MetaBit has signed a contract with Nasdaq OMX Group to develop a solution for FIX 4.4 to a Nasdaq OMX exchange system delivered in Japan.

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Following a few months of discussions, SunGard has integrated its SunGard Transaction Network (STN) with Japan-based trading hub MetaBit in an attempt to extend its connectivity in the Asian region.

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MF Global is now offering connectivity to the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) via its Patsystems infrastructure.

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Macquarie Capital Securities Asia, provider of electronic execution tools tailored for Asia, has joined the private, secure Charles River FIX Network , which is integrated with the Charles River Investment Management System (IMS).

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MetaBit has certified its MLH FIX Network with Peresys’ Business Process Network (BPN), provider of FIX services and connectivity in Africa. This co-operation between the vendors enables their respective clients to access equities and derivatives listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange as well as all of Japan’s securities exchanges for both Care and Direct Market Access orders.

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Yipes Enterprise Services, provider of managed Ethernet and application delivery services, now has a global Ethernet network-to-network interface (E-NNI) with KVH, enabling Yipes’ customers to access KVH’s network in Japan and Asia. The E-NNI arrangement with KVH is based on Yipes’ recently announced standard network interconnect technology, which overcomes the lack of interoperability standards.

Engaging with KVH allows Yipes to deliver global services with more comprehensive solutions to its customers while maintaining quality of service standards across Yipes’ network.

Multi-asset trading systems provider Fidessa’s ongoing push into Asia and Japan in particular continues apace, as it adds connectivity to Instinet Japan’s electronic execution suite, and ramps up the Fidessa LatentZero business in the country.

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Transaction Network Services, a financial connectivity provider, has connected to the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) securities trading platform for the distribution of SGX market data to the global marketplace. A fully managed connection to TNS’s Secure Trading Extranet will enable SGX’s global customers to receive market data both in securities and derivatives markets, and allow connectivity for major financial institutions based outside of Singapore. To date, access to SGX’s market data has been limited to a few major network providers and direct connections from its customers.

The Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) selection of BT’s Radianz Proximity Solution last month for low latency connectivity services is aimed at enhancing ASX as a destination for algorithmic trading strategies with some of the narrowest spreads and small tick sizes on offer amongst Asian exchanges.

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Bank Chinatrust Indonesia is installing trader turrets and related communications technology from IPC Information Systems in support of its treasury division. Under the deal, IPC will provide technology for both the trader desktop and back end infrastructure.

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GL Trade has passed the conformance tests of the Tokyo Grain Exchange, going electronic on October 1 2007. Fimat has selected GL Trade to connect to TGE when it goes live. GL Trade has developed a gateway directly connected to the central system of the exchange. The group will offer market data and electronic order routing to all local and international members as well as their clients. “We are very pleased to strengthen our partnership with GL Trade by connecting to Tokyo Grain Exchange via GL Trade gateway. This is an important development for us which fits into our commitment to the Japanese commodities markets we are now members of,” says Julien Le Noble, CEO of Fimat in Japan.

GL Trade has entered an agreement with BT to connect the Radianz Shared Market Infrastructure to three of its major Asian GL Hubs in Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. GL Trade has been providing its “FIX ready” Hub in Asia since 2004. This agreement enables BT’s buy side clients to connect to the GL NET community of 750 financial institutions which support trading on 130 electronic markets.

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS) has passed the conformance tests for cash, bonds and warrants on Singapore Exchange (SGX).

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Trading Technologies International (TT) is further expanding its Asian exchange connectivity through new initiatives with the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

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Sweden-based agency broker and direct market access (DMA) provider NeoNet is continuing its move into Asia by expanding its trading and brokerage access to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Singapore Stock Exchange, further enhancing its round-the-clock execution services, it claims.

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Korean securities brokerage and investment bank Goodmorning Shinhan (GMSH) sees its recent tie-up with BT as “a significant stepping stone” in the expansion of its services globally, according to its head of sales for DMA equities and derivatives Michael Kim. For its part, BT is trumpeting the value of the addition to its network of a leading broker in what is the largest derivatives market in the world by volume.

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