BSO, a global pioneering infrastructure and connectivity provider, today announced that it has upgraded its main routes between Shanghai and key financial hubs in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The upgrade delivers the fastest connectivity to Shanghai equities and futures markets of any provider and bolsters BSO’s position as the reputed market leader in low-latency connectivity.

Shanghai hosts China's largest stock exchange and third largest in the world, establishing itself as the gateway to Chinese equities and futures markets, by upgrading these routes BSO strengthens its already established position in Asia. The upgraded routes are now live and further demonstrate BSO’s ongoing commitment to improve and extend low-latency connectivity to international traders and banks.

Michael Ourabah, CEO of BSO said: “Developing a truly reliable low-latency route into China is a major technical challenge, but being at the forefront of connecting the trading community to high-growth regions such as Shanghai is core to BSO’s service-led approach. We have brought together the most robust technology and knowledge of working in every corner of the world to supercharge these routes. This combination equips our customers with a potent blend to trade the fastest into some of the world’s highest-growth regions.”