New York, March 18, 2010 — RealTick® (www.realtick.com), the leading global multi-broker, cross-asset electronic trading platform has expanded access to Knight’s algorithms and liquidity through Knight Direct LLC, a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group.
RealTick users now have access to Knight’s EdgeTrade algorithmic strategies, including liquidity seeking and smart order execution strategies FAN and Oasis, for execution in US, Canadian and European equity markets. Through these algorithms, RealTick users can tap the liquidity in the Knight Match dark pool and source off-exchange liquidity through Knight Link, in addition to seeking liquidity across the marketplace through Knight’s smart order routing technology.

“The integration of our latest algorithmic execution capabilities in RealTick provides us with a platform to service both sell-side and buy-side clients with market access and deeper liquidity as an agency broker. As Knight continues to expand globally, we expect RealTick’s advanced execution and workflow tools will be an important benefit in delivering our product capabilities to clients effectively,” states Joseph Wald, Managing Director, Knight Direct.
 “We are pleased to have expanded the execution capabilities provided by Knight’s full service agency execution desk, to include their latest equity algorithms. Our aim at RealTick is to provide clients with rapid access to the widest network of brokers and their electronic products globally, and using FIXatdl we are able to achieve this integration in a timely manner.” states Michel Finzi, Global Head of Business Development at RealTick. “Traders increasingly want a single, functionally rich platform which integrates well into their work flow and provides efficient access to the broad spectrum of their broker partners and their execution services.” he adds.

Knight is part of RealTick’s global multi-broker network which includes, among many others, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, BNY Convergex, CA Cheuvreux, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Instinet, JP Morgan, MF Global, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Societe Generale, and UBS.

RealTick continues to upgrade its fully configurable multi-broker, multi-asset class EMS with advanced features that enable traders to simplify their daily workflow and stay focused on achieving better execution performance across brokers, algorithms, liquidity pools and asset classes, with ease.

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About RealTick
RealTick is the electronic trading industry’s premier global, multi-broker, broker neutral, multi-asset Execution Management System (EMS). RealTick’s unsurpassed flexibility and customizability streamlines trader workflow by delivering a fully integrated front-to-back solution, including sophisticated trading tools; unrivalled electronic access to leading global brokers, exchanges, ECNs and ATSs, plus alternative pools of liquidity; real-time market data, news, analytics and risk management tools.  Used by institutions, broker-dealers and traders worldwide, RealTick EMS is supported by state-of-the-art global data centers and a redundant network for ultimate stability and resiliency.
For more information, visit www.realtick.com.
*RealTick is a registered trademark of Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

About Knight
Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE) is global financial services firm that provides market access and trade execution services across multiple asset classes to buy- and sell-side firms. Knight's hybrid market model features complementary electronic and voice trade execution services in global equities and fixed income as well as foreign exchange, futures and options. The firm is consistently ranked as the leading source of off-exchange liquidity in U.S. equities. Knight also provides capital markets services to corporate issuers. Knight is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ with a growing global presence across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. For more information, please go to www.knight.com.
The EdgeTrade algorithmic suite is offered through Knight Direct LLC and Knight Equity Markets, L.P., members FINRA & SIPC and subsidiaries of Knight Capital Group.
 
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