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2026 Annual Reviewv2026.2

2026 · Evidence audit

Virtu Financial — institutional liquidity provider

Virtu Financial, Inc. operates as a multi-asset liquidity provider with various regulatory licenses. The firm claims liquidity in over 25,000 securities across multiple venues, a self-measured assertion. Its licenses are tier 1 in several jurisdictions, but no founding date is provided.

Virtu Financial, Inc. (US broker-dealer: Virtu Americas LLC) · New York, USA · last re-checked 2026-09 · evidence score 79/100

01

Licence, read on the register

RegulatorLicence numberJurisdictionTierSource
SEC/FINRACRD 149823 (SEC 8-68193)USAtier-1open source ↗
Central Bank of Irelandnot verifiedIrelandtier-1open source ↗
Central Bank of Irelandnot verifiedIrelandtier-1open source ↗
FCA987714UKtier-1open source ↗
FCA572389UKtier-1open source ↗
SFC (HK)AHD810Hong Kongtier-1open source ↗
MAS (Singapore)CMS 100138-1Singaporetier-1open source ↗
ASIC219582Australiatier-1open source ↗
CIRO (Canada)not verifiedCanadatier-1open source ↗

Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-1 = FCA/ASIC/CFTC-class supervision, tier-2 = CySEC/FSC-Mauritius/MFSA-class, tier-3 = offshore registration. A tier-2 licence is genuine supervision without an investor compensation scheme — never misread it as tier-1 protection.

02

What the firm commits to

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

A

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)
B

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
03

Perimeter and coverage

Asset classesVenuesConnectivityClients acceptedExplicitly refused
Equities, ETFs, Options, FICC (fixed income, currencies, commodities), Crypto-assets (via Ireland entity)Institutional clients and brokers (direct-to-client liquidity in global equities, ETFs and FICC)

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 a disclosure, not a defect.