Our Purpose

This business is our passion. Our purpose. We believe deeply in the auction model. Matching trades. Stabilizing prices. Adding liquidity. The specialist's tradition has contributed to making Wall Street the deepest source of liquidity in the world. Our system is central to the growth of the global economy. To asset managers. Private traders. Main Street investors. Your shareholders. The auction model has consistently provided the best possible prices to buyers and sellers for over two centuries.

Wall Street moves fast. Critical decisions are required throughout a trading day. Our specialists are able to make these decisions where they should be made — at the point of sale. Wall Street is not in Mid-Town, Boston, Charlotte, Philadelphia or Amsterdam - it is in lower Manhattan. Our headquarters remains a symbol of our dedication and focus to the specialist business.