ITG and Instinet Sign Reciprocal Liquidity Agreement in Asia
Deal provides ITG clients with access to CBX™ Hong Kong and Instinet with clients access to
POSIT® in Hong Kong and Australia.
HONG KONG – November 11, 2010 – ITG, a leading agency broker and financial technology firm, and
Instinet, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced 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 the deal was a
further example of the firm’s global goal of helping clients seamlessly source liquidity. With Instinet
recently having signed similar agreements in Asia with other major trading venue providers, Instinet
clients can now access 11 alternative liquidity pools in Asia.
“We’ve been very aggressive in pursuing these kinds of linkages in Asia, as our goal is helping our clients
get ahead of the fragmentation curve in Asia,” he said. “As a result, our clients are enjoying not only a
significant increase in the amount of liquidity they can access, but also more interesting liquidity with
which to interact in our pools.”
Michael Corcoran, ITG’s Head of Sales and Trading, Asia Pacific, said the deal reflects the evolving
trading landscape and supports ITG’s focus on lowering trading costs for its clients.
“The Asia Pacific trading environment is changing irreversibly. Finding liquidity and reducing costs are
top priorities as the markets become more complex. With the recent addition of Australian trading
through POSIT Marketplace™ and more liquidity pools joining the platform on an ongoing basis, our
clients can benefit from higher fill rates and lower costs,” he said. “Accessing multiple, quality venues
from a single point is key to keeping trading costs down in a fragmented market and we’re pleased to add
Instinet’s CBX dark pool to the panel of venues within POSIT Marketplace.”
Instinet clients will use the firm’s Nighthawk® liquidity aggregation algorithm – which allows a single
order to access multiple non-displayed trading venues and includes venue analysis and anti-gaming logic
– to access ITG’s POSIT pool in Hong Kong and Australia; ITG clients will access Instinet’s CBX Hong
Kong through POSIT Marketplace.
Hurewitz added: “Nighthawk, whose logic is embedded in all of the strategies in our Execution Experts™
algorithmic suite, intelligently seeks hidden liquidity throughout the region. Since it dynamically reallocates
orders to venues in which execution quality is highest, it allows clients to much more effectively
trade the rapidly fragmenting Asia-Pacific markets.”
“Liquidity aggregation is a trend that’s here to stay: it’s a vital component of Best Execution in the
constantly changing global trading landscape. Using innovative technology, POSIT Marketplace makes
the hunt for liquidity simpler, more efficient, and aims to reduce costs for fund managers and the
investors whose money they’re managing,” added Corcoran.
About Instinet
Instinet Incorporated is an electronic trading pioneer, having established the world’s first major electronic
trading venue in 1969, one of the first recognized U.S. ECNs in 1997 and the first pan-European MTF in
2007. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, Instinet operates two distinct business lines: a global
network of agency-only brokers that seek to help institutions lower overall trading costs and improve
investment performance through the use of innovative electronic trading products, including smartrouting,
algorithms, DMA, dark pools and EMS platforms, and also provide sales trading, commission
management services and independent research; and the Chi-X® Global businesses, which aim to improve
the efficiency of capital markets globally by providing high-performance, low-cost alternative execution
venues and the technology required to power them. Instinet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura
Holdings, Inc. For more information, please visit www.instinet.com.
About ITG
Investment Technology Group, Inc (NYSE: ITG) is an independent agency research broker that partners
with asset managers globally to improve performance throughout the investment process. A leader in
electronic trading since launching the POSIT® crossing network in 1987, ITG takes a consultative
approach in delivering the highest quality institutional liquidity, execution services, analytical tools, and
proprietary research insights grounded in data. Asset managers rely on ITG''s independence, experience,
and intellectual capital to help mitigate risk, improve performance, and navigate increasingly complex
markets. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in North America, Europe, and the Asia
Pacific region. For more information on ITG, please visit www.itg.com.
Media Contacts
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ITG
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ITG Asia Pacific
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Email : clare.rowsell@itg.com
JT Farley
ITG Corporate Communications
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Email: james.farley@itg.com
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