BT Radianz says it has established infrastructure points of presence (POPs) and enhanced its sales and customer services in Taiwan.
As a result, banks and brokerages in Taiwan, which are operating in a climate of evolving regulatory reform, will gain direct access to BT Radianz’s shared market infrastructure. Similarly, existing BT Radianz customers will gain readier accesss to customers in Taiwan.
Radianz says the ability of BT Radianz to expand its presence in Asia-Pacific is a direct result of its acquisition by BT Group in April 2005, because the compoany can leverage BT’s global infrastructure to make rapid physical network improvements. Taiwan is the first step in BT Radianz’s plan to extend the reach of its existing, 3,000-member community in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
“BT Radianz has not only increased the diversity of counterparties directly accessible to our worldwide membership, but has also put in place local infrastructure that will enable us to work with institutions to develop new electronic capabilities for financial services in Taiwan,” says Richard Man, head of sales, BT Radianz in Asia-Pacific. “Growth in the use of the FIX protocol in Asia-Pacific and the increase in demand for cross-border trading in cash equities, derivatives and FX have necessitated this expansion. The Asia-Pacific region represents a material portion of BT Radianz’s global customer base, and expansion in Taiwan is just one of the initial steps in our regional plan to equip local institutions in Asia-Pacific with access to more than 10,000 international counterparties trading across the full range of asset classes.”
Edward Chen, Assistant Manager of SinoPac Securities Corp, Taiwan adds that he sees RadianzNet is a reliable communications service. “It provides a stable and consistent connection between SinoPac and our institutional trading partner,” he says. “The quality and process of our treasury is enhanced; precious labour and time are saved.”