Quam Securities, the brokerage arm of Hong Kong-based financial services group Quam Limited, has registered with the Hong Kong telecommunications hub of Chicago Mercantile Exchange enabling it to access the CME Globex trading platform.
Launched in October 2012, CME Group’s Hong Kong hub offers clients high-speed and direct point-to-point network access to the CME Globex trading platform that is the first – and remains among the fastest – global electronic trading systems for futures and options.
Kenneth Lam, the chief executive officer of Quam, says: “With the telecommunications hub in Hong Kong, Quam Securities will have improved access and high-performance connection to CME Globex, allowing us to actively and effectively receive market data and routing orders. Through CME Globex’s advanced functionality, high reliability and global connectivity, we have expanded our services to and officially commenced trading of global options products since April 2013. Leveraging the hub and the edges of Quam Securities, we will continue to develop more new products with an aim to explore new revenue streams.”