Customer Managed Connectivity Brochure - London Stock Exchange

Customer Managed
Connectivity
Evolving market access

Customer Managed
Connectivity
Providing flexible
and resilient access
to our markets
London Stock Exchange Group provides customers with resilient, scalable and
low-latency connectivity to our UK and pan-European markets. We ensure effective
delivery of the group’s markets and services to a wide range of financial community
participants. As a leading global exchange venue, London Stock Exchange Group
continues to invest in technology innovation and infrastructure development
to meet the evolving needs of our customers.
What is Customer Managed Connectivity (CMC)
Customer Managed Connectivity (CMC) provides customers
with additional choice and flexibility, when directly
accessing London Stock Exchange Group.
Utilising an optimised network infrastructure, engineered
for low latency, resilience and scalability, customers
are able to access our markets through a number
of Accredited Connectivity Partners.
What are Accredited Connectivity Partners (ACPs)
A number of industry-leading telecommunication
providers have committed to working with London
Stock Exchange Group to provide direct and dedicated
connectivity to our markets.
Under London Stock Exchange Group’s accreditation
programme, our Accredited Connectivity Partners have
shown dedication to supporting mission-critical market
data and trading access, providing our customers with the
reliability and stability required of the financial markets.
Who is CMC for
Customer Managed Connectivity (CMC) provides access
to a wide range of customers, including members and
non-members of the Exchange, market data vendors
and independent software vendors (ISVs).
Main features
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Flexibility – Ability to choose from a number
of different physical circuit providers
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Resilience – Cutting-edge network design for
high availability
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Scalability – Choice of access speeds, from 2Mb
to 10Gb
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High performance – Optimised network infrastructure
for direct low-latency access to our markets.
Key benefits
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Customers can choose from a number of different
physical access suppliers, utilising existing commercial
relationships or creating new ones
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Customer access ports can be sized from 2Mb to 10Gb
to suit the information and trading service requirements
of the firm
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Access to London Stock Exchange Group’s production
and disaster recovery facilities is included as standard,
providing customers with the ability to recover
quickly in different conditions
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You enjoy increased control through the management
of your own technical infrastructure
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Performance is improved over an optimised
network infrastructure, increasing the probability
of realising opportunities.

Evolving market access
Customers contract directly for circuits
Accredited Connectivity Partners
Customers contract
directly with LSEG
Access ports 2Mb to 10Gb
LSEG services
Member firms
Example
Choice of connectivity supplier
Example
Group services
London Stock Exchange
Carrier A
Non-member firms
2
LSEG primary
data centre
Borsa Italiana
Carrier B
Clients
1
Carrier C
Exchange
demarcation
Turquoise
Sponsored access
2
LSEG backup
data centre
Oslo Børs
Carrier D
Market data vendors
UnaVista
ISVs
FIX Gateway
FTSE
“CMC provides customers
with additional choice
and flexibility.”

Contact
For further information on the Customer
Managed Connectivity service please contact:
Business Development
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 3211
connectivity@lseg.com
www.lseg.com/cmc
STX 33211
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