Liquidnet has launched a new pre-trade analytics offering for listed derivatives, available in Europe and the US.
The new solution offers actionable intelligence including volume, liquidity, activity and projected volume to better inform the decision-making process ahead of execution.
“Historically, banks have dominated the provision of solutions and execution services to the buy-side,” said Mike du Plessis, global head of listed derivatives at Liquidnet.
“This is changing. With connectivity, staging, algo execution and execution performance management becoming increasingly commoditised, the battle to differentiate has moved to new grounds. It is here that Liquidnet is well placed to compete given our technology and talent, our pure agency model, and our approach to working with institutional asset managers to design market-led, innovative solutions.
Having joined Liquidnet in March 2022, du Plessis brings over two decades’ worth of experience in building agency execution services at large investment banks.
He leads a team of specialists based in London, New York, Boston and Connecticut.
Liquidnet’s new offering leverages existing infrastructure and technology used by Liquidnet Investment Analytics to develop a separate offering for the buy-side community, alongside marking Liquidnet’s entry into the listed derivatives landscape.
“In other classes, traders can access a suite of pre-trade data to decide how to best execute a trade,” said Darren Smith, head of EQS, listed derivatives at Liquidnet.
“That information has been somewhat absent for listed derivatives and investors have been looking for ways to access the data in an easily consumable format. We’re pleased to address this gap and bring pre- and point-of-trade intelligence, with multiple delivery channels.”