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RTS Announces Conformance With SGX Quest

Date 22/07/2004

RTS Realtime Systems Group, one of the leading global Independent Software Vendors is pleased to announce its connection to the Singapore Exchange’s SGX Quest trading platform.

SGX Quest (SGX Quotation and Execution System for Trading) is a new single trading platform for the SGX Securities and Derivatives market. The new trading engine will support a host of new products like the Nikkei Futures and Options during the main Japanese trading hours and sophisticated trading strategies. The migration of the securities on SGX Quest will follow by the first half of 2005.

Now professional traders like Locals, Market Makers, Proprietary Traders and as well Brokers, Clearing firms and Institutional can take advantage of a state of the art trading software, the RTD Realtime Trading Desktop. Based on the RTD Realtime Trading Desktop, RTS supports the complete product range and functionality of SGX Quest. With the RTD Static Dartboard and RTD Spreader we offer future s and spread trading for inter- and intra product spreads, calendar spreads, cross exchange spreads and with the RTD Quote Machine®, RTD Electronic Eye® and the RTD Auto hedger we offer excellent options functionality. Furthermore the RTD Connect offers global access to exchanges without individual membership.

Henk Huitema, Managing Director with RTS Realtime Systems Pty Ltd, comments: “The implementation of SGX Quest is another major step in the RTS’s strategic plan to broaden its presence in Asia Pacific financial markets”.

RTS provides connectivity to over 50 electronic exchanges including ASX, ASX-D, HKFE, KSE, SEHK, SFE, in the Asian Pacific area.