The rise of synthetic indexing: growth of swap & forward assets outpaces rise in S&P 500 indexed products:

#MiFID II volume caps mean more lit trading - and higher realized costs for investors. ITG's Duncan Higgins shares our analysis with Shanny Basar via Markets Media marketsmedia.com/mifid-ii-incre…

ITG's Doug Clark and Ivan Cajic look at the surprising drivers behind many benchmark index changes. Via TabbFORUM shar.es/aajJDk

.ITG takes a look at how trading costs across various venues have changed under #MiFIDII since the regulation came into force in Europe bit.ly/2GcRuMt

Santa Comes to Bay Street - the teams from ITG Canada and MatchNow donated funds and presents and created 100 gift bags for Toronto families in need (and they did it in true holiday style). More info at sctbs.ca

End-of-Year Trading Trends: Are markets becoming less sleepy in the week after Xmas? Past years provide a few key takeaways for those who will be working over the holidays. ITG highlights observable trends in both market volumes and transaction costs. ow.ly/tezf30n4E62

As #MiFIDII hits the 1-year mark, Duncan Higgins shares some thoughts with Citywire Wealth Manager about how European traders have raised their game: bit.ly/2BXbvRL

MATCHNow Launches Conditional Orders in Canada - A New Source of Block Liquidity for Broker-Dealers bit.ly/2RbjRQi

ITG's Simon Barriball speaks with Chris Flood about investment banks' battle for market share in European ETFs via Financial Times ft.com/content/85bcec…

$VIRT expects the acquisition of $ITG to close during the first quarter of 2019 after the receipt of all required regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. bit.ly/VIRT-ITG-Update

On Feb 7, heads of #buyside trading at the The Buy-side Trading Community by K&KGC Global Summit #ATF will have two chances to hear from ITG’s Ruben Costa-Santos. Check out the 9:15a #fixedincome session or the 14:15p #FX session to learn about best execution, TCA, best-in-class FX practices and more.

Attending the 7th Annual The Buy-side Trading Community by K&KGC Global Summit in London on February 6th? Don’t miss the roundtable with ITG's Duncan Higgins on low-touch automation methodologies and trading algorithms at 09:15am. #buyside #ATF

RT: European market structure may prevent rapidly expanding EU #ETF market from reaching same levels as US market. For market to evolve, traders need to be able to approach the market with a greater variety of trading strategies & execution tools. ITG x.com/TabbFORUM/stat…

Higher volatility in 4Q18 caused spike in trading costs - US implementation shortfall costs up 24% q/q.

ITG's 4Q18 Global Cost Review finds avg global implementation shortfall costs +21% q/q, while avg commissions were flat-to-slightly-down. Read more: itg.com/thinking-artic…

Asia Ex-Japan trading costs rose for third straight quarter to highest level since 1Q 2016. Find out more in ITG's 4Q18 Global Cost Review: itg.com/assets/ITG-Glo…

ITG's Andre Nogueria talks with Shanny Basar about the rise in 4Q18 trading costs and how investors are adapting. Via Markets Media marketsmedia.com/equity-trading…

ITG Declares Quarterly Dividend bit.ly/2Gr7A4p

Virtu Financial, Inc. Completes Acquisition of ITG to Create Premier Agency and Broker Neutral Franchise bit.ly/2NBmaar