Anova Financial Networks (AFN), an international carrier and market data provider, has partnered with an industry-leading transatlantic cable company to deliver the fastest commercially available service from Chicago to London, a critical route for trading. This collaboration marks a significant shift in the solutions marketplace by combining the two companies' respective network strengths to offer unparalleled latency from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to Equinix's Slough (LD4) datacenter.

"This partnership is the result of a mutual goal and longstanding effort to bring the financial community the fastest and most practical CME-to-LD4 service," said Joe Hilt, Chief Revenue Officer at AFN. "We're delivering a service that balances speed, performance and value in a way the market hasn't seen before."

This unique offering melds AFN's high-capacity Chicago to New Jersey microwave connectivity with an ultra-fast transatlantic fiber system that spans from New Jersey to London.  The result is a cutting-edge private bandwidth product that would otherwise require significant investment and complex integration by individual clients.  The network is further enhanced by the ability to extend to Dublin, Frankfurt, Bergamo and other liquidity centers throughout Europe and Asia.

"Anova is entering a new phase of growth worldwide," said Mike Persico, Anova's CEO & Founder.  "As our clients' needs evolve, we're acutely committed to adding strategic assets and points of presence in order to deliver networks that address their specific use cases.  The financial connectivity landscape is rapidly expanding - new digital currency asset classes and the corresponding cloud-centric locations translate to new opportunities for all participants in the ecosystem.  And Anova is dedicated to building the global solution sets necessary to satisfy demand from traditional clients, as well as the next generation of customers."