BIDS Trading Announces Barclays Capital as Latest Investor
NEW YORK, NY – March 9, 2010 – BIDS Trading, L.P. announced today that Barclays Capital has become the latest investor in the alternative trading system (ATS) designed to increase competition and liquidity in the U.S. equity block trading market.
Barclays Capital (LSE: BARC) joins current investors BofA Merrill Lynch (NYSE: BAC), Citi (NYSE: C), Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS), Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB), The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NITE), Lehman Brothers (OTC: LEHMQ), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), NYSE Euronext (NYX), and UBS (NYSE: UBS) bringing the total number of investors in BIDS Trading to twelve.
“This investment is part of Barclays Capital’s efforts to provide our clients with intelligent and efficient access to diverse pools of liquidity,” said Brian Fagen, Head of Equities Electronic Trading Distribution at Barclays Capital.
“We are thrilled to have Barclays Capital join the eleven firms that have invested in BIDS Trading. This level of industry support, along with our ever-increasing user base, continues to validate the BIDS Trading model,” states Tim Mahoney, Chief Executive Officer of BIDS Trading. “We look forward to working closely with Barclays Capital as we continue our mission to grow our liquidity pool and provide an efficient platform for institutional investors to trade blocks of shares.”
BIDS Trading allows market participants to trade large blocks of equities without revealing their order. Information disclosure is controlled by the trader via customizable trading tools: traders set their minimum block size to help protect their order and they can filter out counterparties based on past trading behavior.
BIDS Trading participants have simultaneous access to both the BIDS ATS and the New York Block Exchange (NYBX). NYBX, a revolutionary joint venture between BIDS Trading and NYSE Euronext, is the first joint trading venture between an ATS and an exchange. NYBX provides investors with access to both displayed and hidden interest on the NYSE, without revealing trading intentions.
Media Contact
Caroline Bujak, BIDS Trading, L.P.
Email: caroline.bujak@bidstrading.com
Tel: +1.212.618.2097
About Barclays Capital
Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a comprehensive set of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Barclays Capital has offices around the world, employs over 23,000 people and has the global reach, advisory services and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide. For further information about Barclays Capital, please visit our website: www.barclayscapital.com.
About BIDS Trading, L.P.
BIDS Trading, L.P. is a registered broker-dealer and the operator of the BIDS Alternative Trading System (ATS), which was designed to bring counterparties together to anonymously trade large blocks of shares. Developed by a consortium of leading financial services firms, BIDS Trading resolves the classic paradox of the block trader – the need to find legitimate trading counterparties without prematurely revealing trading intentions. The BIDS ATS is open to all qualifying broker-dealers and their institutional clients, subject to basic credit and regulatory requirements. For more information, visit www.bidstrading.com.