Colt Accelerated
Market Data Feeds
A managed FPGA market data service powered by Celoxica

Colt’s Accelerated Market Data Feeds service, powered by Celoxica, offers consistent low latency,
normalised through a single API. An end-to-end managed service for capital markets participants
worldwide, it integrates:• An FPGA-based market
data solution from Celoxica,
a specialist in hardwareaccelerated products built on
FPGA architectures• Connectivity based on
Colt PrizmNet, our secure,resilient financial extranet
that guarantees deterministic
low-latency delivery of marketdata and other services

Derivatives market data feeds
from other exchanges andliquidity venues will be added
according to customer demand.
Level playing field
Access to the FPGA normalised
data at a price point typicallyassociated with a softwareonly solution makes improved
performance available to allmarket participants with easyto-integrate technology.

• Full management and 24/7
multilingual support from Colt
The service — part of ourextensive market data portfolio— ensures consistent, ultralow-latency performance in all
market trading conditions ata compelling, competitive
price point.
Eurex Europeanderivatives data
In line with customers’ declaredpriorities, the service offers
European derivatives datafrom Eurex, one of the world’s
largest derivatives exchanges.
The first content provider is
Deutsche Börse CEF Ultra+Eurex. The feed delivers datawith unlimited order bookdepth, which is ideal for use inalgorithmic trading applications.

Colt

Fact Sheet

Raw Market
Data

FPGA Ticker Plant

Normalised
Market Data

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1Why Colt’s Accelerated Market Data Feeds?
Affordable and accessible
By choosing the Colt service you avoid:• The considerable upfront investment andcomplexity associated with building yourown FPGA-based solution• The high fees other providers typicallycharge for similar services
The shared connectivity environment makes
the service cost effective and easy to access,while a user-friendly API — provided for C++
and supporting multiple platforms — enables
clients to consume the feed with minimal
development time.
So wherever you’re based, you can enter
the European derivatives market swiftly andeconomically, and benefit from a lower costof ownership over the longer term.

Colt Capital Markets
Accelerated Market Data Feeds are part ofColt’s comprehensive set of services for theglobal capital markets ecosystem.
Other services include:• Colt PrizmNet, our financial extranet connecting
100+ exchanges, venues and service providers,and 10,000+ participants• 50+ MarketPrizm Direct Market Data Feedsfrom European, Asian and North American
exchanges and liquidity venues for equities,
derivatives, commodities and FX• Dedicated connectivity for bespoke managed
networking solutions• Secure, ultra-low-latency network services forhigh-frequency trading• Managed colocation at 30+ market venues

Why FPGA technology?

About Celoxica

Field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
technology enables ultra-low-latency handlingof market data. Hardware-accelerated
solutions built on FPGA-based architectures
are capable of acquiring, filtering, normalisingand distributing very large volumes of data
at very high throughput, with consistent
performance under extreme load.

Celoxica provides hardware-accelerated ultralow-latency solutions for market data, order
entry and risk trading. Celoxica solutions helpautomated trading firms, banks and brokers
optimise the performance of their trading
applications across multiple asset classes inall market conditions.

More information
To find out more about our Market Data Feeds and other services
for the capital markets community, contact us:

Colt

Fact Sheet+44 (0)20 7947 1370
capitalmarkets@colt.net
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