CHICAGO and SAO PAULO, April 12, 2010 — Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a leading provider of order-entry software and solutions for professional derivatives traders, and BM&FBOVESPA, Latin America’s largest exchange, today announced they have entered into a partnership to provide direct access to BM&FBOVESPA’s new multi-asset class platform via TT’s X_TRADER® platform. As part of this partnership, TT will establish a new data center co-located with BM&FBOVESPA, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for TT’s TTNET™ fully managed hosting solution. The new TTNET hub will provide TT’s customers with a low-latency path to BM&FBOVESPA for high-performance order routing and execution. In conjunction with the opening of the data center, TT will open a full-service sales and support office in Sao Paulo to create its first point of presence in Latin America.
TT’s direct connection to BM&FBOVESPA will provide traders from anywhere in the world with access to the exchange through TT’s X_TRADER® platform. TT currently offers traders outside of Brazil access to BM&FBOVESPA products through the link to CME Group’s Globex® platform. The new connection will provide TT’s customers with access to the main derivatives contracts listed on the exchange, including:
- Interest Rates - One-Day Interbank Deposit, Long Term Interbank Deposit and ID x US Dollar Swap with Reset contracts
- Equity Index Futures - Ibovespa, Mini-Ibovespa, Brazil Index-50 and General Market Price Index
- Currency - USD Futures, Mini-USD and Euro Futures
- Agricultural - Arabica Coffee, Real-Denominated Corn, Soybeans, Crystal Sugar, Live Cattle and USD Denominated Ethanol
- Sovereign Debt Instrument (Bonds) - A-Bond Futures, Three-, Five- and Seven-Year Brazilian Sovereign Credit Default Swaps and Ten-Year US Treasury Notes
- Metals - Gold Futures and Spot contracts
"BM&FBOVESPA is very pleased with this partnership that will contribute for the growth of our market. This partnership is aligned with our goal to offer advanced technological solutions for our customers", said Cicero Augusto Vieira, BM&FBOVESPA Chief Operating Officer.
"We believe this agreement with BM&FBOVESPA will provide a superior ultra-low-latency connection to the exchange. We expect the co-location and proximity-based computing solutions planned for our new TTNET hub in Sao Paulo will provide our global customer base with a critical edge," said Harris Brumfield, CEO of TT.
TT’s TTNET hosting solution accelerates customer access time to international futures markets and increases trading platform stability through mirrored redundant data centers located close to the major exchanges in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Tokyo. TT technicians are responsible for network administration, hardware configuration, infrastructure maintenance, data line management, upgrades, backups, security and user support. For more information, visit www.tradingtechnologies.com/ttnet.aspx.
About Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) develops high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals, including the world’s premier investment banks, proprietary traders, brokers, Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), hedge funds and other trading institutions. The company’s X_TRADER® software and related services provide direct access to dozens of the major international derivatives exchanges. TTNET™, TT's fully managed hosting solution, delivers maximum system stability and fast trade execution via hubs located close to the major exchanges in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Tokyo. Headquartered in Chicago with 11 offices globally, TT has received "best in class" awards from numerous independent third parties including FOW, Buy-Side Technology, The Technical Analyst and Chicago magazines as well as the Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA).
About BM&FBOVESPA
BM&FBOVESPA S.A. — The Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange was created in 2008, through the integration between the Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F) and the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa). Together, the companies have created one of the largest listed exchange groups in the world, the second in the Americas, and the leading exchange in Latin America. The Exchange features a vertically integrated business model, with trading, registration, netting, settlement, risk management, market data, and central securities depository services. BM&FBOVESPA’s state-of-the-art technological resources provide investors with an efficient and secure trading and post-trading environment. Among its broad range of trading products, the Brazilian Exchange offers equities, securities, financial assets, indices, interest rates, agricultural commodities, as well as foreign exchange futures and spot contracts, and acts as a central counterparty for all of its market segments through its four clearinghouses — equities, derivatives, foreign exchange, and securities. For more information, please visit BM&FBOVESPA at www.bmfbovespa.com.br.
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FOR BM&FBOVESPA
BM&FBOVESPA
Carmen Barcellos
55-11-2565-6372
cbarcellos@bvmf.com.br
FOR TT Ray Carmichael Vivid Ascent 312.346.2002 ray@vividascent.com

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