Today marks the official launch of Waypoint Trading Solutions, the new business formed from the combination of TNS’ Financial Markets business and Radianz. These two industry leaders are now a single organization focused on delivering high-performance infrastructure for the global financial markets.
Fast, reliable and secure infrastructure has become a critical factor in the success of trading strategies, and firms need confidence that they are positioned correctly. Waypoint addresses this need by providing firms with the access to the destinations and data they require to be successful.
“This is a pivotal moment for our financial markets business, reflecting the continued expansion of our capabilities through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth,” said Mike Keegan, Chief Executive Officer of Transaction Network Services (TNS). “Waypoint is a business built for the demands of modern trading, reflecting the reality that we are better positioned than ever to help our clients operate faster, more efficiently, and with greater confidence.”
Waypoint’s capabilities are organized across three solution areas – Radianz, Xpress, and Sentinel. Radianz provides global trading connectivity through the world’s largest financial extranet. Xpress delivers a managed low latency platform for high-performance access to global exchanges. Sentinel provides fully managed market data solutions that support complex market data operations at scale.
“Financial Institutions are dealing with real operational complexity, not just technology choices,” said Tom Lazenga, President of Waypoint Trading Solutions. “Waypoint gives clients a clear path to navigate an increasingly complex landscape. We provide everything required to manage market data and deploy trading infrastructure globally. With extensive technical expertise and transparent end-to-end communication, we offer a simpler, more predictable way to run trading operations.”
Today, Waypoint supports connectivity to more than 180 exchanges and over 6,500 financial market endpoints. It operates one of the industry’s most extensive connected trading ecosystems spanning more than 70 countries and is trusted by 1000+ financial institutions worldwide to run mission-critical trading and market data environments.