The ‘point of presence’ hub will be based in Aurora, Illinois at a data centre owned by CME Group.
The new hub will provide US investors with direct connectivity to Australian financial markets as well as the Australian Liquidity Centre in Sydney.
ASX general manager trading service David Raper said his organisation was pleased to be deepening its realtionship with CME Group.
“Establishing a direct connection hub aligns with ASX’s international strategy of distributing ASX products and services via points of presence in global centres with strong financial markets communities,” Mr Raper said.
“This initiative broadens the distribution of ASX’s Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar products to the world’s major financial centres,” he said.
North America – and Chicago in particular – are “strong customers markets for ASX”, Mr Raper said.
“Demand to connect to and trade our futures market continues to be strong [in the US] due to the quality of our products, depth of liquidity and the attractiveness of the Australian economy,” he said.
“We look forward to welcoming more customers through our new hub at CME Group,” Mr Raper said.
