Virtu Financial is a publicly traded financial services firm founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York. The company listed on Nasdaq in 2015 under the ticker VIRT. Its operations span 37 countries, providing liquidity and trading solutions across more than 25,000 securities on over 235 trading venues.
Technology is central to Virtu's business model. The firm's technical domains include high-frequency trading, advanced execution technology, and the development of trading platforms. Its workforce comprises traders, researchers, and technologists who collaborate on complex engineering and quantitative challenges. The company describes its culture as combining the agility of a technology startup with the discipline of a financial institution.
Virtu's core products include market making, where it provides competitive bids and offers to deliver liquidity; client execution services, offering trading solutions to institutional clients globally; and the operation of trading venues. These services are underpinned by the firm's market structure expertise and proprietary technology stack.
