Interactive Data’s 7ticks direct market access linkage ramps up multi-year growth and global points of presence expansion
Interactive Data, a leading provider of trading infrastructure and services, today announced that it will provide clients with direct market access (DMA) services to SIX Swiss Exchange, effective immediately.
Built on Interactive Data’s technology and low latency infrastructure, the DMA service enables market participants to benefit fully from the performance of the SIX Swiss trading platform, and will be accessible via the following global points of presence (POPs): Chicago, Frankfurt, London, New Jersey and Slough.
The following asset classes are available through Interactive Data’s 7ticks DMA service: equities, bonds, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded products (ETPs) as well as structured products and warrants.
“SIX Swiss Exchange represents the latest major market to be offered by Interactive Data, underscoring our continuing commitment to providing our customers with direct access to the world’s leading global electronic markets," said Sean Brown, President, 7ticks, Interactive Data. “Adding SIX to our direct market access roster allows 7ticks users to benefit directly from SIX’s world class trading and execution platform.”
Urs Widmer, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and responsible for Business & Market Development at SIX Swiss Exchange, comments, “By continually enlarging our range of service providers, we enable our broadly diversified participants to find the ideal connectivity solution for their needs and to benefit fully from the unique structure of our market and our outstanding liquidity.”
In addition to Zurich, Interactive Data has established Global Points of Presence (POPS) in the following locations: Chicago, Frankfurt, London, New York, Singapore, Tokyo and Toronto.
At SIX Swiss Exchange, we connect companies from around the world with international investors and trading participants and create market-oriented framework conditions for listing and trading in our highly liquid segments Equities, Bonds, ETFs, ETPs, Sponsored Funds and Structured Products. We offer our trading participants excellent trading conditions with one of the world’s fastest trading technologies. Maintaining a close dialogue with both our domestic and foreign customers, we create optimal conditions for their success and offer them access to a strong global network. SIX Swiss Exchange is proud to win the “Exchange of the Year” category at the Global Investor/isf Investment Excellence Awards 2014.