StoneX Group has activated a direct infrastructure link at Equinix’s SG1 data center in Singapore through expanded partnership with currency technology provider Integral. The Nasdaq-listed broker now connects to foreign exchange and precious metals liquidity pools housed at the facility, adding a third regional hub alongside its existing New York and London setups. The Singapore deployment allows StoneX to process Asian client orders locally rather than routing them through distant servers, eliminating cross-region latency.
The timing follows Integral’s January capacity expansion at SG1, where it tripled its footprint after daily transaction volumes exceeded one million tickets. Singapore stands as the world’s third-largest FX trading center after London and New York, driving intense competition among brokers and technology vendors to minimize execution delays. Neither firm disclosed specific latency improvements or projected trading volumes. StoneX joins Phillip Securities and other brokers racing to secure proximity to regional price formation at the facility.
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** Brokers without low-latency Asian infrastructure risk losing institutional clients as Singapore’s FX market share grows and execution speed becomes table stakes.
Source: Finance Magnates