Waypoint Trading Solutions, a TNS business, is tackling one of the biggest challenges in modern markets: the rising complexity of trading infrastructure. With surging data volumes, 24-hour trading, and stringent regulations, Waypoint delivers a fully unified and seamless platform.
Launched last month from the combination of TNS Financial Markets and Radianz, Waypoint delivers a unified platform that combines global connectivity, low-latency hosting, and managed market data into a single, end-to-end solution.
The company supports more than 180 exchanges and 6,500 endpoints across 70 countries for over 1,000 financial institutions worldwide .The number of trading venues has continued to expand, with new platforms regularly entering the market. This growth has driven higher market data volumes and forced trading firms to update their systems on a frequent basis.
We sat down with Tom Lazenga, President of Waypoint Trading Solutions, to discuss how the company is redefining trading infrastructure in an increasingly demanding market environment.
“We centralise the entire infrastructure stack so that you only have to work with Waypoint. We’ll handle everything top to bottom, and we’ll engage with the exchange so that it’s a single workflow for your organisation“, said Lazenga.
Why Market Data Volumes Are Overwhelming Trading Firms
Modern trading infrastructure is under heavy strain. Market data volumes keep rising due to more trading venues, increased automation, and faster price updates.
According to a 2026 joint report by Acuiti and Exegy, 75% of quantitative trading firms faced performance issues during peak volatility, including latency spikes, dropped data, and outages. Only 29% believe their current systems can handle expected 2030 volumes without major investment. At the same time, 86% say latency remains critical for staying competitive.
CEO of Exegy David Taylor said: “Traditional systems designed for more predictable market conditions perform poorly in markets that react instantly and trade continuously.”
How Waypoint Simplifies 24/5 Trading and Regulatory Complexity
The rise of 24/5 trading has removed traditional maintenance windows, while cross-regional operations and AI-driven strategies push compute and network demands even higher. Data licensing rules grow more complex with every new exchange, and regulations such as MiFID II, GDPR, and DORA add strict compliance requirements.
Firms often struggle with multiple vendors and fragmented systems. Waypoint solves this by centralising the entire infrastructure stack.
“The biggest opportunity for us to innovate is to make the transition between these businesses and these services as seamless as possible for our clients”, said Lazenga.
One Partner, Global Reach: Uniting Radianz, Xpress, and Sentinel
Waypoint’s strength lies in its seamless integration of three specialised pillars: Radianz, Xpress, and Sentinel.
- Radianz provides unmatched global trading connectivity via the world’s largest financial extranet, linking clients to over 180 exchanges and 6,500+ endpoints in more than 70 countries.
- Xpress supplies ultra-low latency managed hosting, offering lightning-fast access from 5 to 85 nanoseconds and positioning trading strategies directly in top liquidity centres worldwide.
- Sentinel delivers fully managed market data solutions that handle ingestion, normalisation, distribution, entitlements, and optimization at massive scale, removing the heavy operational burden from clients.
Lazenga highlights that the real innovation comes from a unifying technology stack built from the ground up:
“The biggest opportunity for us to innovate is to make the transition between these businesses as seamless as possible for our clients, to have a unifying tech stack across all of the services”.
How Is Waypoint Using AI to Deliver Real Trading Advantages?
Waypoint is embedding AI and automation pragmatically across its unified platform. Rather than pursuing AI for its own sake, the company focuses on areas where it delivers clear, immediate operational value.
A major application involves managing the flood of exchange-driven data notifications. Global trading firms typically receive tens of thousands of these updates annually, each requiring review to assess potential impact on trading systems.
“We have a product that manages that on clients’ behalf today, and we’re further enhancing that product with AI capabilities to categorise and help manage, assess whether or not this is an impact, what the impact is, and allow you to track feedback from different parties internally,” said Lazenga.
Additional AI tools support internal operations such as automated network change validation, intelligent route identification, and rapid incident impact assessment. This practical approach is enabled by building a new technology stack from the ground up.
“We’re building this new tech stack today in today’s world. We’re not updating a legacy one, we’re able to invest in a brand new one the way you would build it today if you were building it from scratch,” Lazenga explained.
Strategic Infrastructure Partner for Modern Trading Firms
By centralising connectivity, market data, hosting, and operations, Waypoint reduces operational burden, ensures regulatory compliance, and delivers predictable performance across global markets. Firms gain the freedom to innovate, enter new regions, and respond faster to market shifts.
As trading infrastructure grows more complex and demanding, Waypoint offers a unified, forward-looking solution that turns infrastructure from a source of risk into a genuine competitive advantage.
Author: Ruben McCarthy
