TMX Group Announces Completion of New Co-Location Facility

Co-location provides lowest latency access to TMX Group's cash equities and derivatives markets

TORONTO, June 17 /CNW/ - TMX Group Inc. today announced that construction of its new co-location facility is complete. Commencing June 30, clients will be installing their trading applications in the TMX data centre and receiving the benefits of direct high-speed access to the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange and Montreal Exchange trading engines and market data feeds.

"Our co-location facility provides our trading and data clients with a single point of access to our multi-asset class trading enterprise with the fastest possible response times," said Brenda Hoffman, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, TMX Group.

TMX Group announced the new co-location facility in the fall of 2009. The exchange-quality space, which was designed to accommodate up to 200 co-location spaces, was built to meet the growing domestic and international demand for these services. Co-location services are available to any market participant.

"Co-located clients can directly access a broad range of TMX Group equity and derivative data feeds including the TMX Equity Information Processor," said Eric Sinclair, President, TMX Datalinx and Group Head of Data. "We also offer a range of low-latency routing and connectivity options into other domestic and international markets to facilitate cross-market trading strategies."

    
    About TMX Group (TSX-X)
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TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange, Natural Gas Exchange, Boston Options Exchange (BOX), Shorcan, Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide trading markets, clearing facilities, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com.

For further information: Carolyn Quick, Director, Corporate Communications, TMX Group, 416-947-4597, [email protected]