an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message unx llc type private company industry financial services founded 1999 headquarters burbank usa key people thomas kim president and ceo ruth colagiuri managing director kip putnam managing director 1 products brokerage trading technology tactical order routing website www.unx.com unx llc is an independent trading technology firm and a registered agency broker member of finra sipc that provides advanced electronic trading technology solutions to a diverse client base which includes traditional asset managers pension funds hedge funds and sell side execution desks . unx has offices in burbank california and new york new york . 2 contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 partnerships 4 technology 5 corporate social responsibility 6 references 7 external links history edit unx was founded in 1998 by oscar olmedo poul moller and randy abernethy to provide direct market access trading systems to institutional clients . 3 in 2000 the company launched basket trading center a web based single stock and portfolio trading platform that provided clients access to north american execution venues . 4 that year unx also launched its smart routing and tactical order routing engine . in 2002 unx acquired embarcadero securities and launched the metabook execution management system . 5 in 2009 unx introduced the broker neutral catalyst platform and began the process of integrating trading algorithms of major broker dealers into the unx marketplace . throughout 2010 unx integrated equity algorithms and electronic trading services from credit suisse girard securities goldman sachs electronic trading mizuho securities rosenblatt securities and ubs investment bank into its trading connectivity network available through the catalyst portal . 6 in 2010 unx further expanded its broker network to include international equities trading and enhanced its connectivity network by adding algorithms and electronic trading services of jmp securities and sterne agee and leach to its broker marketplace . 7 8 in 2011 unx collaborated with titan trading analytics to provide behavioral research and trading strategies through the catalyst portal . 9 products and services edit catalyst execution management system the catalyst portal offers an open framework customizable execution management system that provides broker neutral access to global equity markets and supports single stock pairs and portfolio trading capabilities . clients can leverage trading algorithms and liquidity pools of a wide array of broker dealers . 10 software development kit institutional clients broker dealers stock exchanges alternative trading systems and independent vendors can use the software development kit sdk to create integrate products within the catalyst portal at their discretion . the core mandate of the unx sdk is supposedly to expedite the coding effort for developers new to the catalyst portal while allegedly affording maximum flexibility for those wishing to build complex yet efficient catalyst portal solutions . 11 unx network the unx marketplace is a growing suite of products and services from broker dealers execution venues and independent vendors that have been integrated into the catalyst portal . the unx marketplace serves as a delivery mechanism to clients for broker algorithms news research analytics charting packages and other value added services . some of the 3rd party vendor products offered through the unx marketplace are behavioral research and trading strategies from titan trading 12 icam class action data and bloomberg commands . 13 tactical order routing network tactical order routing tor is unx s order routing solution that purportedly provides institutional clients and broker dealers greater control of execution strategies through the catalyst portal various order management systems oms or directly via fix . institutional clients and broker dealers have can trade under their firm s mpid or unx s at dark and visible venues . 14 quantitative analysis the unx research desk monitors statistically important events for all indexes and employs various techniques such as enhanced indexing and low volatility event strategies to capture alpha . clarification needed partnerships edit nyse technologies in june 2011 nyse technologies and unx entered into a partnership through which unx becomes the first third party provider to offer a service on the nyse technologies community platform s cloud infrastructure . through its community platform nyse technologies will distribute unx s broker neutral open technology front end catalyst to deliver data and services from the nyse technologies product portfolio to financial services firms . services offered from inside the cloud and delivered through catalyst would include global market data trade analytics order and execution information tools indications of interest ioi advertised trades at and other data services including trade and quote taq data market imbalances and regulatory alerts . 15 intl trading unx and intl trading are collaborating to deliver customized electronic trading solutions for the mexican and latin american markets for distribution through the unx catalyst trading platform . as part of the partnership intl trading is joining the multi broker unx marketplace where it will become a broker destination and will deploy catalyst as its internal execution management system ems as well as distribute catalyst terminals to its institutional clients around the world . intl will also integrate its proprietary intellectual property into catalyst for its select client base using the catalyst software development kit sdk . 16 technology edit unx built the catalyst portal using the microsoft . net framework 3.5 . based on the windows presentation foundation catalyst uses the managed add in framework to run all functionality as loadable add ins and it supports scripts in languages such as ruby and python through the use of the dynamic language runtime . 17 corporate social responsibility edit in 2011 unx created a formal corporate social engagement committee and as an inaugural project it launched a fund raising campaign with mycharity water . mycharity water uses funds raised to secure clean water sources in developing nations . 18 references edit unx company management . web.unx.com . retrieved 2012 04 27 . unx company locations . web.unx.com . retrieved 2012 04 27 . unx inc. startup company information . startupzone.com . retrieved 2012 04 27 . hedge fund association newsroom . thehfa.org . retrieved 2012 04 27 . unx inc acquires embarcadero securities . alacra alacra store . 2002 05 01 . retrieved 2012 04 27 . alexa jaworski 2010 02 18 . girard goldman sachs mizuho rosenblatt and ubs integrate with unx . securitiestechnologymonitor.com . retrieved 2012 04 27 . schmerken ivy 2010 11 17 . unx adds international trading with ubs dma and algorithms . advanced trading . retrieved 2012 04 27 . unx adds jmp securities and sterne agee and leach to catalyst broker connectivity network . web.unx.com . 2011 05 17 . retrieved 2012 04 27 . unx catalyst new stock market behavioral trading technology . titantrading.com . 2011 02 10 . retrieved 2012 04 27 . schmerken ivy 2010 09 30 . unx upgrades catalyst ems . advanced trading . retrieved 2012 04 27 . unx products unx software development kit sdk . web.unx.com . retrieved 2012 04 27 . schmerken ivy 2011 02 17 . unx catalyst offers behavioral research from titan trading analytics . advanced trading . retrieved 2012 04 27 . peter chapman . unx s new ems business model . tradersmagazine.com . retrieved 2012 04 27 . unx products tactical order routing tor . web.unx.com . retrieved 2012 04 27 . unx hops on nyse cloud . finextra.com . 2011 06 14 . retrieved 2012 04 27 . schmerken ivy 2011 06 28 . unx partners with intl trading for latin american markets . advanced trading . retrieved 2012 04 27 . kramer leslie 2008 06 04 . unx establishes new extensile . net based platform . advanced trading . retrieved 2012 04 27 . join . mycharity water . mycharitywater.org . retrieved 2012 04 27 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title unx & oldid 647153108 categories brokerage firmsfinancial services companies of the united stateselectronic trading systemshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from october 2011all articles with a promotional tonewikipedia articles needing clarification from october 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction 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