Virtu Financial
Virtu Financial is an American company that provides financial services, trading products, and market-making services. It offers a range of solutions in execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics, and broker-neutral platforms.[1] Virtu operates in various markets and exchanges globally, trading in equities, commodities, currencies, options, fixed income, and other securities. The company uses proprietary technology for high-volume trading.[2] It was founded in 2008 by Vincent Viola and Douglas Cifu,[3][4] and it went public on Nasdaq in 2015.[5] Virtu has made several acquisitions to expand its operations and has offices in multiple locations worldwide. The company has been involved in investigations related to high-frequency trading practices.[6]
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- ↑ McCrank, John (4 June 2014). Virtu CEO urges strict standards for electronic firms that are market makers. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/virtu-fincl-regulations-idUSL1N0OL1FB20140604. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ Elizabeth, M. Murphy. Reproposed National Market System Plan To Implement a Ticket Size Pilot Program on a One-year Pilot Basis. www.sec.gov (19 December 2014). Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ↑ Virtu Financial Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering (NASDAQ:VIRT). Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ↑ "Virtu Financial, Inc. S-1". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2025-04-14.