MillenniumIT to power London Metal Exchange
MillenniumIT announced its selection by the London Metal Exchange (LME)
as the solution provider for the new LME SMART (System for Matching and
Registering Trades) matching system.
With the deployment of LME SMART, exchange Members will be able to
save a part of their clearing fees. Further, MillenniumIT’s rule-based
matching technology used in LME SMART will make it easy for the LME to
deploy new services and make rapid changes to existing service
configurations at minimal cost, thereby meeting the future needs of its
members.
“The Exchange is pleased to appoint MillenniumIT as the solution
provider for LME SMART.
They have demonstrated to us their success of working in global
capital markets and have already acquired an in-depth understanding of
the specifics of our market. We look forward to developing a world class
matching system with them for the LME,” said Chief Technology Officer of
the LME, Michael Warren.
LME SMART will provide services related to matching and registering
trades with easy access to contract reference data, and an interface
into clearing.
As part of LME SMART, members will also get access to a modern,
windows-based Graphical User Interface for manual interaction and a
state of the art FIX based Application Programming Interface for
automated trade registration.
“The LME’s selection of Millennium Exchange for commodities matching
is a confirmation of the product’s flexibility and maturity.
MillenniumIT’s products benefit from over a decade of continuous
innovation coupled with our experience of providing solutions to some of
the largest marketplaces in the world.
I’m sure that our partnership with the LME will be of great benefit
to both our organisations”, said, Chief Executive Officer of
MillenniumIT Tony Weerasinghe. MillenniumIT is a premier technology
solutions provider serving the global capital markets industry.
MillenniumIT systems are deployed at over 15 sites, including the
American Stock Exchange, ICAP and Perimeter Financial (which provides
smart order routing to the Canadian equity market).
The LME is the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market with an
approximate market share of 95per cent and achieved traded volumes of
almost 93 million lots (2200 million tonnes) in 2007, equivalent to $9.5
trillion in monetary terms.
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