Aquis Exchange, which has applied for regulatory approval as a multilateral trading facility from the UK FCA, was established in October 2012 with the aim of strengthening competition in the European trading landscape through the introduction of subscription pricing and innovative order types, which can lower trading costs for market participants.

Savvis Markets Infrastructure provides enhanced network and latency management tools, plus access to more than 200 exchange and liquidity venue feeds, to financial service organizations across the globe. 

"In the process of creating the Aquis Exchange infrastructure, we have tried to make the barriers to joining as low as possible for our potential members," said Alasdair Haynes, chief executive officer of Aquis Exchange. "By having a company with the scale and caliber of Savvis as an authorized extranet supplier, we hope to give users a superior and broad range of connectivity options. We are very pleased to be working with Savvis."

"We welcome the opportunity to provide clients low-latency connectivity to Aquis Exchange for market data and trading purposes," said Roji Oommen, managing director, financial services, for Savvis. "By connecting new exchanges and venues to our global network, Savvis continues to expand and enrich the trading ecosystems available to our clients."