IPC Systems has extended its global financial network with connectivity to Omega ATS, Canada's fastest-growing alternative trading venue for exchange-listed equities and fixed income instruments. IPC now provides market participants on its network with direct access to Omega ATS while providing trading firms and exchange members in Canada with high-speed, secure and reliable routes to markets around the world.

"At Omega ATS we are committed to ensuring that the execution we offer to our clients is the fastest in the Canadian marketplace," said Mike Bignell, President and Chief Compliance Officer at Omega ATS. "We're convinced that our platform is one the lowest latency trading venues in Canada and we're delighted that a global trading connectivity specialist like IPC is connecting its customers to our venue."

"IPC sees significant growth opportunities in the Canadian markets and offers trading firms on the IPC ecosystem with connectivity to allow them capitalize on opportunities before competitors. We are excited to add Omega ATS to enable our customers to rapidly uncover liquidity and source opportunities for best execution," added Jeffrey Britell, Vice President, Global Carrier and Exchange Relations at IPC.

IPC's global network interconnects the world's major financial centers and more than 4,000 financial market participants across 200 cities in more than 70 countries with secure, low-latency connectivity in support of all aspects of the trade lifecycle. IPC's established community of market participants includes liquidity venues, buy-side firms, sell-side firms, inter-dealer brokers, market data providers and independent software vendors. Specifically engineered for electronic trading applications, ECS provides members of IPC's trading ecosystem with high speed connectivity as well as managed data connectivity.