REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
April 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection
and data center company, today announced that Omega Securities Inc.
(Omega, OSI), operating Omega ATS and Lynx ATS, one of the Canadian
leading providers of financial services to investors and traders,
has announced it will build its matching engine in Equinix's
recently opened Toronto International Business Exchange™ (IBX®)
data center, TR2. Omega's new matching engine will offer its
clients access to real-time transparent quotes and trade
information, as well as lowering latency and improving execution
technology across its platform for the electronic equities market
providers.
Highlights / Key Facts
- Strategically located in downtown Toronto, Equinix's Toronto data center campus
offers Omega the advantage of close proximity to major financial
exchanges, as well as liquidity providers and institutional
investors who are increasingly adopting cross-asset trading
execution strategies. Close proximity to financial firms combined
with access to the broadest choice of networks, enables Omega to
deliver consistent low latency to its customers in Canada.
- Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) serves members such as IIROC,
OmegaATS and Lynx ATS and provides the Canadian marketplace with
fast, price/time priority trading platform where customers will be
able to trade at or better than the CBBO (Canadian Best Bid and
Offer) at competitive commission rates. Omega currently has an
access node in Equinix's TR1 IBX data center and will be deploying
their secondary node in TR2 in Q3 2016.
- Equinix provides a neutral meeting place for the world's
leading financial market participants, including trading venues,
buy- and sell-side firms, market data providers, technology
providers and financial networks. Equinix data centers provide
colocation for over 875 financial services customers who include
over 175 exchange and trading venue deployments around the globe.
The expansion by OmegaATS further enhances Equinix's global
electronic trading ecosystem, providing the interconnection options
that companies need to meet business demands.
- Located at the Equinix campus in downtown Toronto, Canada,TR2 serves the financial,
media and enterprise companies. The new facility offers premium
colocation services and is designed to meet enterprises' need for
larger footprints and data-intensive applications deployed closer
to the edge.
Quotes
- Raymond Tung, chief operating
officer, Omega Securities Inc.:
"The Equinix Toronto
campus was a strategic choice for Omega, as it is home to a growing
ecosystem of financial services firms, including several of our
existing customers and partners. By extending our matching engine
here, we can easily interconnect with these businesses in a fast
and reliable way and leverage Equinix's extensive expertise in the
financial sector."
- Stewart Orrell, senior
director, Enterprise Marketing, Equinix:
"We continue to
see strong momentum with our electronic trading clients, as they
seek to tap into new markets and asset classes. Omega Securities
Inc. is a locally recognized brand and adds to the strength of our
financial services offering in Toronto, as we provide a platform for our
clients to expand their business there."
Additional Resources
- Equinix Expands in Toronto to Serve Growing Demand for
Interconnection [Press release]
- Equinix Sees Uptick in Globally Deployed Financial Services
Customers Spanning Multiple Asset Classes [press release]
- Equinix Sees Continued Interest in Secaucus Data Centers
[blog]
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects
the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and
partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 40 markets
across five continents, Equinix is where companies come together to
realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and
cloud strategies. www.equinix.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors
that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to,
the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers
and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services;
unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of
companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure
to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out
or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing
arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from
existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient
cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding
indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key
customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular,
see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available
upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation
to update the forward-looking information contained in this press
release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
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