Getco Launches a Dark Pools Arm in Europe
June 29, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Getco, one of the largest US market-making firms, will today formally launch a type of “dark pool” share trading platform in Europe.
Dark pools match trades anonymously with prices posted only after trades are done.
The move highlights the inroads that US firms are making into the region’s fragmented equity markets.
The Chicago firm has been increasingly active in trading in European equity and derivatives markets since opening a London office in 2004. It owns a stake in Chi-X Europe, the pan-European equities platform.
