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 BNY ConvergEx Group’s LiquidPoint Provides Workflow Automation Technology to the NYSE Amex Options Trading Platform 3/11/2009 For Immediate Release New York and Chicago – BNY ConvergEx Group, LLC, a leading provider of global agency brokerage and investment technology solutions, today announced that LiquidPoint was selected to provide workflow automation technology for the NYSE Amex Options. The NYSE Amex Options trading floor booth operators will now use LiquidPoint’s technology for execution and routing on the trading floor. This technology has been seamlessly incorporated into the NYSE Amex Options trading platform and wireless network, made up of booth terminals and wireless handheld floor broker terminals. “The arrangement with NYSE Amex Options continues our focus on providing the options industry and our clients with workflow automation tools that increase efficiencies, help meet compliance needs and reduce overall costs,” said Anthony Saliba, chief executive officer of BNY ConvergEx Group’s LiquidPoint. “This is a perfect example of our hybrid approach of using technology to enhance open‐outcry trading.” LiquidPoint worked closely with NYSE Euronext operations staff to develop the workflow and automation to meet the needs of the exchange. “The LiquidPoint solution allows us to provide our members with state‐of‐the art technology to further enhance and automate their workflow, while meeting regulatory obligations and maximizing our platform’s superior capacity and throughput,” added Ed Boyle, senior vice president, NYSE Euronext U.S. Options. LiquidPoint and NYSE Euronext are also working to provide additional connectivity and functionality between off‐floor brokers and traders and the NYSE Amex Options floor based terminals. #### About BNY ConvergEx Group BNY ConvergEx Group, LLC provides global agency brokerage and investment technology solutions to institutional clients worldwide. The Company’s key business lines – Liquidity and Execution Management, Investment Technologies and Intermediary and Clearing Services – focus on a broad array of services designed to deliver a comprehensive, integrated platform of performance‐driven, global multi‐asset class trading capabilities. BNY ConvergEx Group is comprised of the following businesses: BNY ConvergEx Execution Solutions LLC (member NYSE/FINRA/SIPC), LiquidPoint, LLC (member CBOE/SIPC); Eze Castle Transaction Services LLC (member FINRA/SIPC); Westminster Research Associates LLC (member FINRA/SIPC); G‐Trade Services LLC (member FINRA/SIPC); BNY Jaywalk LLC; ConvergEx Global Markets Ltd. and Eze Castle Software LLC. BNY ConvergEx Group is an affiliate of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Additional information is available at www.bnyconvergex.com. About NYSE Euronext NYSE Euronext (NYX) is the world’s most diverse exchange group, offering a broad and growing array of financial products and services in Europe and the United States that include cash equities, futures, options, exchange‐traded products, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions. With over 8,000 listed issues globally, NYSE Euronext's equities markets ‐‐ the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext, NYSE Arca, and NYSE Amex ‐‐ represent nearly 40% of the world's cash equities trading volume, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and the world’s second largest derivatives business by value of trading. NYSE Euronext offers comprehensive global commercial technology, connectivity, and market data products and services through its innovative trading solutions unit, NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index. For more information, please visit: www.nyx.com. << Back | |
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Important Disclosures: Please be advised that options carry a high level of risk and are not suitable for all investors. Because of the importance of tax considerations to all options transactions, the investor considering options should consult with his/her tax advisor as to how taxes affect the outcome of contemplated options transactions. To receive a copy of the Options Disclosure Document please contact David Schmueck at 312.986.2006. View our latest SEC Report here. Member SIPC |
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