Avelacom opens low latency highway to Japan’s equities, commodities, derivatives
“We already own the lowest latency routes to and from Tokyo. This gives us a head start in the provision of JPX market access solutions for financial services firms, both inside and outside of Japan.”
Avelacom has launched colocation and network services for Japan Exchange Group (JPX), thus enabling financial services institutions to directly access JPX’s exchanges and markets in cash equities, commodities, and derivatives.
The JPX’s infrastructure – comprising the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), the Osaka Exchange (OSE), and the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) – is now an integral part of Alevacom’s proprietary, ultra-low latency network.
Japan is one of the most strategic markets for Avelacom
Aleksey Larichev, Chief Executive Officer of Avelacom, commented: “Our infrastructure setup within JPX is a significant milestone for our development as it supports our growth in Japan. Among our clients are global banks, hedge funds and proprietary trading firms, and all of them increasingly want to be able to trade multi-asset markets such as JPX’s financial instruments.
“We already own the lowest latency routes to and from Tokyo. This gives us a head start in the provision of JPX market access solutions for financial services firms, both inside and outside of Japan.”
Avelacom considers Japan to be one of its most strategic markets and, for that reason, the connectivity solutions provider has increased its presence in Tokyo over the past four years.
The firm’s expansion in Japan included an authorization from Japan’s authorities to provide telecommunications services, the opening of a branch office in Tokyo to be able to serve clients in the Japanese language, the launch of more points-of-presence (PoPs) in several data centers in the country, as well as the metro network in Tokyo.
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