Source: Equinix
ConvergEx, a premier provider of investment technology solutions and global agency brokerage services, today announced that its options business, LiquidPoint, has selected Equinix NY4 as its East Coast data center. Combining the benefits of NY4 with LiquidPoint's Advanced Order Routing System (AORS), customers will have industry leading, low latency order and algorithmic access to the International Securities Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange's new C2 Exchange and other key options and financial exchanges.
"This direct connectivity will provide a significant advantage for our high-frequency trading customers who are desirous of ultra low latency," said Anthony Saliba, chief executive officer of ConvergEx's LiquidPoint. "It is critical to our clients that LiquidPoint's AORS infrastructure remains on the cutting edge of high-volume, low latency order execution."
Customers will also have the opportunity to co-locate within LiquidPoint's infrastructure to have direct access to LiquidPoint's Order Routing, Nth Exchange and market data application programming interfaces (APIs).
LiquidPoint, based in Chicago and a member of ConvergEx, is an agency-based registered broker-dealer that specializes in derivatives execution management technology and brokerage services for listed options and equities. LiquidPoint provides a total solution for today's dynamic and diverse trading requirements, combining sophisticated trading tools with its commitment to superior order execution services and focused customer support.