Harborside+
Links to NASDAQ's Liquidity Tracker
New
York, N.Y.The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ®)
and Harborside+ have announced that Harborside+ is providing access
to NASDAQ's Liquidity TrackerSM, a block trading facility
that provides market participants with a more efficient way to
find liquidity.
Harborside+
is a neutral and confidential service for attracting and matching
large block equity indications of interest (IOIs). Harborside+'s
linkage with Liquidity Tracker enables traders using Harborside+
to receive IOIs concerning Liquidity Tracker orders and provides
Liquidity Tracker users access to Harborside's liquidity pool,
increasing fill rates for both sets of customers.
"Harborside+'s
participation in NASDAQ's Liquidity Tracker provides yet another
way for our constituents to find liquidity efficiently,"
said Adena Friedman, executive vice president of NASDAQ Data Products.
According
to Harborside+ President and CEO Robert C. Hall, "Harborside+
is focused on constantly enhancing the trading experience and
success of our users. With this development, they now gain additional
trading opportunities."
Liquidity
Tracker, which is based on patent-pending technology, was developed
by e-Xchange Advantage Corporation (eXA) and licensed to NASDAQ.
eXA and Harborside+ jointly developed Harborside+'s interface
to Liquidity Tracker.
"Harborside+'s
participation in Liquidity Tracker is a terrific boon to users
of both systems," said e-Xchange Advantage CEO Fred Federspiel.
Harborside+ can deliver additional trading opportunities to its
institutional users and NASDAQ can increase the ways in which
Liquidity Tracker orders are filled."
Liquidity
Tracker began operating in December 2002 with all of NASDAQ's
approximately 3,600 National Market and SmallCap securities and
is accessible to participants via SuperMontageSM, NASDAQ's next
generation trading system. When a broker arrives with a large
customer order, Liquidity Tracker determines from recent trading
activity which other broker is the most likely trading partner
for the order. Liquidity Tracker then arranges for the two brokers
to interact and get the trade done quickly, with minimal market
impact. With the participation of Harbordside+ in Liquidity Tracker,
Liquidity Tracker can also be used to route IOIs about Liquidity
Tracker orders to Harborside+ customers.
About
Harborside+
Harborside+ melds the best of technology and human intervention,
so that buyers and sellers can find each other and successfully
complete a transaction quickly, efficiently and without market
disruption. As part of its standard business practice of confidentiality,
Harborside+ does not reveal customers, trades or volumes. For
more information on Harborside+, visit www.harborsideplus.com.
About
e-Xchange Advantage Corp.
Founded in 1999, e-Xchange Advantage Corporation builds its patent-pending
trading technology into block trading tools for equity securities.
The company is located in New York City. Investors include the
NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. and BiosGroup, Inc. For more information
about eXA, visit www.eXchangeAdvantage.com.
About
NASDAQ
NASDAQ is the world's largest electronic stock market. With approximately
3,600 companies, NASDAQ lists more companies and trades more shares
per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to category-defining
companies that are leaders across all areas of business including
technology, retail, communications, financial services, media
and biotechnology industries. For more information about NASDAQ,
visit the NASDAQ Web site at www.nasdaq.com
or the NASDAQ NewsroomSM at www.nasdaq.com/newsroom.