Citi to close LavaFlow trading unit

Citigroup has decided to shutter an internal stock trading platform that was the subject of an SEC fine earlier this year

Tuesday 2 December 2014 at 10:00

Citigroup has decided to shutter an internal stock trading platform that was the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission fine earlier this year.

LavaFlow ECN, a Citi unit that operates a US-based alternative trading system for equities, was closed this week, according to a Citi spokeswoman.