G.H. Financials together with Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) today announced that G.H. Financials have chosen TT's high-performance, fully managed hosting solution, TTNET, to provide global derivatives market access to their mutual clients.
G.H. Financials are utilizing TT's full suite of trading products including X_Trader, TT API, FIX API and TT's visual programming platform, ADL™ along with TT's server-based execution tools through TTNET's proximity-hosted architecture. Implementation has been completed in the U.S. and Asia with further global expansion expected by year end 2013.
TTNET accelerates customer access to international futures markets and increases trading platform stability through its high-performance, redundant data centers. TTNET enables firms to minimize latency by executing orders through high-speed exchange gateways and execution servers that are proximity hosted near or co-located with the exchange matching engines. TTNET presently operates data centers in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney and São Paulo.
Peter Lovell, Chief Executive Officer of G.H. Financials, said, "Moving our use of TT onto the TTNET infrastructure is a natural progression in our long established relationship with TT, one of GHF's core technology partners. When looking for a partner that was able to support our global growth plan with reach into the markets and time zones our clients demand, the TTNET infrastructure had a clear technology edge."
Steve Martin, G.H. Financials' Chief Operating Officer, said, "Partnering with TT solidifies our commitment to providing reliable and robust technology solutions to our growing and highly demanding client base. GHF intends to fully leverage TTNET's unique hosting solutions to maximize our already high execution rankings on all major exchanges."
Harris Brumfield, CEO of TT, said, "We look forward to expanding our relationship with G.H. Financials, and to working together with them as they distribute TT's X_TRADER and API solutions to their client base. Their global reach combined with TT's technology solutions makes a compelling combination."