Who We Are
We started as an independent NYSE floor broker in 1979 with a simple goal: help clients prosper by offering conflict-free advice and execution services. Since then, Rosenblatt has adapted to changing times and diversified.
Today we are:
- The industry’s largest floor broker
- A provider of top-notch agency execution desk services
- The undisputed leader in market-structure analysis
- A source of differentiated equity research on the TMT sector
- An award-winning FinTech and TMT investment banking boutique
But one thing remains the same: our passion for improving the capital markets and an unwavering commitment to a culture of independence, integrity, and intellectual honesty that has guided us from day one.
history – milestones
Firm founded by Richard Rosenblatt as an agency-only Floor Trading boutique.
Pioneered first electronic DMA trade on NYSE.
Becomes one of the first Wall Street firms to trade Nasdaq stocks as agent. Program Trading business began.
Joe Gawronski joined & started publishing Market Structure analysis & regulatory insights to customers, one of the first trading practitioners to do so.
Developed our first in-house Transaction Cost Analytics for our program trading desk.
Began leveraging Cloud Technology, one of the first on Wall Street to do so.
leadership
Richard Rosenblatt
Dick started on the NYSE floor as an odd lot clerk in 1969, launched $2 brokerage firm Richard A. Rosenblatt & Co. in 1979, and has overseen its transformation into the widely respected boutique that Rosenblatt Securities has become today.
Dick is regarded as one of the foremost authorities on equity market structure. Formerly one of three Senior Executive Governors of the New York Stock Exchange, he has served in various capacities as an official of the NYSE for more than 30 years. Dick was co-Founder and first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NYSE Floor Members Emergency Fund and a Founder and first President of the Organization of Independent Floor Brokers.
Dick is also a Trustee Emeritus of Mercy College. In addition to his professional associations, Dick has been active with several philanthropic organizations, serving as the Founder and Chairman of the Floor Members Outreach Program, the Founder and Director of the NYSE Fallen Heroes Fund, and was a past Trustee of the NYSE Foundation. He was the first recipient of the Community Service Award from the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement for his work in aiding those suffering from addiction. Currently, Dick spends much of his time volunteering at Paws Crossed, a New York animal shelter. Dick holds a BS degree in economics from Hofstra University.
Joe Gawronski
Joe joined Rosenblatt in 2002 and started the firm’s market structure group. Joe is formerly a securities and M&A lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell, a Vice President in the equities division with Salomon Smith Barney and COO of Linx, the block trading ATS where he met Dick Rosenblatt, the founder and chairman of Linx, and Justin Schack, who interviewed the pair for Institutional Investor.
He received his B.A. from Princeton’s School of Public & International Affairs and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is the Chairman and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of the National Organization of Investment Professionals and a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has published numerous op-ed pieces in financial publications such as The Financial Times and Barron’s, authored articles for the Journal of Trading and Journal of Investing and has been a contributor on CNBC. He has testified before Congress on market-structure issues and advised exchanges, banks, institutions and regulators throughout the world on market-structure and strategic initiatives.
Jourdan Frain
Jourdan joined Rosenblatt in 2019 and commands an intimate knowledge of equity market structure, algorithmic trading, and transaction analytics. Prior to joining Rosenblatt, Jourdan led the Broker-Dealer Business in Electronic Equities at JP Morgan Securities. Before embarking on his career in financial services, Jourdan served as a paratrooper in the US Army and was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor Device and the Purple Heart for his heroic actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jourdan holds a BA from Valley Forge Military College and the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia Business School
Charles Roney
Charlie has served as Rosenblatt's Chief Compliance Officer since 2005. Before coming to Rosenblatt in 2005, Charlie served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of former NYSE member firm P.R. Burke & Co., Inc. Subsequent to P.R. Burke, Charlie served with NYSE Member Firm Regulation as Senior Finance Coordinator on MFR’s surveillance staff, from which he was recruited by Thomas Weisel Partners (TWP) as Vice President, Compliance, to head the Chaperoning initiative between TWP’s banking and research departments in order to implement undertakings by TWP in connection with the Global Street Wide Research Settlement, and to perform other compliance and supervision duties.
Justin Schack
Justin heads Rosenblatt’s Market Structure Analysis group, which provides asset managers, exchange groups, proprietary trading firms, regulators and other clients with in-depth intelligence on global market structure and the exchange industry. Prior to joining Rosenblatt in February 2008, Justin spent 14 years as a financial and public-affairs journalist, most recently as Assistant Managing Editor of Institutional Investor, where he authored more than 20 cover stories in eight years on the magazine’s staff. He is a frequent conference speaker and widely quoted as an expert by major media outlets. In 2014 The Trade magazine named him to its list of the decade's 100 most influential people in buy-side trading. Justin also has served on the Market Structure Advisory Committee of the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange, testified before the US Securities and Exchange Commission and prepared US Congressional testimony on market-structure issues. His work in journalism has been recognized with awards from the National Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He holds a BA in history from Seton Hall University and an MA in history from the University of Connecticut.
Robert Greason
Robert joined Rosenblatt Securities in 2002 as a trainee and has risen through the ranks to become partner in charge of floor operations, the largest by volume on the New York Stock Exchange. His primary focus is coverage of the unit’s direct access clientele and expansion of the firm’s trading services. An NYSE member since 2006, Robert previously served as one of fewer than ten Executive Floor Governors of the NYSE, actively working with the Exchange in the implementation of new broker technologies and other initiatives. He holds a Bachelor of the Arts degree in History from Marist College.
