![IEX Group chief executive, Brad Katsuyama](https://assets.fnlondon.com/2015/09/IMG007155_full4x3.jpg)
IEX Group is planning its next tricks.
The alternative US equity trading venue - made famous by Michael Lewis's 2014 book Flash Boys - has already challenged the status quo by slowing down trading rather than speeding it up and is about to apply for registered exchange status in the US, a move that will allow it to list stocks for the first time.