GL Trade has been providing its ‘FIX ready’ hub in Asia since 2004. This agreement enables BT’s buy-side clients to connect to the GL Net community of 750 financial institutions worldwide which support trading on 130 electronic markets.

Franck Peltier, CEO of Asia Pacific at GL Trade, said: GL Trade and BT have a thriving relationship in Europe and the US that is highly beneficial to our mutual customers. We’re now expanding this relationship to include Asia, which is a very strategic, fast growing region for GL Trade. This agreement allows customers to connect more cost effectively to the 70 local brokers from the Asian GL NET community.