Multi-asset trading firm STG Group has expanded its trading operations through the launch of its new broker-dealer business division, STG Securities.
The firm already specialises in systematic and quantitative strategies, and through this development will now be a comprehensive electronic market maker and global trading firm.
The new offering – known at STG Securities – is set to build on the Group’s existing technology, quant expertise, and capital in order to “provide competitive liquidity across exchanges and partnerships”, according to an official announcement.
Specifically, STG Securities will contribute market expertise and liquidity on-exchange to a range of market participants.
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In 2024, the firm completed the acquisition of Automated Volatility Trading (AVT) – previously a US options group at Barclays – consolidating AVT’s trading operations into STG Securities, in a move aimed at bolstering its systematic options capabilities.