KVH said that the the service will be available for Tokyo Commodity Exchange’s trading system starting on February 2011 and will be expanded to the Osaka Securities Exchange’s new derivative trading system, J-Gate, in April 2011.
Through this services, Nissan Century Securities will be able to address the requirements of overseas investors by combining an ISV platform together with English and Japanese bilingual support capabilities.
Nissan Century Securities’ new HFT offering is backed by KVH Proximity Services, KVH’s ultra low latency proximity hosting solution.
By using KVH Proximity Services, Nissan Century Securities can quickly provide its customers with the lowest latency connectivity environment to all major Japanese exchanges from a single location.
Nissan Century Securities president of Takehiko Nuki said that while Japan has not experienced the same level of growth that other Asian markets have, efforts by the Japanese exchanges to stimulate HFT trading are starting to show results.
"By launching our leading-edge, high-quality connectivity environment at a reasonable price, we are resolved to further drive demand in this market and increase the number of market participants from Asia and other countries. KVH Proximity Services allows us to increase customer satisfaction while offering the lowest latency solution available,"
"The KVH Proximity Service offers the ideal managed hosting environment for latency critical applications and connects participants to a full ecosystem of exchanges, brokers, ISVs, and market data vendors under one roof.
KVH was formed in 1999 by Fidelity Investments as a Japan focused IT/communications service provider. KVH offers integrated communications and IT management solutions that include managed services, data center services, professional services, data networking, internet access, and voice services to business customers.
