Service DESCRIPTION

NYSE
Technologies’
Hosted Front
Office
NYSE Technologies’ Hosted Front Office leverages our best-of-breed market data
technologies, market and client connectivity, and co-location services to deliver
a highly reliable, ultra-low latency, electronic trading platform. Our modular solution
model allows clients to deploy across the entire front office or augment specific
capabilities. Regardless of choice, market participants benefit from the unparalleled reach
and performance associated with being part of the NYSE Euronext community located
inside our Global Data Centers.

Fully Hosted Customer Challenges

Front Office
Trading Platform
FAST FACTS
What is it?
NYSE Technologies’ Hosted Front Office
is a fully managed front-office trading
platform that delivers ultra-low latency
trading, connectivity and market data
management as a cost-effective,
managed service.
Who is it for?
Capital market participants seeking state-
of-the-art electronic trading without the
cost and resource burden of traditional
implementations.
What does it provide?
Fully managed electronic trading platform
backed by an industry leader and expert
supporting ultra-low latency trading, rapid
deployment of new clients, venues and
trading strategies at a substantial cost
reduction.
Market participants are struggling to handle
higher demands for speed and volumes,
integrate new trading strategies, achieve
best execution in a global, fragmenting
market, all while addressing intense
pressure for sustainable cost reduction.
• Increased Need for Speed
High-frequency trading and advanced
electronic offerings are driving
the need for lower latency trading
and data solutions.
• Complexity and Change
Globalisation, asset class diversification,
venue fragmentation and potential
regulatory change may force
costly changes in trading and data
infrastructure requirements.
• Lack of Flexibility
In today’s fast changing market, trading
firms need new, quick and reliable ways
of connecting to the clients, markets and
services that their business depends on.
• Sustainable Cost Reduction
Market swings and competition has
forced trading businesses to reduce
costs and identify long term solutions
to reduce potential vulnerability to
market downturns.
Solution Benefits
Hosted Front Office unifies data, markets
and client order flows on one, ultra low
latency platform, located directly within
NYSE Euronext’s Global Data Centers
and with access to the global financial
industry’s broadest trading community.
• Global Consistency and Reach
Located in NYSE Euronext’s Global
Data Centers in New York, Chicago and
London, with proximity centers and service
teams spanning the globe, we deliver
the consistency and reach to support our
client’s global trading operations
• Ultra Low Latency
Hosted Front Office is the ideal
foundation for latency-sensitive trading
applications through data managed from
over 160 markets, our ultra low latency
Data Fabric middleware, and low latency
connectivity and co-location.
• Agility
Our open comprehensive, architecture
allows rapid adoption of new functions
and on-boarding of new connections.
Pre-built integration with major vendors
provides maximum flexibility. Our experts
are available to help you react to change.
• TCO
By leveraging shared infrastructure and
advanced technologies, we help clients
eliminate redundancies and enable cost-
effective front office outsourcing options.

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FPO NYSE Technologies’

Hosted Front Office

NYSE Hosted Front Office - An End-to-End, Unified Trading Solution

Hosted Front Office provides a full range of automated trading capabilities in its Managed
Market Data and Managed Transactions offerings. Its modular solutions model provides
clients with a unique balance of speed-to-market, flexibility and cost effectiveness.

Managed Market Data Managed Transactions

ƒƒ Plug and play connectivity to over ƒƒ Access to Community of Buy Sides,
160 markets Sell Sides and Providers for Orders,
ƒƒ Next generation feed handler infrastructure IOIs and Allocs
Infrastructure

ƒƒ Ultra-low latency distribution ƒƒ Access to multiple Exchanges,

Shared

ECNs and ATS’s

ƒƒ Historic data management
ƒƒ Risk managed Direct Market Access
ƒƒ Integration through single API
ƒƒ Intelligent IOI distribution
ƒƒ Open environment with off-the-shelf
integration with major vendors ƒƒ Protocol normalization and expertise
(Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC) ƒƒ Destination and network agnostic
ƒƒ Expert service including VOR, Entitlements, ƒƒ Expert service to integrate, test ,
EDC and Service management on-board, support community counterparties
Dedicated
Options

and venues
ƒƒ Ultra low latency, dedicated ticker plant ƒƒ Message hub with configurable logic
ƒƒ High performance distribution via ƒƒ Client Connectivity Dashboard
IB/Data Fabric ƒƒ Order Management, Compliance, Middle/
ƒƒ Comprehensive service for all aspects of Back Office
market data management ƒƒ Comprehensive service for all aspects of
connectivity management
NYSE Technologies Managed Platform
ƒƒ Co-location with NYSE Euronext Global Data ƒƒ Single, resilient communication provider
Centers and Proximity Centers ƒƒ Managed compute, network
ƒƒ Expert resources available globally on and storage/back-up services
dedicated, shared or as needed basis

About NYSE Technologies

NYSE Technologies provides high-performance global trading platforms, through innovative
market-leading software, market data and a low-latency secure networked community.
Together, our flexible and scalable products and services deliver robust, integrated solutions
for all market participants from single traders to exchanges. From a single provider, these
can be offered as fully deployed, hosted, managed or on-demand services.

Partner with NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext operates the world’s largest and most liquid exchange group and
offers the most diverse array of financial products and services. NYSE Euronext has
demonstrated unprecedented commitment to the evolution of global capital markets, by
investing in a global data center strategy, leveraging a strong balance sheet to provide
members with the opportunity to access industry leading, technology-based services
directly within the infrastructure of its exchanges. NYSE Euronext has executed on four
key acquisitions in the past three years to accelerate the availability of these capabilities
(Wombat, NYFIX, AEMS, and TransactTools). Combined with a significant strategic
investment in infrastructure, NYSE Euronext is well prepared to partner with clients to
host their next-generation trading operations.

Find Out More

Email: NYSE-Technologies-Sales@nyx.com or Visit: www.nyse.com/technologies

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affiliates. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements
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