Members Exchange

Short description: Stock exchange

The Members Exchange (MEMX)Type| Stock exchange and Options exchange

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Location| New York City, United States
Founded| 2019; 7 years ago (2019)
Owner| Consortium of nine banks, financial services firms, market makers, and retail broker-dealers
Key people| Jonathan Kellner (Chief Executive Officer)
Currency| United States Dollar (USD)
Commodities| US Stocks and Options
Website| memx.com

The Members Exchange (MEMX) is an American technology-driven stock exchange founded by its members to serve the interest of its founders and their collective client base. The founding members, which include nine major financial organizations, claim they seek to transform markets around the goals of transparency, innovation, and competition in order to align exchange services with the interests of market participants. It is a member-formed equities trading platform, and competes with the major equity exchanges: NYSE, Nasdaq, and CBOE.

The mission of the exchange is "to increase competition, improve operational transparency, reduce fixed costs and simplify the execution of equity trading in the U.S." Initially, after launch, MEMX is not charging for market data or connectivity.[1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Key people
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

MEMX was founded in early 2019 by a group of nine banks, financial services firms, market makers, and retail broker-dealers: BofA Securities, Charles Schwab Corporation, Citadel LLC, E-Trade, Fidelity Investments, Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade, UBS, and Virtu Financial.[2] MEMX has also received investments from nine other financial services firms since its conception, including BlackRock,[3] Citigroup,[4] J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs,[5] Wells Fargo,[6] and Jane Street Capital.[7] MEMX was founded to deliver a lower cost, more transparent exchange platform that has the end-user in mind.[8]

MEMX received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission in May 2020 to operate as a national securities exchange.[9] The exchange launched on September 21, 2020, listing seven symbols and rolling out additional names through October 2020.[10]

On September 27, 2023, MEMX launched its first U.S. options exchange, MEMX Options.[11]

In February 2024, Blue Ocean Technologies migrated its trading system to a platform provided by MEMX.[12]

## Key people

* Jonathan Kellner, chief executive officer[13]
* Dominick Paniscotti, Chief Technology Officer[14]
* Colin Clark, Head of Business Development[14]
* Lindsay Stone Gilliam, Chief People Officer[15]
* Nick Ciarleglio, Head of Member Experience[16]
* Sophie Sohn, Head of Marketing and Communications[17]

## References

1. ↑ "New stock exchange ventures say US market is ripe for disruption". S&P Global. https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/AFD3j7cem43xdRkW1vNJ7g2.
2. ↑ "ICE will not fight upstart exchange MEMX, CEO says". Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/7f3a2154-2af2-11e9-a5ab-ff8ef2b976c7.
3. ↑ "BlackRock throws support behind US exchange start-up MEMX" (in en-US). Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/6aad5b60-5378-476f-9636-4d06017fff9e.
4. ↑ "Why Citi is the latest Wall Street giant to back the new MEMX stock exchange, launching this fall" (in en). Fortune. https://fortune.com/2020/06/13/citi-members-exchange-memx-wall-street-stock-market/.
5. ↑ Osipovich, Alexander (2020-02-20). "Goldman, JPMorgan Lead New Funding Round for Members Exchange" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/goldman-jpmorgan-lead-new-funding-round-for-members-exchange-11582203604.
6. ↑ "BlackRock, Wells Fargo now backing stock exchange upstart MEMX" (in en-US). S&P Global. https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/blackrock-wells-fargo-now-backing-stock-exchange-upstart-memx-58564963.
7. ↑ "Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Jane Street join MEMX venture as launch date is set" (in en). https://www.thetradenews.com/goldman-sachs-jp-morgan-jane-street-join-memx-venture-launch-date-set/.
8. ↑ "ICE, Nasdaq shares fall as Wall Street giants plan rival exchange MEMX". CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/07/ice-nasdaq-shares-tank-as-wall-street-giants-plan-rival-exchange-memx.html.
9. ↑ "Members Exchange Receives SEC Approval to Operate U.S. Securities Exchange". https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200505005632/en/Members-Exchange-Receives-SEC-Approval-Operate-U.S..
10. ↑ Osipovich, Alexander (2020-09-21). "Wall Street-Backed Exchange Launches as Rival to NYSE, Nasdaq" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-backed-exchange-set-to-launch-as-rival-to-nyse-nasdaq-11600680601.
11. ↑ "Wall Street-Backed Options Exchange Kicks Off Amid Peak Volumes". https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-27/wall-street-backed-options-exchange-kicks-off-amid-peak-volumes.
12. ↑ "Blue Ocean ATS Migrates to MEMX Technology to Support Growth". https://www.marketsmedia.com/blue-ocean-ats-migrates-to-memx-technology-to-support-growth/.
13. ↑ "Wall Street's New Stock Exchange Picks Instinet Veteran as CEO". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-27/wall-street-s-new-stock-exchange-picks-instinet-veteran-as-ceo.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Startup Stock Exchange Builds Executive Team With Nasdaq Hires" (in en). Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/startup-stock-exchange-builds-executive-team-with-nasdaq-hires-11551880920.
15. ↑ "Growing the MEMX Team: a Staffing Update". https://medium.com/memx-blog/growing-the-memx-team-a-staffing-update-8165a68befa0.
16. ↑ "Growing the MEMX Team: a Staffing Update Part II". MEMX.com. https://memx.com/growing-the-memx-team-a-staffing-update-part-ii/.
17. ↑ "MEMX Testing, Launch and Personnel Update – MEMX" (in en-US). https://memx.com/memx-testing-launch-and-personnel-update/.

## External links

* Official website

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