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Bids Trading Appoints Brian Hickey As Senior Director of Product and Alex Grinfeld As Co Head of Americas Futures Division At Liquidnet

PRIVATEApr 15, 2024about 2 years ago

Position

Co Head Of Americas Futures Division

Company

BIDS Trading

Alex Grinfeld
New YorkFinancial Services

Description

BIDS Trading has hired Brian Hickey as Senior Director of Product, bringing his 25 years of experience in asset management and capital markets. Additionally, Alex Grinfeld has joined Liquidnet as the co-head of its Americas futures division, coming from a background at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Company Information

Company

BIDS Trading

Location

New York, New York, United States

About

BIDS Trading L.P. is a registered broker-dealer and operator of the BIDS Alternative Trading System (ATS) which was designed to bring counterparties together to anonymously trade large blocks. Developed by a consortium of leading financial services firms, the BIDS ATS resolves the classic paradox of the block trader: the need to find legitimate trading counterparties without prematurely revealing trading intentions. The BIDS sponsorship model offers a low-cost alternative and an excellent commission management tool for the buy-side, providing them the opportunity to find unique liquidity, while paying their sponsoring brokers for research and other services. BIDS has grown to be a dominant player for block volume in the U.S. In 2016, BIDS partnered with Cboe Europe to launch Cboe LIS. Designed to deliver BIDS innovative trading model into the European markets under the Bats Europe RIE (Registered Investment Exchange) umbrella, Cboe LIS is a rapidly growing presence in the EU block market. For more information, visit www.bidstrading.com.

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