Net Capital Requirement

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Net Capital Requirement

Net Capital Requirement

(14) 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 6 2/3% of aggregate indebtedness or $100,000 and $1.0 million, respectively. 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 March 31, 2012 for the U.S. Operations are as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Net Capital		Excess Net Capital
U.S. Operations
ITG Inc.	$	74,080	$	73,080
AlterNet	4,884		4,704
ITG Derivatives	3,786		2,786

As of March 31, 2012, ITG Inc. had a $10.8 million cash balance in a Special Reserve Bank Account for the 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 regulatory net capital balances and amount of regulatory capital in excess of the minimum requirements applicable to each business at March 31, 2012, is summarized in the following table (dollars in thousands):

	Net Capital		Excess Net Capital
Canadian Operations
Canada	$	45,887	$	45,386
European Operations
Europe	43,071		13,987
Asia Pacific Operations
Australia	22,061		6,542
Hong Kong	30,930		5,693
Singapore	375		196