RTS will now be able to offer global access to trading on the exchange and to its market data for banks, brokers, financial institutions and traders around the world through the IP-based BT Radianz shared market infrastructure.

Being a member of BT Radianz community, both Russian and foreign investors can benefit from the availability of RTS data via the BT Radianz shared market infrastructure.

The BT Radianz shared market infrastructure supports the global networked financial community, with over 14,000 customer locations internationally accessing services from over 400 application service providers around the world. RTS will be able to leverage this growing global networked community and make use of low-latency connectivity for its members.

Roman Gorynov, CEO of RTS, said: “Our collaboration with BT makes the Russian market more accessible to global investments and is another step closer to the harmonization of Russia’s financial markets infrastructure and its place as a leading world market.”

Andy Nicholson, vice president of global banking and financial markets at BT, said: “Having Russia’s first regulated exchange join our user community, with already over 300 BT customers in the region, is a clear demonstration of our ongoing commitment to Russia as a financial market of the future.”