You’ll have seen us launch Waypoint Trading Solutions – the next evolution of TNS Financial Markets.
I’ve really enjoyed the conversations it’s sparked; people asking where it’s come from, what sits behind it and what it means in practice.
A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts on where our business is heading, and the infrastructure challenges trading firms are dealing with today. I wanted to take a moment to build on that, and share the thinking behind Waypoint, the role we see ourselves playing and the standard we believe the industry now needs.
Why Waypoint and why now
Over the past few years, our business has evolved significantly through sustained investment and a deliberate expansion of our capabilities across global trading infrastructure. The Radianz acquisition was a key step in that journey – further strengthening our position as a leading infrastructure partner.
At the same time, the demands on trading firms are continuing to increase.
They are operating across more venues, regions and more distributed infrastructure models – often supported by many providers. That creates real operational pressure: how trading environments are structured, how they’re managed and how quickly firms can adapt as requirements change.
That’s what we’ve been solving. What’s different now is the position we’ve reached as a business.
Today, we can support firms across their trading infrastructure in a more complete way, which is different than at any point in our history – and at a level that very few providers can match.
That’s why this is the right moment to take a defined position; one that reflects how the business operates today and the responsibility that comes with it.
Waypoint is that step forward.
What “Waypoint” means
The name comes from navigation.
A waypoint is a fixed reference point; a known, trusted marker that guides complex journeys and keeps things on course.
In practice, they are used across aviation, maritime and digital navigation systems to guide direction, reaching the destination as directly and efficiently as possible.
That idea carries through to how we think about trading infrastructure.
We see our role in the same way: as a trusted reference point within the trading environment, helping firms navigate complexity with transparency.
The role we play in the market
With that in mind, we’ve anchored our position around a clear role within the trading ecosystem:
Waypoint is the infrastructure behind global trading.
We provide financial institutions with fast, reliable access to the destinations and data they depend on.
It is important to represent a step change in how trading infrastructure is delivered. We now bring together three core solutions:
- Xpress: Low latency connectivity for performance-critical trading
- Radianz: The world’s largest financial extranet for global reach and access
- Sentinel: Fully managed market data solutions for operational control
Together, these form a comprehensive and operationally mature model. But this is not about reducing choice or resilience.
It’s about creating a partner with the scale, reach and expertise to support trading infrastructure consistently across global markets, while giving firms visibility, control and accountability in how their environments are built and run.
The result is a simple predictable way to run trading infrastructure – enabling efficient deployment, operational clarity and consistent performance at scale.
The identity
The Waypoint identity is grounded in the same principles as the name: precision, direction and control.
The logo draws on the visual language of coordinates; where position is defined clearly and movement is deliberate. It reflects how we think about trading infrastructure: something that is designed, positioned and managed with intent.
The visual system follows the same approach.
It is functional – clear, consistent and easy to navigate. This carries through everything we do: helping clients understand how their infrastructure is structured, how it is performing and how to move forward.
Setting a higher standard
During this process, we’ve taken a step back to reflect – both internally and on the needs of our clients – four principles stand out, underpinning how we operate and what we prioritise.
- Speed – being ready to operate where markets move
- Simplicity – helping to reduce operational burden and complexity
- Stability – delivering predictable, resilient performance
- Scale – supporting growth across global markets
These aren’t new ideas, but they are increasingly difficult to achieve in fragmented environments. Waypoint is driven to deliver all four.
That’s the standard we’re setting.
What this means for the market
This establishes a clear position, setting the business apart as a category leader. Not just in terms of capability, but in how infrastructure is delivered, managed and experienced day to day.
For our clients, that means transparency and control over how their environments are run, and a consistent, accountable way of operating at scale.
As expectations continue to rise, that level of certainty becomes increasingly important.
What this means for our people
Internally, it brings alignment.
Waypoint gives our teams a shared identity and a clear sense of how their work connects, across functions, regions and disciplines.
It’s about operating as one business, with a common direction and a strong sense of ownership in what we’re building together.
Looking ahead
This is just the starting point.
We’ve built real momentum and I’m excited about what comes next as we continue to invest, strengthen the platform and expand what we can deliver for our clients. There’s a lot yet to come.
Waypoint Trading Solutions. The infrastructure behind global trading.
