Illiquidx Reviews

3.0

46% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

48% positive business outlook

Illiquidx has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Illiquidx employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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21 reviews
1.0
4 Nov 2017

Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!

Recommend
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Pros

- Many responsibilities due to lack of permanent staff - Interesting market

Cons

- How management treats employees is ridiculous - No transparent commission report and very unfair contracts - They make their money with exploiting retail clients to buy their bankruptcy claims cheaply - No one takes this company serious - Please be aware of positive feedback here. I was there when they called former interns to rate them positive on glassdoor (and they have many interns as they need unpaid staff for administrative tasks) - Very high employee turnover

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Illiquidx Response
8y
Illiquidx is a successful firm, well established and respected in its sector. Our clients include some of the largest names in the financial industry. We unfailing adhere to the strict regulations imposed by the industry when dealing with all clients. Our clients have never complained about our conduct or service throughout our history. The vast majority of our staff have been with the firm for many years and earn compensation in line with or better than the market. We also offer a few short-term internships which frequently turn into full-time permanent employment positions. Under no circumstances have we ever coerced or even encouraged former interns or employees to leave positive reviews. It is shocking and disappointing that an employee who is given every chance and bit of support to perform while at the firm then can disparage the company with such unjustified malice upon leaving the job. Our fast-paced environment is certainly not for everyone. Everybody here is given equal opportunity to generate business and grow professionally. Those who do not have the skills, stamina, integrity or attitude to take advantage of the available opportunities can quickly become under-performers and often leave disgruntled with themselves for being unable to grow. Fortunately, our team works successfully and its longevity and loyalty are testament to the firm’s quality as a work place.
1.0
5 Nov 2017
Recommend
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Pros

good exposure to clients since the first day. Good stepping stone.

Cons

• small brokerage house (which has never been taken seriously into account by anybody in the industry) where there are no rules; a sort of family business run by husband and wife in ‘dictatorship' style and you must obey if you want ‘to survive’ in the company. • The company's policy is to exploit people as much as they can. They normally take fresh graduates making them work extensive working hours for no money and not even any kind of reimbursement of expenses. • The code of conduct is border line. When you work on the 'sales side’, you are ‘instructed’ to tell sellers/creditors that their holdings are literally worth ZERO (anything was worth zero !) As a matter of fact, the motto of the company was: ‘we are giving you money for free in exchange of this !' This was something we were ‘advised’ to say on the phone by the Managing Director, a kind of ‘pillar’, in order to persuade creditors/sellers to sell their holdings and justify with them such low bids, in the region of 0,30% of the nominal value. No one took us seriously in the field because of these price level.. • Commissions were never paid on time ! Some times they were not paid at all ! Some times were partially paid... All depended on the mood the managing director woke up in. Many talented brokers had to leave because they were sick of being cheated on commissions.

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Illiquidx Response
8y
Illiquidx is a successful firm, well established and respected in its sector. Our clients include some of the largest names in the financial industry. We unfailingly adhere to the strict regulations imposed by the industry when dealing with all clients. Our clients have never complained about our conduct or service throughout our history. The vast majority of our staff have been with the firm for many years and earn compensation in line with or better than the market. We also offer a few short-term internships which frequently turn into full-time permanent employment positions. It is shocking and disappointing that an employee who expresses no dissatisfaction with the job while employed, can misstate the truth with such incompetence and unjustified malice upon leaving it. Our fast-paced environment is certainly not for everyone. Everybody here is given equal opportunity to generate business and grow professionally. Those who do not have the skills, stamina, integrity or attitude to take advantage of the available opportunities can quickly become underperformers and often leave disgruntled with themselves for being unable to grow. Fortunately, our team works successfully and its longevity and loyalty are testament to the firm’s quality as a work place.
5.0
7 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Many learning opportunities in equity & derivative trading and sales, investment banking/M&A, and distressed debt Steep but rewarding learning curve Direct & constant exposure to senior partners and deals

Cons

Some projects were quite complex Long working hours Strong internal competition. However, this is primarily due to the industry the firm is in and is not uncommon at other companies

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