Exchange Hosting is a new connectivity service that provides customers with the fastest access to the Exchange’s trading and information systems. It allows member firms to locate their servers within the Exchange’s own data centre, providing sub-millisecond access to the Exchange’s matching engine and market data.

Phase one of our data centre expansion is now complete and from Monday 6 October 2008 our Exchange Hosting service will be live on our production systems.

This new service underlines the Exchange’s commitment to encouraging market efficiency through the reduction of latency, and further extends our variety of connectivity options by providing the ultimate choice in low-latency connectivity.

Key aspects of the service include:

Hosting physically within the Exchange’s managed data centre - as close as possible to the matching engines
Reduction of overall latency between the Exchange’s TradElect and Infolect systems and your trading applications, by reducing latency across the network delivery path
Purpose-built data centre, providing high standards in terms of security, access, power and cooling, entirely managed by the Exchange
Potential to access any of the London Stock Exchange Group’s markets (including Borsa Italiana’s MTA and Expandi market from September 2008)

Members taking advantage of Exchange Hosting are provided with the opportunity to access Europe’s deepest pool of liquidity fast and efficiently, thereby:

Increasing chances of execution and probability of accessing available liquidity.
Improving the performance of algorithmic trading strategies.
Ability to react more quickly to market changes.
Reducing opportunity cost of trading.

To find out more or to apply for the service please contact hosting@londonstockexchange.com