OptimX Markets names new head of institutional sales
Incoming individual joins after most recently spending almost two decades at Virtu; candidate will lead OptimX Markets’ buy-side business.
Incoming individual joins after most recently spending almost two decades at Virtu; candidate will lead OptimX Markets’ buy-side business.
Liberum’s new A-PEX algorithm, which connects to Clearpool’s algorithmic management system (AMS), is set to allow the business to more easily smart order route, with extra configuration abilities, to OptimX.
Deal will expand the exchange’s block crossing capabilities; investment was made as part of a consortium including the venture capital arm of Deutsche Boerse Group.
The past week saw appointments across the C-suite, trading, equities, flow rates and institutional sales.
The offering allows users to avoid the risk of over-trading while posting the same liquidity on multiple venues simultaneously.
T+1 was among the key trends identified by Coalition Greenwich in its latest report examining what the most impactful market structure themes will be over the next 12 months.
Aquis reported an overall profit across all four of its businesses: markets, stock exchange, technologies and data.
Aquis Exchange and MarketAxess announced deals to acquire equities block trading start-up OptimX and algorithmic trading provider Pragma, respectively.