Press Releases
- March 28, 2023
- wpengine

**RQD* Clearing Welcomes Belvedere as a Strategic Investor**

RQD* Clearing (RQD), a cutting-edge correspondent clearing provider, announced today that it has secured a strategic investment from Belvedere Strategic Capital. The investment helps RQD accelerate its growth and further enhance its industry-leading clearing and execution solutions.

Press Releases
- March 21, 2023
- wpengine

RQD Partners With Blue Ocean Technologies for Clearing Services

RQD* Clearing (RQD), a next-generation correspondent clearing provider, announced today that it has teamed up with Blue Ocean Technologies (BOT), a unique capital markets fintech leader specializing in global afterhours trading from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am ET. The partnership leverages RQD’s cutting-edge back office clearing infrastructure by introducing real time overnight trade capture, and straight through processing of clearance for Blue Ocean ATS’s overnight session. The transition to RQD became effective on March 1st, 2023.

Press Releases
- March 15, 2023
- wpengine

**RQD* Clearing Receives Approval to Offer Portfolio Margin to its Clients**

RQD* Clearing (RQD), a leading correspondent clearing provider, announced today that it has received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to offer portfolio margin for equities and options to its clients and their customers. RQD has joined a select group of firms in the United States approved to offer portfolio margin.

Press Releases
- September 14, 2022
- wpengine

RQD* Clearing Partners with Atomic Vaults to Democratize Options Trading

RQD* Clearing (“RQD”), a next-generation correspondent clearing provider, today announced that it has partnered with Atomic Vaults, a soon-to-launch retail trading technology platform backed by Founders Fund. By leveraging RQD’s cloud-native technology stack to support clearing, settlement and asset servicing, Atomic Vaults aims to open access to the US listed-options market and provide precision and flexibility never previously available to retail investors.

Press Releases
- June 8, 2022
- Michael Sanocki

RQD* Clearing Partners with Valuable Capital to Provide US Market Access and Clearing Solutions to More Than One Million Asia-based Retail Investors

RQD* Clearing (RQD), a next-generation correspondent clearing provider, announced today that it has teamed up with Valuable Capital Securities (Valuable), the US-based, broker-dealer affiliate of Hong Kong-based Valuable Capital Ltd. The partnership enables execution and clearing services in the US markets for more than one million retail investing customers currently served by Valuable Capital Ltd. throughout Asia Pacific.

Press Releases
- April 26, 2022
- Michael Sanocki

RQD* Clearing and TradingBlock Expand Relationship to Include Full Clearing and Execution for Retail and Active Trading

RQD* Clearing (RQD) announced it has extended its partnership with TradingBlock to include full clearing and execution for the broker-dealer’s active and retail trading lines.

Press Releases
- January 27, 2022
- Michael Sanocki

RQD* Names Veteran Compliance Executive Lisa Bridgeford as Chief Compliance Officer

RQD* Clearing today announced it has expanded its executive leadership team with the addition of Lisa Bridgeford as Chief Compliance Officer.

Press Releases
- November 30, 2021
- Michael Sanocki

Next-Generation Correspondent Clearing Provider RQD Launches, Delivering the Modern Technology, Solutions and Business Model Broker-Dealers Expect

RQD today announced its official launch, bringing to market an advanced suite of clearing, custody and execution solutions for broker-dealers servicing retail, institutional and active traders, as well as foreign financial institutions and proprietary trading firms.

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