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BAML and TORA Partner to Launch Trading Platform
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (“BofAML”) and Tora Holdings, Inc. (“TORA”), provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, announced December 12 they will partner to provide buy-side clients a broker-neutral co-branded trading platform, Thunder. Utilizing TORA’s leading multi-broker, multi-market, multi-asset electronic trading solution, Thunder is the first co-branded undertaking in electronic trading services for [...]
TORA Expands its Smart Order Routing Algorithmic Solution
TORA, Asia’s leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, extends its next generation smart order routing (SOR) algorithm, TSOR™, to Hong Kong as it sees increasing market fragmentation as a key challenge for buy-side traders in achieving best execution. Beyond finding liquidity across multiple off-exchange venues, TSOR™ incorporates advanced performance-focused features and customization [...]
TORA Hires Miley Nakamura
TORA, Asia’s leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, today announced that Miley Nakamura has joined the TORA Liquidity Services™ team as a Sales Trader. Based in Los Angeles and reporting to veteran industry professionals Khahlil Kirtman and Rob Santos, Miley will focus on the Japan and pan-Asian markets to provide clients complete [...]
Chris Jenkins Managing Director Tora Trading Video Interview with AsiaEtrading
Chris Jenkins Managing Director of Tora Trading Asia spoke with AsiaEtrading about Cross Point and Smart Order Routing (SOR), supporting diverse clients across many countries, what the buy-side and sell side are demanding from a trading solution, trends in hosted vs in-house, surveillance, compliance and his views on FIX Protocol adoption in Asia. 6 videos [...]
Tora launches new Compliance Engine for Buyside Clients
Tora, Asia’s leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, has responded to growing client needs for increased compliance solutions by announcing the release of a new Compliance Engine within TORA Compass, the Execution and Order Management System, to include a multitude of new capabilities. The overhaul is aimed at providing clients with an [...]
TORA Crosspoint Announces Record Volumes in January
Tora, Asia’s leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, has announced that TORA Crosspoint, the company’s off-exchange liquidity venue, posted record volumes for the month of January. Volumes traded in the liquidity venue jumped 120% over the previous peak in December 2010. TORA Crosspoint, which launched for Japan-listed equities in February 2010, is [...]
Tora Expands into Australia with Sydney Office Launch
Tora, Asia’s leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, announced today it has opened an office in Sydney, Australia, as part of the company’s expansion across the Asia-Pacific. The office will be headed by Nathan Eason who was appointed Vice President of Sales for Australia. He will oversee client activities and sales initiatives [...]
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Connects to TORA Crosspoint
Tora, Asia’s leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, announced that Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has connected to TORA Crosspoint, increasing the number of broker pools accessible through TORACrosspoint. TORA Crosspoint, which launched in February 2010 for Japan-listed securities, is an off-exchange liquidity venue comprised of Tora’s substantial internal liquidity and [...]
Instinet, Tora Sign Reciprocal Liquidity Deal in Japan
Instinet, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage, and Tora, a leading electronic trading platform and liquidity provider for Asia, today announced that the firms have reached a reciprocal liquidity access agreement, allowing Instinet Japan Ltd. clients to access TORA Crosspoint and Tora clients to access Instinet CBX ASIA™ in Japan. Joel Hurewitz, [...]
Tora Analysis Finds Wide Gaps in Algorithm Performance Across Asian Markets
A study analyzing algorithm performance in Asia during the first half of 2010 found wide variations in performance across markets, with Hong Kong and Singapore faring weaker than Japan. The Transaction Performance Analysis compiled by Tora, Asia’s leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, reviewed approximately 120,000 algorithm orders from the first six [...]
