Trading Technologies Expands Its MultiBroker Platform with Addition of Rakuten Securities

Trading Technologies International Inc. (TT) has announced that Rakuten Securities Inc. is now a participating broker in its global MultiBroker service which provides direct market access to forty markets across five continents.

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“We are very happy to welcome Rakuten into the TT MultiBroker community,” said Robbie McDonnell, EVP global sales for TT. “Adding Rakuten, with their expertise in local Japanese markets such as TOCOM and JPX, to our trading ecosystem greatly furthers our objective of bringing simple, efficient and open global market access to the widest possible network of Buy-Side Buy-Side The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim Read this Term users.”

With the joining of Rakuten, TT’s MultiBroker network now comprises more than 30 sell-side participants, including seven of the top ten brokers by customer segregated funds. Launched in 2013, it has seen considerable traction in Asia over the past year, extending from Singapore’s commodity and energy trading space into the Japanese derivatives trading community.