TheStreet/com: NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The unusual trading action in Procter & Gamble(PG) stock believed to be at the center of the market's most volatile moments on Thursday is thought to have originated from Terra Nova Financial(TNFG), a Chicago-based provider of prime brokerage and clearing services, a person familiar with the situation has told TheStreet...Terra Nova has broker-dealer status with both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. One of the services it offers is sponsored direct market access, which it says allows clients to "establish a direct connection between their proprietary platforms and the Nasdaq or NYSE Arca execution systems," so the trade -- characterized as a large sell order in P&G -- could have come from one of the firm's clients with this type of access. ...Terra Nova's customers appear to be mostly hedge funds, but it also provides clearing services for other broker-dealers and registered investmentadvisers.
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