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Net Capital Requirement
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Net Capital Requirement  
Net Capital Requirement

(18) Net Capital Requirement

        ITG Inc., AlterNet and ITG Derivatives are subject to the SEC's Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1), which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital. ITG Inc. has elected to use the alternative method permitted by Rule 15c3-1, which requires that ITG Inc. maintain minimum net capital equal to the greater of $1.0 million or 2% of aggregate debit balances arising from customer transactions, as defined. AlterNet and ITG Derivatives have elected to use the basic method permitted by Rule 15c3-1, which requires that they each maintain minimum net capital equal to the greater of 62/3% of aggregate indebtedness or $100,000 and in the case of ITG Derivatives, $1 million, which is due to the fact that ITG Derivatives is a regulated Futures Commission Merchant pursuant to CFTC Regulation 1.17. Dividends or withdrawals of capital cannot be made if capital is needed to comply with regulatory requirements.

        Net capital balances and the amounts in excess of required net capital at December 31, 2012 for the U.S. Operations are as follows (dollars in millions):

 
  Net Capital   Excess Net Capital  

U.S. Operations

             

ITG Inc. 

  $ 104.4   $ 103.4  

AlterNet

    4.6     4.5  

ITG Derivatives

    4.8     3.8  

        As of December 31, 2012, ITG Inc. had a $5.9 million cash balance in Special Reserve Bank Accounts for the exclusive benefit of customers and brokers under the Customer Protection Rule pursuant to SEC Rule 15c3-3, Computation for Determination of Reserve Requirements.

        In addition, the Company's Canadian, European and Asia Pacific Operations have subsidiaries with regulatory capital requirements. The net capital balances and amount of regulatory capital in excess of the minimum requirements applicable to each business as of December 31, 2012, is summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

 
  Net Capital   Excess Net Capital  

Canadian Operations

             

Canada

  $ 40.3   $ 39.8  

European Operations

             

Europe

    49.4     26.8  

Asia Pacific Operations

             

Australia

    3.5     1.3  

Hong Kong

    27.3     15.9  

Singapore

    0.4     0.2