Clients saw flawless performance from Thomson Reuters direct and consolidated feeds so that they could immediately take full advantage of the increased performance and access to full depth of order book data provided by the Exchange.

The flexible delivery options offered by Thomson Reuters Data Feed Direct provides high performance solutions to both TSE Arrowhead FLEX Standard and Full Book, offering all clients open access to full market depth information with microsecond data normalization, distribution and ease of integration within applications. More than 15 Thomson Reuters direct feed customers participated in the Exchange's dress rehearsals and then simultaneously went live with the launch of the new exchange platform on 4 January 2010.

In addition, customers can connect the direct feed into their own data centre, the Tokyo Stock Exchange's co-location facility or leverage Thomson Reuters proximity hosting solution, which offers both managed Thomson Reuters Market Data System middleware platform or a direct connection via their application programming interface.

For less latency sensitive application and desktop requirements the Thomson Reuters consolidated feed for the TSE system also offers increased market depth and improved performance drawing positive reviews.

Mike Powell, Global Head of Enterprise Information said: "Thomson Reuters is dedicated to supporting the Tokyo Stock Exchange and providing best in class real-time delivery options to meet the diverse needs of our mutual customers. We are delighted with the smooth launch of both our direct and consolidated feed solutions for the Exchange's new platform, with both also available within hosting environments. This further underlines our commitment to providing the most comprehensive set of high performance real-time market data solutions to support customers' mission critical trading applications."

This launch further strengthens Thomson Reuters comprehensive coverage of the Japanese and wider Asian markets following other announcements including the addition of direct and consolidated feeds for Osaka and JASDAQ Securities Exchange, SBI Japannext and TDEX+.

TSE joins Thomson Reuters growing portfolio of premium low latency venues available via direct exchange connectivity, in addition to over 300 markets available via its industry leading, global real-time data feed solutions.