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History 2016 MARCH Liquidnet offers trading in Taiwan equities, bringing its global reach to 44 markets. 2015 SEPTEMBER Liquidnet launches Fixed Income dark pool to centralise institutional trading of corporate bonds among asset managers in the US, Canada and Europe. AUGUST Liquidnet announces launch of Next Gen Global Algo suite. JANUARY Liquidnet launches Liquidnet 5 — a new platform intended to provide safe, actionable and diverse liquidity, point-of-trade analytics, new execution capabilities, and commission management to optimise trades and fund performance. 2014 JULY Liquidnet offers trading in Indian equities, bringing its global reach to 43 markets MARCH Liquidnet expands into Fixed Income Market with acquisition of Bond Trading Platform Vega-Chi. 2013 APRIL Liquidnet offers trading in Thai equities, bringing its global reach to 42 markets. 2012 SEPTEMBER Liquidnet offers trading in Philippine equities, bringing its global reach to 41 markets. JULY Liquidnet offers trading in Turkish equities, bringing its global reach to 40 markets. 2011 JANUARY Liquidnet offers trading in Indonesian equities, bringing its global reach to 39 markets. 2010 NOVEMBER Liquidnet offers trading in Malaysian equities, bringing its global reach to 38 markets. Liquidnet offers trading in Israeli equities, bringing its global reach to 37 markets. JUNE Liquidnet offers trading in New Zealand equities, bringing its global reach to 36 markets. Liquidnet offers trading in Mexican equities, bringing its global reach to 35 markets. MAY Liquidnet offers trading in Estonian and Lithuanian equities, bringing its global reach to 34 markets. FEBRUARY Liquidnet offers trading in Polish equities, bringing its global reach to 32 markets. 2009 SEPTEMBER Liquidnet offers trading in Slovenian equities, bringing its global reach to 31 markets. APRIL Liquidnet launches actionable block liquidity from Liquidity Partners in the U.S. 2008 AUGUST Liquidnet launches in Cyprus, bringing its global reach to 30 markets. Liquidnet announces more than 100 members signed on to trade Asia-Pacific equities. MAY Liquidnet Australia trades $1 billion in ASX-listed securities with trades more than 100 times the ASX average. FEBRUARY Liquidnet Australia launches with 51 member firms, bringing its global reach to 29 markets. 2007 NOVEMBER Liquidnet Asia launches with 26 member firms, bringing its global reach to 28 markets. MARCH Liquidnet acquires Miletus Trading. 2006 DECEMBER Liquidnet’s institutional-only natural liquidity pool averages more than 2 billion shares a day. OCTOBER Liquidnet Canada launches. JUNE A single 5-million share trade (U.S. equity) executed in Liquidnet. 2005 SEPTEMBER Liquidnet launches actionable streaming liquidity from Liquidity Partners. 2004 APRIL Liquidnet takes live its 200th member firm. 2003 JANUARY Liquidnet executes its two-billionth share. 2002 DECEMBER Liquidnet ends year with 136 members and an average daily volume of 4.7 million shares. NOVEMBER Liquidnet Europe launches with 9 member firms. JUNE 100th member goes live. APRIL Liquidnet executes its one-billionth share. JANUARY $10 million raised in Series C Funding round. 2001 APRIL Liquidnet launches in the United States with 38 member firms. December 2016 www.buysideintel.com 15