. ASPone is organized around two divisions: (i) a systems division that sells trading solutions, as well as architecting, developing, maintaining and/or hosting bespoke financial software solutions, and (ii) a networks division that sells trader voice and data connectivity solutions to financial institutions.

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 more than 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 nearly 5,000 customer sites across 700 cities and an installed base of more than 120,000 trading positions deployed worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, IPC has more than 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, N.J. – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of mission-critical voice and electronic communication solutions to the world’s top financial services firms and global enterprises, today announced that OTR Global, a marketplace research and channel intelligence firm, has enhanced both the business continuity and efficiency of its trading communications infrastructure by consolidating trader voice and data services with IPC.

OTR Global’s move to a new location presented an opportunity for the firm to investigate technologies to maximize the performance of its recently constructed disaster recovery site and provide better business continuity planning (BCP). By displacing their legacy voice infrastructure with IPC’s Trader Voice and Enhanced Voice Services (EVS), OTR Global not only achieved its BCP goal, but also transitioned from a multi-vendor environment to a single source provider – making their system easier to manage and maintain.

Additionally, OTR Global selected IPC’s Connexus Financial Extranet to provide the reach OTR Global needs for data services to capital markets worldwide at a cost savings.

“It means a lot to us to not affect any trader should we have an outage. So we were looking to have greater redundancy – making sure our trading floor is operating 100 percent of the time,” says Robert Benning, senior systems administrator, OTR Global. ”IPC offered us highly available, cost-effective and secure lines of communication so our traders can deliver unsurpassed value to our institutional investors. IPC covered all the bases the competition didn’t.”

 

“Additionally, OTR Global gains peace of mind with a more resilient network infrastructure,” says Dave Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “With a single source provider for existing and future services, OTR Global simplifies billing and system management and significantly reduces costs for network services.”

Trader Voice, EVS and Connexus Financial Extranet services are part of IPC’s Financial Markets Network portfolio of solutions, which also includes Direct Connect and Managed VPN. 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 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.

About OTR Global

OTR Global is among the industry’s most respected providers of marketplace and channel intelligence for institutional investors. The firm uses its global platform, channel research and client events to find intelligent, investible insights from around the world. Today, OTR Global has extensive reach, with offices in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as more than 130 research personnel in 18 countries with sources in more than 50 countries. For nearly 20 years, the firm has established long-lasting relationships with many of the largest and best-known mutual funds and hedge funds in the industry. OTR Global provides its research and other essential information to clients through syndicated research reports; notes, alerts and snapshots; custom projects and exclusive marketing events.

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, N.J – July 17, 2015 – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications solutions for the financial trading community, has once again been voted “Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider” in the Waters Rankings. This marks the fifth consecutive year IPC has won the category in its current incarnation. In the category’s previous incarnation as the best trading turret provider award, IPC won six out of the seven years it was offered: from 2004 through 2006 and then 2008 through 2010.

“Our customers, industry leaders and experts have all once again done us the distinct honor of voting us as the best trading floor communications system provider,” Michael Speranza, senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Marketing, IPC, said. “Our global customer community continues to affirm that when it comes to meeting their needs, IPC’s advanced technology, dedicated service, and continual innovations are of timeless value.”

IPC accounts for more than 120,000 of the world’s trading turret positions. Unigy®, IPC’s cutting edge next generation unified trading communications platform, speeds collaboration between traders and the trade support teams across middle and back offices with unprecedented flexibility, scalability, and adaptability. Unigy’s interoperability allows it to work with existing systems such as IQ/MAX turrets, PBX phone systems and voice recording equipment to help trading firms of every size transform their workflow, making traders significantly more productive and their operations much more profitable. Unigy is live at more than 1,000 customer sites globally, including installations at more than 50% of the 2014 Top 25 banks*.

 

“What we’ve managed to achieve over the last decade is nothing short of remarkable and with the support of our customers, we have every intention of making IPC’s next era spectacular,” said Speranza. “We will continue to provide our customers with the technology that grants them competitive advantage in their operations and will continue to provide the service and commitment they deserve.”

 

“Over the last 13 years, Waters Magazine has turned to its expert reader base to determine which vendors lead in their respective fields for the annual Waters Rankings. Waters readers have selected IPC as the Best Trading Floor Communication System five times in a row, and when combined with IPC’s previous victories in the Best Trading Turret award, they have ranked 11 times out of 12,” said Anthony Malakian, US editor, Waters.

The Waters Rankings are the annual readers’ choice awards of Waters magazine, which recognize the combined leadership of technological capabilities and human expertise in each category. Qualified voters from buy- and sell-side firms as well as exchanges and inter dealer brokers. More than 1,000 voters chose the best financial IT solution and services in the annual Waters Rankings.

*The Top 25 banks of the Top 1000 World Banks ranking is generated by The Banker Database, and published in The Banker July edition.

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

About Waters

Each month, Waters reports and analyzes the practical implementation of financial technology in the wholesale banking and securities industries. Since its launch in 1993, financial IT professionals worldwide have relied on the magazine for its focused, in-depth coverage of financial market data and technology as well as the human issues of talent management, staff retention and compensation within the financial services community. With more than 10,000 subscribers, Waters readers enjoy the insights of CIOs and CTOs from the global capital markets. Waters is published by Incisive Media Plc. For more information, please visit www.watersonline.com and www.incisivemedia.com.

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 at seven points-of-presence (PoPs) in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. IPC’s PoPs in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Geneva, Stockholm and Zurich have been enabled to support all of IPC’s data and voice solutions. This includes access to the Connexus extranet ecosystem, latency sensitive data connectivity and MPLS corporate WAN solutions. Leveraging a unified converged infrastructure, IPC provides a comprehensive MNaaS data and voice product portfolio that is engineered to satisfy the exacting demands of the global capital markets.

The announcement is part of IPC’s continued global network expansion and enables investors both within the European Union and beyond to successfully trade equities, fixed income, FX, commodities and derivatives in the European markets. MNaaS solutions are becoming increasingly important in Europe’s highly fragmented capital and energy markets to execute a wide range of complex trading strategies, achieve business continuity, manage risk and source liquidity.

“Trading effectively in Europe’s sophisticated markets requires access to a ready-made ecosystem of market participants and connectivity throughout the trade lifecycle across multiple asset classes,” said Chris McQuade, Vice President, Network Operations EMEA, IPC. “We are delighted to offer a comprehensive managed network-as-a-service solution that empowers global investors to capture alpha in Europe’s booming 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 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.

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 grow its presence in the Chicagoland market with the addition of new staff. The expansion initiatives include the appointments of key sales, business development, customer service, operations and field engineering staff with industry veteran, Randy Deihs, leading IPC’s growth charge for the Chicago market as well as the entire Midwest. Moreover, IPC is investing significant resources in partnering with providers of trade lifecycle services, liquidity venues and market data vendors in the region.

“IPC has been experiencing rapid organic growth in Chicago and as a result we have hired a team of experts to underscore our unwavering commitment to serving clients in the region,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “This initiative reinforces our singular mission to create trading opportunities and manage risk by bringing the diverse community of global capital market participants together.”

 

“Our ecosystem in the Midwest comprises nearly 500 diverse market participant locations that need to connect, communicate and collaborate with the wider global community of institutional investors, fund managers, brokers/dealers, liquidity venues and trade lifecycle service providers,” said Joseph Pickel, Global Head of Sales and Marketing, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “The extensive knowledge of the financial markets and deep expertise in capital markets technology that the team brings will be invaluable for us in serving our ecosystem and successfully executing our strategic blueprint for the Chicago market.”

IPC has taken on a leadership role in several recent conferences in Chicago including DerivOps North America 2015 and The Trading Show. IPC will also be showcasing the solutions in its Financial Markets Network portfolio at the FIA Futures & Options Expo 2015.

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 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.

IPC Systems, Inc., is proud to announce that one of the company’s thought leaders will be participating in a panel discussion at the FISD General Meeting. The event, to be held June 24, 2015, at the Princeton Club of New York, encompasses a wide range of business, technological, and regulatory issues that face the financial information industry, including commercial policies for market & reference data, legal & contractual issues and market data administration.

IPC’s Ganesh Iyer, Director of Product Marketing, will participate in the panel titled “Concentrating on the ‘C’ in ICT? Communication, Connectivity and Collaboration”. The panel will focus on the necessity of communication, connectivity and collaboration in the capital markets.

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.

IPC Systems, Inc., is proud to announce that one of the company’s thought leaders will be presenting to senior traders from some of the largest and most innovative fixed income trading desks in Europe at the Buy Side Conversations 2015 Fixed Income Trading conference. The event, to be held June 17 and 18, 2015, at CCT Venues Plus – South Quay, Canary Wharf in London, will focus on the future of electronic trading, the increased emphasis from the regulator on transparency and efficiency, and debate the challenges and opportunities in the fixed income trading space.

IPC’s Ganesh Iyer, Director of Product Marketing, will share insights on how a Managed Network-as-a-Service (MNaaS) solution can not only manage risk effectively but also enable fund managers to execute a range of trading strategies such systematic trades, convertible bond arbitrage, fixed income arbitrage, equity long-short, dispersion trades and portable alpha strategies in a presentation titled “Buy-Side Technology Insight: “De-risking” the trading and investment processes of fund managers.”

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.

IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, and Japan Exchange Group (JPX), the world’s third largest exchange group, today announced a strategic partnership to enable global capital market participants to reliably access JPX’s trading venues from financial centers in the Asia-Pacific region, North America and Europe.

The collaboration between IPC and JPX enables financial institutions worldwide to have resilient, secure, latency-sensitive and cost-effective access to the JPX derivatives trading system (J-GATE), cash trading system (arrowhead) and off-auction trading system (ToSTNeT) via the new Toyosu Access Point (AP3). IPC also enables JPX Co-Location Service members to connect easily with other market participants in @Tokyo’s public space and to the entire IPC global financial markets ecosystem.

Trading in Japan’s capital markets has grown dramatically since the advent of Abenomics. One of the components of the third arrow of Abenomics – promoting private sector investment-led growth – has noticeably enhanced the corporate governance of Japanese firms. This has contributed to the growth in trading volumes in the Japanese cash equities and derivatives markets.

“The strong shift of Japan’s market supported by a sequence of positive policy decisions and the improved corporate governance of Japanese firms are attracting more investors, both domestic and international, to invest in securities and derivatives that are traded on JPX,” said Ryusuke Yokoyama, Executive Officer at Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. “We are delighted to work with IPC to expand both our global reach and pool of investors.”

“We have been witnessing a surge in demand for connectivity to Japan’s capital markets from institutional investors, traditional asset managers and alternative investment managers in Asia, Europe and the United States,” said David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “IPC has a long history of serving the Japanese market and this partnership with JPX underscores our deep commitment to global investors seeking to successfully participate and profit in Japan’s vibrant capital markets.”

The Connexus Financial Extranet is part of IPC’s Financial Markets Network solution portfolio which includes private extranet, Direct Connect and Managed MPLS VPN data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced IP voice connectivity solutions. IPC’s Financial Markets Network interconnects global financial centers and allows access to more than 5,000 participants in over 700 cities in nearly 60 countries. Built on a state of the art IP/MPLS infrastructure, the highly scalable and secure Connexus Extranet supports a number of industry standard and trading protocols.

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.

About JPX

Japan Exchange Group, Inc., one of the leading exchange groups in the world, is a holding company established on January 1, 2013 as a result of a business combination between Tokyo Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the Asia-Pacific region, and Osaka Exchange, a major derivatives exchange. JPX listed its stock on TSE on January 4 of the same year. The JPX stock market reached approximately USD 4.5 trillion (JPY 478 trillion) in market capitalization as of the end of December 2013. JPX also provides derivatives markets for major Japanese contracts such as Nikkei 225 futures, TOPIX futures, and JGB futures. For more information, visit http://www.jpx.co.jp/english/

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 Systems, Inc., a global provider of network services, trading communication technology and enhanced services to the financial markets community, today announced the introduction of its Self-Provisioning Online Tool (SPOT) for Trader Voice services within the EMEA region. SPOT empowers the EMEA Trader Voice community with greater control and visibility into their voice network by enabling customers to self-provision voice connections through IPC’s Xchange Customer Portal. SPOT is the most recent expansion of IPC’s proven, private and secure Xchange Customer Portal, which provides customers with instant, global visibility and hands-on analysis of their trading communications system and network services.

IPC is breaking new ground with the first single provisioning and management interface dedicated to the financial markets. SPOT enables customers to self-provision voice services anytime and proactively administer IPC resources globally. With SPOT, firms in EMEA will be able to:

• Self-provision voice services to IPC’s ever growing community of more than 5,000 global on-net locations
• Efficiently manage voice connections, including new voice installations, shifts or terminations enterprise-wide
• Quickly redirect bearers and channels
• Easily submit or cancel termination requests

“The introduction of SPOT in EMEA is just the first phase in a broader deployment of real-time self-provisioning solutions across our service portfolio to customers around the globe,” said Dave Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. “IPC is dedicated to helping our customers achieve maximum business advantage, and the launch of SPOT is another step forward in IPC’s commitment to deliver trader productivity and drive operational efficiencies throughout the financial markets.”

In addition to provisioning, SPOT provides advanced functionality for IPC Financial Markets Network customers to gain complete visibility into their accounts including a dashboard overview of their global voice estate and order status, inventory management capabilities, capacity planning reports and advanced search capabilities. EMEA Trader Voice customers can use SPOT to search, report, reserve, lock, label and assign signaling preferences.

The Self-Provisioning Online Tool is part of IPC’s comprehensive portfolio of Voice Connectivity Services including Trader Voice and EVS. IPC Voice Connectivity Services enable traders to reach counterparties, access global hoot and holler networks and gain greater mobility in a rapid, cost-effective manner. The service also provides access to new markets, proactive infrastructure monitoring and unrivaled flexibility.

 

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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