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FIA PTG Quick Byte: previewing the CFTC’s rules on automated trading
In two sets of remarks this week, CFTC Chairman Tim Massad said that the Commission will likely release its proposed rules on automated trading in November.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG recommends structural improvements to promote accessibility and transparency in equity markets
The FIA Principal Traders Group today released a position paper detailing targeted improvements to equity market structure.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG Quick Byte: fear of the unknown
In the New York Times’ Upshot yesterday, Nathanial Popper points out that if you analyze markets and talk to investors and academics, high frequency trading is not the problem that headlines would lead you to believe.
CONTINUE READINGWhat is a self-trade, anyway?
In the Joint Staff Report on the U.S. Treasury Market on October 15, 2014, the authors noted that there was a higher than usual level of self-trading during the period of market volatility.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG Quick Byte: in treasury markets, an amplified role for principal traders
Joe Rennison’s recent article in the Financial Times highlights the increasingly important role that principal traders now play in Treasury markets.
CONTINUE READINGQuick Bytes from FIA PTG: fed governor calls for public discussion of treasury market structure
In remarks at the Brookings Institution today, Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell discussed how structural changes may be affecting liquidity in Treasury markets.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG blog: regulations must evolve with markets
Last week, CFTC Chairman Tim Massad said that the agency is preparing to release a rule on automated trading by the end of the year.
CONTINUE READINGAddressing complexity from the trade-through rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced the first meeting of the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee on May 13.
CONTINUE READINGCrowdsourcing excellence in automated trading
Automated trading has become an integral tool for an increasingly large percentage of market participants.
CONTINUE READINGConsensus on equity market reform
If you follow finance even casually, you’d be hard-pressed to have missed last year’s debate on equity market structure, technological advances, and the speed of trading.
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