Bank of America Merrill Lynch said today that it adopted new pairs trading algorithms for equity securities as part of a plan to give clients quicker access to market neutral strategies.

The firm said the algorithms contain risk controls across four strategies, including spread, ratio, inverse spread, and inverse ratio. Users can access the algorithms through a number of order management systems.

“Clients continue to ask us about pairs and other market neutral strategies like statistical and risk arbitrage,” Michael Lynch, the head of execution services for the firm’s Americas division said in a statement.

“By using our new pairs algo functionality, clients can quickly and easily implement these strategies.”