Audience
Traders seeking a solution to execute significant blocks in increasingly complex and dispersed markets
About BlockCross
Instinet added BlockCross to its suite of innovative venues to help you meet the challenges of executing significant blocks in increasingly complex and dispersed markets. The ATS's unique functionality and depth of liquidity create opportunities to execute large trades efficiently and anonymously, minimizing market impact. BlockCross provides opportunities to cross with natural liquidity from an array of buy- and sell-side counterparties. Instinet's diverse and deep base of institutional clients from our portfolio trading, commission management, and research businesses bring even more new opportunities for liquidity to BlockCross. BlockCross's proprietary order blotter integration lets you tailor your interaction with the ATS from your front end. Set up alerts, respond to natural opportunities, set auto-execution instructions, communicate interest to select counterparties, and identify opportunities to optimize block trades.
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Instinet
Founded: 1969
United States
www.instinet.com/blockcross
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