Liquidnet

We recently had the pleasure of joining the Trader TV crew for their inaugural awards ceremony and we're thrilled to share that Darren Smith, Head of Listed Derivatives Execution and Quantitative Services, took home the award for Best New Product. A huge thank you to our Members and industry peers who voted for us, and to Trader TV for giving us a platform to talk about how we're driving long-overdue innovation in Futures and Options trading.

In the latest installment of Liquidnet Leads with The TRADE News, Mike du Plessis explores the evolution of futures algos and examines whether algorithms alone are enough to achieve optimal execution. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/egMa4asM

From Superblock Matching to multi-asset trading and the use of AI, our Global Head of Equity Product, Robert Cranston, sat down with Shanny Basar at Markets Media to discuss the evolution of our Superblock product suite and how we’re enhancing the end-to-end trading experience for our Members. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eav99dez

The market has entered a phase of profound transition with market conditions quickly shifting the sources of liquidity into the marketplace. Read our Head of Market Structure, Jeffrey O'Connor's, analysis of the trading storm: https://lnkd.in/eUrzhFu6

A monster month of blocks by any metric: - An average of $797m/ day of blocks vs a 12 month average of $598m/day (+33.2%) - A total of $15.95B of blocks in the month – largest since Feb 2024 ($16.21B) 216 blocks/ day vs a 12mth av of 162/day (+33%) - Blocks as percentage of total notional at 8.7% vs 12mth average of 7.5% - Four days with blocks above $1B and a record day of blocks on Feb 14 of $1.596B Find out more here https://lnkd.in/gnAnvSfW

Earlier today, we announced our 2024 Full Year Results. Nicolas Breteau, Group CEO, said: “We delivered record profits with adjusted EBIT up 12%." “We look to the future with confidence. Our market-leading broking businesses are well positioned to capitalise on ongoing market volatility. Our focus on diversification presents real opportunities, including the ongoing turnaround at Liquidnet and the upside potential at Parameta Solutions. We aim to grow our business, invest in key franchises, and release more cash to shareholders." See ⬇ for the highlights and read the 2024 Full Year Results here: https://lnkd.in/eRPKZuRR

Accelerate action. As women and allies around the world make this call to action on International Women’s Day, we asked Liquidnet colleagues to write letters to the young women in their lives, offering advice to help them navigate and shape the future. We thank Natalie Bourne, Claire Bridel, Christine Lee, Scott O'Brien and Sophonie Robichon for their contributions and wish all women around the world a happy International Women’s Day 2025. Read their full letters here: https://lnkd.in/eBxSFPeJ #IWD

The Liquidnet team will be at the FIX Trading Community conference in London tomorrow. Catch Robert Cranston on his panel at 2.30 pm talking about how the industry can start to implement AI. See you there! 💂

In January, Real Estate and Communication Services hit new record highs of 3.3% (+6%) and 2.9% (+111%) respectively, mainly led by ESR 1821.HK, Netease 9999.HK, HKT 6823.HK, Tencent Music 1698.HK and Swire 1972.HK, with an average of 19% of market turnover. Find our more: https://lnkd.in/gUfSE-NZ

Do the APAC markets believe Trump? We asked this question about Wall Street, and the answer was complicated. Now, let’s turn to APAC with Roland de Marsangy: https://lnkd.in/eZUvxH_P