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Liquidnet company history timeline

2001

Liquidnet was founded in April 2001 by Seth Merrin as a wholesale electronic marketplace where institutional investors could anonymously trade large blocks of stocks.

2010

In January 2010, Liquidnet announced a strategic investment in OTR Global LLC, a securities research and brokerage firm.

2011

In July 2011 SIX Swiss Exchange and Liquidnet launched a platform for non-displayed equity block trading.

2014

In March 2014, Liquidnet acquired bond trading platform Vega-Chi, with trading facilities for high yield bonds and convertible bonds.

2017

In May 2017, Liquidnet acquired OTAS Technologies, a market-leading analytics platform that delivers actionable market intelligence and context directly to institutional traders and portfolio managers.

2019

In May 2019, Liquidnet acquired RSRCHXchange, a marketplace and aggregator for institutional research to help embed a new level of research and analytics into the investment process.

2020

In February 2020, founder Seth Merrin stepped down as CEO of Liquidnet.

On October 9, 2020, TP ICAP announced plans to acquire Liquidnet.

2021

In March 2021, TP ICAP announced the completion of its acquisition of Liquidnet.

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2001
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