Voice Access & Trading
Sales
Broker-Dealer Relationship Management
While the execution of broker-dealer order flow is a largely automated process, Knight provides personal service to build strong client relationships, quickly answer inquiries and resolve trading issues. Our relationship management and client services teams serve as a single point of contact for addressing all sell-side client needs.
Institutional Sales and Trading
At Knight, institutional sales and trading means focus and dedication. Clients count on the market insight of our experienced sales traders and block traders to help them access liquidity, maintain anonymity and minimize market impact. Knight has one of the largest sales trading and block trading teams in the U.S. as well as a strong London presence and growing Asian capabilities. Knight's U.S.-, London- and Hong Kong-based teams provide institutional clients with access to more than 100 international market destinations during local market hours globally. Knight's ability to provide access to our natural buy- and sell-side order flow, supported by capital facilitation when necessary, helps our clients achieve their objectives whether trading in their home markets or across borders.
Voice Trade Execution Services
Broker-Dealer Cash Trading
Knight's cash traders apply market intelligence and experience to provide high-quality trade executions. Cash traders handle sell-side orders that benefit from specialized expertise that can't be replicated by an automation-only model, such as oversized orders, specialized order types and stocks impacted by breaking news or events. Additionally, Knight provides share repurchase strategy and execution expertise to corporate issuers.
Knight Libertas
Knight Libertas is an institutional, fixed income broker-dealer providing trade execution, investment research and capital markets services across a broad range of fixed income securities. These include corporate bonds of all ratings, mortgage-backed securities, Federal Agency securities, convertible bonds, hybrid securities and syndicated loans.
Program Trading
Knight's program trading desk offers the combination of experienced traders and enhanced portfolio trading technology. Seeking the best outcome for clients, the desk utilizes advanced pre- and post-trade analytics and market-tested algorithms to help clients achieve their trading objectives. Knight's program trading algorithms use smart order execution technology to minimize market impact by accessing numerous pools of non-displayed and displayed liquidity while seeking price improvement.
Special Situations
With a focus on event-related investment strategies such as announced U.S. merger arbitrage, leveraged buyouts and corporate restructurings, Special Situations is a valuable resource to both the multi-strategy hedge fund and the fundamental long-short fund manager. Knight provides liquidity in single stocks and multi-security transactions.