Options Technology (Options), a provider of high-performance managed trading infrastructure and cloud-enabled managed services to hedge funds and other financial markets participants, has formed a strategic partnership with the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE).

In a statement, the CSE said that by selecting Options as its market connectivity partner, it is aiming "to strengthen its position as the primary exchange for issuers across various industries".

The announcement follows a series of new market additions and integration of ActivFeed, normalised from anywhere in the world and including AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Azure. Options provides clients with consolidated access to global market data sources across multiple asset classes, alongside hosted trading infrastructure and direct connectivity to counterparties in the wider capital markets ecosystem.