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COUNTERPARTY FILE · last re-checked 2026-09

Virtu Financial — institutional liquidity provider

This record highlights potential gaps in published firm information, warranting cautious consideration.

Virtu Financial, Inc. (US broker-dealer: Virtu Americas LLC) · New York, USA

evidence score
79/100

Licence, read literally

RegulatorLicence numberJurisdictionTierSource
SEC/FINRACRD 149823 (SEC 8-68193)USAT1open source
Central Bank of Irelandnot verifiedIrelandT1open source
Central Bank of Irelandnot verifiedIrelandT1open source
FCA987714UKT1open source
FCA572389UKT1open source
SFC (HK)AHD810Hong KongT1open source
MAS (Singapore)CMS 100138-1SingaporeT1open source
ASIC219582AustraliaT1open source
CIRO (Canada)not verifiedCanadaT1open source
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme — never misread it as tier-1 protection.

Residuals a counterparty carries

2

  1. R01

    Unpublished firm authorisation numbers

    The Central Bank of Ireland numbers for the two Irish entities are not printed on the disclosures page.

    Source: firm disclosures page

  2. R02

    Lack of published venues

    No named data centres or protocol list are published on fetched pages.

    Source: firm disclosures page

The claims ledger

Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.

Testable claims

  • Own disclosures page: in the U.S. Virtu Americas LLC, member FINRA and SIPC; in Europe Virtu Europe Trading Limited (Ireland No. 283940) and Virtu Financial Ireland Limited (Ireland No. 471719), both authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland
  • VETL London branch is an FCA-authorised UK establishment (FRN 987714, establishment BR017810); Virtu ITG UK Limited is FCA-authorised (FRN 572389)
  • Asia-Pacific entities per disclosures page: Virtu ITG Hong Kong (SFC AHD810), Virtu ITG Singapore (CMS 100138-1), Virtu ITG Australia (AFS 219582); Virtu Canada Corp is a CIRO/CIPF-member investment dealer
  • Firm states liquidity in over 25,000 securities at over 235 venues (about page)

Claims we cannot verify from outside

  • 'Liquidity in over 25,000 securities at over 235 venues' is the firm's own measurement
  • Market-quality claims (decreasing volatility, improving pricing/execution quality) are the firm's own characterisations

Perimeter and coverage

Asset classes
Equities, ETFs, Options, FICC (fixed income, currencies, commodities), Crypto-assets (via Ireland entity)
Venues
Connectivity
Clients accepted
Institutional clients and brokers (direct-to-client liquidity in global equities, ETFs and FICC)
Explicitly refused
A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to diligence than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as disclosure, not as a defect.