OREANDA-NEWS. June 16, 2011. NTT America, a global infrastructure services provider and wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), today announced the company will join NTT Com’s exhibit at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Annual Financial Services Technology Leaders Forum and Expo, the premier event focusing on technology in the financial services market.  The conference will be held June 14-16, 2011 at the Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY.  NTT America executives will be available at booth number 1817 to discuss challenges and solutions for financial institutions looking to expand their business in Asia-Pacific regions.  A commissioned study on high frequency trading needs and opportunities in major Asian financial markets will be available at the company exhibit.

Overview
• SIFMA’s 31st Annual Financial Services Technology Leaders Forum and Expo will address the rapidly changing world of technology and how the financial industry is using the latest advances to drive productivity, comply with regulatory requirements, and adapt to new products, demanding investors and converging markets.
• A March 2011 study, Connecting to Future Opportunities: Cross-Border Low Latency Connectivity, commissioned by NTT Communications and produced by the Aite Group, analyzes new opportunities, benefits and challenges emerging in Asian financial centers, particularly in the areas of connectivity, speed and increased access.  The study examines growing trading options for companies particularly in Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and how the requirements for cost-effective, low-latency connectivity across Asia is vital for a firm’s growth and competitiveness.

Key Takeaways from the Study

•Over the last few years, expected competition from off-exchange liquidity pools and adoption of sophisticated trading tools have generated much interest within major Asian financial centers.
• As Asian exchanges begin overhauling their IT infrastructures to align themselves with changing market microstructure, brokers and customers will need to focus on updating their trading technologies to stay competitive.
•Each major Asian financial center has a unique set of regulations and infrastructure requirements, which makes it difficult for small market participants to actively participate in Asia.
• With high frequency trading firmly entrenched in the U.S. and European markets, the Asian markets have become the next frontier of opportunities for most large high frequency trading firms.
•Operating in a trading environment in which every millisecond counts, firms with business growth goals in the Asian market must build their overall Asian strategy on top of cost-effective and reliable low latency connectivity infrastructure.
Key Product/Service Highlights
• NTT Communications’ Arcstar Low-Latency Solutions provide major commodity exchanges, investment firms and hedge funds with low latency routes available for transpacific data connections. 
• NTT Communications offers off-the-shelf services between Chicago and Tokyo, and New York and Tokyo, as well as industry leading service level agreements (SLAs), including some of the lowest transpacific latency available in the industry. 
• NTT Communications’ data routes have proven critical in the success of high frequency trading and algorithmic trading for the financial markets and are available through NTT America via NTT Communications’ PC-1 transpacific cable system.