CHICAGO and LONDON, December 9 /PRNewswire/ -- RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions provider, announced today that it now offers comprehensive, high-speed access under a unified infrastructure to all markets of the London Stock Exchange Group, including the London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana and the European Derivatives Exchange (EDX), as well as Oslo Bors' Equity market.

Now RTS clients can enjoy high-speed, low latency access to the London Stock Exchange Group markets in a hosted environment through the RTS London primary and secondary data centers.

RTS has been accredited as a London Stock Exchange Vendor Access Network (VAN) provider, offering robust, secure and high-speed/low latency access to the London-based equity market. For Borsa Italiana, RTS is in the process of becoming an approved Service Provider, offering similar access to both the equity and derivatives markets. RTS also provides network connectivity and front-end software for the EDX marketplace.

Mirjana Zuro, RTS Managing Director, United Kingdom, said: We are very pleased to offer a low-cost, robust package of high-speed, low latency access to the attractive global markets of the London Stock Exchange Group. Through our dedicated infrastructure, we are able to save clients significant time and expense, allowing them to enjoy best-in-class technology while focusing their resources on refining and executing their trading strategies, as well as serving their client needs.

The new offering benefits a wide range of market participants, including brokers, algorithmic traders and market makers.

RTS, one of the leading providers of direct access to European equity markets, offers connections to more than 100 equity, futures, fixed income and options marketplaces globally. The firm also offers hosting services for low-latency access to more than 60 markets via its global data center hubs.

About RTS Realtime Systems Group

RTS is a leading solutions provider with offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Frankfurt, London, New York, Paris, Singapore, Stockholm and Sydney, and distribution/sales partners in Greece and Japan. Founded in 1992, RTS is a pioneer in the design and creation of high performance, functionally rich, multi-asset electronic trading software, with thousands of user connections to over 100 exchanges and liquidity pools.

For more information, please visit www.rtsgroup.net.

SOURCE: RTS Realtime Systems Group

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