Ed Nicoll’s World Tour

What do Instinet and Island’s customers think about the merger? Or about the company’s decision not to participate in SuperMontage? Ed Nicoll is flying around the world to find out. By Renee Wijnen

Less than two months into his tenure as Instinet’s CEO, Ed Nicoll (formerly Island’s chairman) began a two-week tour to meet the newly combined company’s customers. Checking in from a tour stop in Chicago, he reports on what he’s learning about customers’ views on the merger, the company’s decision not