Virtu Financial Receives Strategic Investment from Singaporean Temasek

logo_virtufinancialVirtu Financial LLC, a technology enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the global financial markets, received a strategic investment from Singaporean Temasek.

The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

It is known that Temasek will make a minority investment in the company by purchasing a portion of the equity held by Silver Lake, which will continue to be a minority shareholder in Virtu.

The company now aims to expand into new asset classes and geographies.

Led by Douglas Cifu, CEO, Virtu is a global electronic market-making firm across all major financial centers including equities, fixed income, currencies, futures, energy products and other commodities. Based in New York, Austin, Singapore and Dublin, The company’s business comprises a significant share in numerous asset classes across over 220 diverse markets around the world.

Virtu is currently hiring.

FinSMEs

08/12/2014

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