Charles River Development has certified Luminex Trading & Analytics LLC as a sweep partner for the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS).
The integrated offering enables the firms mutual clients to improve access to liquidity while reducing trading costs and minimizing market impact.
Luminex subscribers using Charles Rivers multi-asset Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) now have automatic access to Luminexs pool of buy side only block liquidity. With the integration, traders can work more efficiently by relying on Luminex to sweep their trade blotter and continuously match and execute trades. In the most recent FINRA block trading data Luminex was the leading ATS with an average trade size greater than 50,000 shares in two of the block-size categories.
Jonathan A. Clark, CEO, Luminex, commented, Integrating with Charles River IMS helps our subscribers find block liquidity more efficiently while reducing trading costs, eliminating information leakage and ultimately retaining alpha for the end investor. Our roster of mutual clients, including some of the worlds largest asset managers, is a testament to the compelling value offered by our platform and synergy with Charles Rivers offering.
Based on significant demand from our clients, we are pleased to announce our streamlined integration with Luminex, said Peter Lambertus, CEO, Charles River. This further automates our clients’ ability to source liquidity directly in our OEMS.
