Liquidnet extends its offering to include Taiwanese securities

Liquidnet has announced that its buy-side clients can now gain access to trading securities and instruments listed on the Taiwanese stock exchange through the company's trading platform. This marks Liquidnet's expansion into the APAC region. The company now provides access to 44 stock markets around the world. 

Liquidnet, a trading network for institutional investors, announced today that its buy-side clients gained direct access to trading securities and instruments listed on the Taiwanese stock exchange through the company's Trading Platform Trading Platform In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real Read this Term.

The next step for the company is to supplement its existing offering with assets characteristic to Taipei’s market. The move is the next step in Liquidnet’s expansion in the APAC region. Liquidnet is currently offering admission to 12 different markets across the area including Thailand, India and the Philippines. Looking at the global offering, the company is now providing access to 44 stock markets around the world.

The total capitalization of the Taiwanese Stock Exchange (TSE) rose last year to $876 billion, with the amount of large companies listed on the venue amounting to over 800. The most important sectors and industries of the local market include industrials and tech firms, which is consistent with global trends.

Commenting on the announcement, Lee Porter, Head of Liquidnet Asia Pacific, stated: “For the past eight years, Liquidnet has been one of the best venues for accessing unique, institutional-sized Liquidity Liquidity The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent Read this Term in Asia-Pacific names. Our launch of Taiwan equities follows Liquidnet's successful launches of trading in Thai, Indian and Philippines equities and further demonstrates our commitment to providing institutional investors with access to large scale liquidity in the region.”

In early February 2016, Finance Magnates reported that Liquidnet expanded its Execution & Quantitative Services (EQS) groups by hiring two new senior employees. Craig Viani took the position of execution consultant and Mike Capelli was appointed Head of Algo Services Group.