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ITG Launches POSIT Alert Buyside Block Crossing for Asia and Australia
ITG a leading agency research broker and financial technology firm, announced March 27 the launch of POSIT Alert® for Australia, Hong Kong and Japan trading. POSIT Alert is a premier global platform for sourcing large blocks of liquidity, actively alerting buyside traders to liquidity that matches orders on their trade blotter. Buyside traders use POSIT [...]
ITG Launches POSIT Marketplace for Japanese Equities
Investment Technology Group, Inc., a leading agency research broker and financial technology firm, announced Septmber 14 the expansion of the award-winning POSIT Marketplace liquidity aggregation platform to include Japanese equities. The Japanese launch follows the ongoing success of POSIT Marketplace in Hong Kong and Australia, which in 2011 has delivered an average of 13 basis [...]
ITG’s POSIT Marketplace Gains Traction in Asia
Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG), a leading agency research broker and financial technology firm, today announced that its award-winning POSIT® crossing network is experiencing significant growth in the Asia Pacific region. – POSIT Marketplace trading volumes in the Asia Pacific region nearly tripled in the second quarter of 2011 versus the prior quarter, contributing [...]
Michael Corcoran Managing Director APAC ITG Video Interview With AsiaEtrading.com
Michael Corcoran, Managing Director, APAC of ITG spoke with AsiaEtrading.com about alternative trading venues, exchange competition, commission sharing agreements and unbundling, transaction cost analysis, the barriers to new entrants and the future of electronic trading in Asia. Michael Corcoran talks about Asia buy-side’s demand for transaction cost analysis, pre-trade and intra-trade analytics. Duration: 1:45 [...]
ITG and Instinet Sign Reciprocal Liquidity Agreement in Asia
ITG, a leading agency broker and financial technology firm, and Instinet, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, announced November 11 a reciprocal liquidity access agreement that will allow each firm’s institutional clients to maximise liquidity opportunities in Asia-Pacific. Joel Hurewitz, Instinet’s Head of Asia-Pacific Sales – Broker Dealer and Liquidity, said [...]
ITG Launches POSIT Marketplace for Australia
Investment Technology Group (ITG), a leading agency broker and financial technology firm, launched POSIT Marketplace for Australian equity trading October 27. The first of its kind in Australia, POSIT Marketplace links institutional liquidity from POSIT, ITG’s world-leading crossing network, with liquidity from some of the largest broker pools and alternative trading venues in the market. [...]
ITG Appoints Bahar Brown as Head of Asian Analytical Sales
Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG), a leading agency broker and financial technology firm, today announced the appointment of Bahar Brown as Head of Analytical Sales for Asia, based in Hong Kong. Ms Brown takes up a newly created role consulting to ITG’s buyside clients on alpha preservation trading strategies and building on demand for [...]
ITG Announces New International Management in Asia
Investment Technology Group, Inc., a leading agency broker and financial technology firm, announced today that David Stevens was appointed Chief Executive Officer of ITG’s Asia Pacific business. Mr. Stevens previously served as CEO of ITG’s European operations. Mr. Stevens will be managing the Asia Pacific business from ITG’s Hong Kong office. “We are pleased to [...]
Highlights of ITGs May Liquidity Barometer For Asia
ITG recently released their “Liquidity Barometer” of Asia for May. Here are the highlights. ITG reported that both volume and liquidity increased in April with subsequnet marginal tightening of spreads in developed Asia (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan). Average transaction costs across the zone dipped 1bps in April to 46bps. It cost 31bps [...]
Highlights of ITGs March Liquidity Barometer For Asia
ITG just released their “Liquidity Barometer” of Asia for March. Here are the highlights. Japan, the largest developed exchange by market capitalization (Shanghai Stock Exchange is the biggest) continued to benefit from the Arrowhead upgrade in January where spreads fell to around 20bps and trade sizes remained at 300 shares worth JPY600,000 despite lower average [...]
