Liquidnet has launched a new solution aimed at transforming how European buy-side traders access bilateral liquidity.
The agency broker is working with four market makers, including XTX Markets, to provide access through its front-end application and liquidity-seeking algorithmic suite. The move offers traders a single, controlled point of interaction with liquidity providers while maintaining execution quality, anonymity and operational efficiency.
According to Liquidnet’s latest Liquidity Landscape report, bilateral trading now makes up almost half of total equity market volumes in Europe. Despite its growing importance, access to these flows has remained complex and opaque. The company’s new framework seeks to make participation more streamlined, transparent and effective for its Members.
Liquidnet head of execution and quantitative services, EMEA, Gareth Exton said, “The growth of bilateral trading is reshaping how liquidity is accessed in Europe. Our role is to support our Members in responding to these structural changes. By integrating bilateral liquidity into both our front-end application and liquidity seeking algo suite, we’re giving our Members the tools to access meaningful liquidity with confidence and control whilst helping the market making community to extend their reach and better control their risk.”
The new service offers a range of features, including configurability for both buy-side traders and liquidity providers, and the ability to execute at mid-price and touch levels. It also provides anonymous access to aggregated liquidity streams, with the option of tiered or Member-specific feeds.
Alongside this, Liquidnet is offering execution consulting services to help Members determine optimal liquidity sources and execution timing. Monitoring and analytics capabilities are also built in to track fill rates, detect information leakage and measure performance across venues and providers.
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