RTS Realtime Systems Group

RTS is a global solutions provider for the trading community. RTS, founded in 1992, creates, designs and hosts multi-asset electronic trading software. Customer groups include exchanges, investment banks, clearing firms, brokers, introducing brokers, proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, commodity trading houses and supply chain management firms.
RTS has offices in major financial centers around the world including Amsterdam, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Mumbai, London, New York, Singapore, and Sydney. RTS is headquartered in Frankfurt and has sales and a distribution partner in Greece (Unisystems S.A.).
RTS was acquired by Bloomberg LP in July 2014. Bloomberg said it would integrate RTS’s multi-asset trading solutions and services with Bloomberg’s suite of trading technologies.
== History ==
In November of 2011, RTS announced that it opened new data center hubs in Singapore and Mumbai to support low latency trading across asset classes on major exchanges throughout the Asia Pacific region. 
In October 2011, RTS announced that its CORE matching engine and connectivity solution is readily available to swap execution facilities (SEFs), a new type of entity created by the Dodd-Frank Act. 
In September of 2011 RTS announced that it had chosen Equinix as the provider of its global data center in Germany. The data center will be located in Frankfurt. They also announced in September 2011, a fortified presence in Asia with increased investments in staff and technology as well as completed development of an Asian-based data center, scheduled to open in Singapore in October. 
In June of 2011, RTS announced the launch of an off-the-shelf matching system, RTD CORE. According to the firm, the central order routing and execution system would help firms handle their internal and external order routing and matching needs across global markets and allow them to more easily manage their global exposure, share information internally and reduce costs.
Also in June, the firm announced the launch of RTD GUARD, a fully hosted, multi-layer risk management offering. 
In May of 2011, RTS announced that it has signed a letter of intent and entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire First Futures Software Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (FFS), a high-end technology solutions provider in Pune, India. The transaction marked RTS’ first acquisition of another company since RTS was founded in 1992.The move followed an announcement in April of plans to open the firm’s first office in Mumbai, India to service a growing client base in the country. In August, RTS announced has closed on its transaction to acquire First Futures Software Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (FFS). 
Early in 2011, RTS expanded its Chicago office space. The firm also opened an office in Hong Kong as part of its ongoing expansion throughout the Asia Pacific region. 
On March 1, 2011, RTS signed an agreement with PhillipCapital to launch RTS’s low latency event-based algorithmic trading solutions to Phillip Securities’ customers.
* In 2010, RTS introduced Ultra-Fast Gateway to CME Group, announced the launch of RTD Tango Trader and offered clients connectivity to the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM). 
* In 2009, RTS extended their global data centers hub with new data centers in Chicago, New York and London
* In 2008, RTS connected to more than 100 exchanges and liquidity pools; introduced a new corporate identity; and re-branded their web site. They were also selected to provide the front end solution for MexDer.
* In 2007, they introduced RTD Tango Backtester, which is a strategy benchmarking tool with a market data collector function.
* In 2005, RTS launched RTD Tango, the automated, event-based, algorithmic trading platform. RTS also moved its data center operations from an internally-managed center to Equinix's datacenter.
* In 2003, RTS introduced RTD FIX-API and established connection to the firm's 50th exchange. 
* In 2003, RTS introduced mRTD, an RTS’ internal matching engine to cross internal and match order flow or create OTC market opportunities.
* In 2000, RTS introduced eRTD, a java-based distributable front-end system.
* In 1997, the firm launched RTD Realtime Trading Desktop.
* In 1992, RTS headquarters were established in Frankfurt and system development enabled the trading of options and futures on DTB, today‘s Eurex.
In October 2013, RTS went live with its 11th data center, in Dubai. It is the first Middle East site in RTS's data center network. The data center is located in the Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange (DGCX) co-location facility, providing fast access to DGCX. RTS software is used by a large majority of DGCX members. 
== Key People ==
*Steffen Gemuenden: CEO and Chairman of the RTS Executive Board
*Engelbert Gemünden: Chairman of the firm’s Supervisory Board
*Mark van Vugt: Executive Board Member; Global Head of Sales, Frankfurt
*Alexander Kranz: Managing Director, Europe
*Andy Woodhouse: Managing Director for Asia Pacific
== Solutions ==
*RTD Realtime Trading Desktop
*Automated Trading Tools
*RTD Tango
*RTD Tango Trader
*RTD GUARD
*RTD CORE
*RTD Tango Backtester
* Market Connectivity
*RTD-API
*RTD FIX-API
*Hosting & Proximity Facilities
*RTD Tango QUANT
== External Links ==
*www.rtsgroup.net
*RTS Webinars
*RTS in the Media
*RTS LinkedIn 
*European Equities: The Great Debate, Automated Trader Magazine
== References ==
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