Tag: Liquidnet

FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
February 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet appoints Fidelity's Brian Conroy as President

Liquidnet, the global institutional investment network, has appointed Brian Conroy as its President, effective immediately. Brian Conroy will be based in New York and will work in partnership with CEO and Founder, Seth Merrin. Conroy has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to Liquidnet, he worked for Fidelity International in London, where…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet announces enhancements to its Next Gen Algo suite

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced two enhancements to its Next Gen Algo suite, Liquidnet’s premium offering of liquidity-seeking and benchmark strategies designed specifically for institutions. The newest addition to the Liquidnet Virtual High Touch® suite: Targeted Invitations from Algos integrates one of Liquidnet’s most popular liquidity-seeking products with its Next Gen Algo…

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April 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

TradingScreen inks partnership with Liquidnet to bolster order access and execution

Electronic trading solutions provider TradingScreen has announced a new partnership with Liquidnet, a global institutional trading network, to further benefit buy-side customers’ order access and execution capabilities. The partnership allows for integration with TradingScreen's order and execution management system TradeSmart, enabling users to access Liquidnet's global pool of institutional liquidity and advanced trading strategies. TradeSmart is a…

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November 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ITI Group brings in gaming investor John Barker as Chairman of Walbrook (formerly FXCM Securities)

LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned that Russia-focused brokerage ITI Group, which earlier this year bought control of FCA regulated broker Walbrook Capital, has named gaming and technology expert John Barker as Non Executive Chairman, also adding Mr. Barker to the board of Walbrook. John Barker was Managing Director and Head of International at institutional dark pool…

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November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet study finds dark trading adjusting ahead of MiFID II

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today published Shape Shifting: Accessing the Dark Post MiFID II research on how buy-side traders plan to trade in the dark once broker dark pools are no longer admissible. Today, 65% of respondents see buy-side crossing networks as their most effective venue for accessing the dark versus 20% who…

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August 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet announces strategic tech hire to support growth of Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Patrick Strobel as Head of Technology for EMEA. In this newly formed role, Strobel will be responsible for building out Liquidnet’s strategic IT architecture in EMEA with an emphasis on the region’s Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions. He brings over sixteen years’ experience…

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May 17, 2017 BY admin

Liquidnet enhances trading platform with acquisition of OTAS Technologies

Addition of trader analytics accelerates firm’s Virtual High Touch offering while also delivering MiFID II solutions tailored for the buy side Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced its acquisition of OTAS Technologies, a market-leading analytics platform that delivers actionable market intelligence and context directly to institutional traders and portfolio managers. OTAS’s analytics and…

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April 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet strengtens EMEA team appointing Sterne Agee's Simon Gilbert as Sales Director

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Simon Gilbert as Sales Director, based in the firm’s London office. Simon Gilbert brings more than 10 years of experience in US equity sales for Europe and will be responsible for helping Liquidnet’s European Members source institutional liquidity in US equities. Commenting on Gilbert’s…

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March 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

JP Morgan starts trading in SIX Swiss Exchange Liquidnet Service SLS

SLS, a long-standing partnership of SIX Swiss Exchange with Liquidnet, just announced that will give JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) access to genuine block liquidity with unrivaled average execution size, providing maximum price improvement and minimal market impact. SLS unites participants with over 830 buy-side institutions actively trading more than 3'100 large-, mid- and small-cap stocks across…

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November 10, 2016 BY admin

Liquidnet's new offering looks to arm institutional buy-side traders for the future

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the launch of Liquidnet Virtual High Touch, a new category of buy-side technology that brings together advanced data analysis, adaptive learning algorithms, unique liquidity search tools, and real-time analytics into a new trading experience. As a key component of Virtual High Touch technology, Liquidnet also announced an…

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