With the recent completion of the conformance test, the RTD Realtime Trading Desktop (RTD), RTS' professional trading solution, empowers users to trade all listed products on SGX. Customers in Asia and around the world can access both SGX securities and derivatives markets through RTS' high performance direct connectivity offering and via its dedicated data centers.

"With SGX planning to decommission its own hosted front-end, SGX Securities Member firms are looking to find a trading solution to replace the native SESOPS trading terminal and enable them to trade different markets from one screen," said Henk Huitema, Managing Director of RTS in the Asia Pacific region.

"By accessing SGX markets from RTS screens, traders can enjoy an unrivaled level of comfort, and more importantly, speed and reliability," said Alexander Lamb, Senior Vice President, Business Development at RTS, adding that the RTD is providing a full range of functionality focusing on equities and derivatives equally.

Rama Pillai, Senior Vice President and Head of Intermediaries of SGX, said: "RTS' further commitment to SGX reinforces the attractiveness of our market, and augments our ongoing effort to enhance market access and connectivity to both local and international customers. As part of the SGX Asian Gateway strategy, we offer a one-stop connectivity hub where international market players can trade our comprehensive suite of products at one go, in particular to tap Asian growth opportunities, through the Singapore marketplace."