EuroCTP is ready to boost the monetary fairness panorama by launching the EU’s first real-time Consolidated Tape (CT). Designed to supply transparency, the CT will leverage the expertise of Equinix, a digital infrastructure agency, to create a dependable buying and selling exercise feed throughout all EU venues.
This collaboration is poised to deliver enhancements to the EU’s monetary methods, selling decreased transaction prices, enhanced value discovery, and elevated investor confidence. By partnering with Equinix, EuroCTP goals to offer a dependable and consolidated view of market buying and selling in Europe.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has entrusted EuroCTP with this initiative, with its digital base to be housed at Equinix’s FR2 knowledge centre in Frankfurt, Germany. Chosen for its connectivity and dedication to sustainability, the ability affords an ecosystem for monetary infrastructure. “Equinix FR2 offers EuroCTP with a super basis for development,” commented Eglantine Desautel, CEO of EuroCTP.
The system is designed to centralise real-time commerce knowledge from all European buying and selling venues, enabling customers easy accessibility to a consolidated view of all shares and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Aligning carefully with ESMA, EuroCTP is engaged on authorisations to make sure a go-live date in Q3 2026. Complying with key regulatory requirements, EuroCTP adheres to the Markets in Monetary Devices Regulation (MiFIR) and Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). In 2025, Equinix was designated as one among Europe’s ‘vital’ suppliers below DORA, highlighting its position in supporting the monetary ecosystem.
Past technical developments, EuroCTP prioritises environmental accountability by focusing on sturdy energy-efficiency efficiency throughout the European Code of Conduct on Knowledge Heart Power Effectivity requirements.
Equinix welcomes EuroCTP’s integration into its FR2 neighborhood. “The reliability, safety and effectivity of digital infrastructure are essential for monetary gamers and their belief in our knowledge middle ecosystem is essential to us,” stated Eleni Coldrey, Monetary Companies Director for EMEA at Equinix, indicating the corporate’s concentrate on constant requirements.
By 2026, EuroCTP and Equinix’s collaboration goals to offer a consolidated digital market infrastructure, supporting extra environment friendly entry to market knowledge throughout Europe’s monetary sector.
