Jih Sun Futures is the brokerage arm of Taiwan-based Jih Sun Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. Through its subsidiaries, Jih Sun provides securities brokerage and trading, banking and underwriting services.

As a result of the agreement signed by the companies, customers of both Orc and Jih Sun Futures will be able to capitalize on the market opportunities in Taiwan. Orc solutions allow buy-side customers to trade derivatives on Taifex using Jih Sun Futures' membership.

"Jih Sun Futures aims to offer superior brokerage services to our clients. Orc's leadership and experience in Taiwan are keys to our selection of the Orc Trading system," said Jesse Tsai, Institutional Department Vice President, Jih Sun Futures Co. Ltd. "We are also impressed with the performance and scalability of Orc's technology and look forward to strengthening our futures and options capacity by deploying this."

"We are pleased to supply Jih Sun Futures with our high performance trading system that further accelerates their brokerage business," said Dennis Chen, Vice President, Sales APAC, Orc. "Jih Sun Future's choice is a solid endorsement of Orc as a leading provider of advanced trading solutions in Taiwan, and we look forward to developing a long-term relationship with Jih Sun Futures."

Orc's sponsored access solutions offer buy-side users access to liquidity pools including exchanges and ECNs, without the need for exchange membership. Connecting to the Orc ExNet Private IP (PIP) Network gives trading firms the ability to send and receive orders from more than 150 Orc sites.