Buy-Side Traders Fear ‘Unintended Regulatory Consequences’
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Testimony Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Before The House Committee On Agriculture
Good morning Chairman Peterson, Ranking Member Lucas and members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to testify today about financial regulatory reform. This Committee has recently moved historic legislation to...
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The SEC’s proposed rules for dark pools, published last Friday, attempt to level the playing field between dark pools and displayed...
Read MoreCommentary: With Dark Pool Regulation, Be Careful What You Wish For
On Oct. 21, the SEC voted unanimously to propose regulations that would increase the transparency of dark pools. From what we can discern so far, the proposed regulation takes aim at the culprit and shoots an innocent...
Read MoreGoogle Chrome for Traders
Microcap Speculator submits: Next to dedicated trading platforms, web browsers are the most important software programs used by most traders. They are a vital link to the information upon which our trading decisions are based....
Read MorePricing and Valuation Services: The Search for Transparency
Regulatory demand for increased transparency is driving firms to revisit and enhance pricing and valuation processes, often using vendor...
Read MoreSIFMA, AFME, And ASIFMA Support G20 Work To Take Stock And Assess Global Reforms, Prevent Regulatory Fragmentation, Increase FSB Transparency
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the newly formed Association for Financial Markets in Europe, and the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association issued the following joint statement...
Read MoreWhy trading machines don’t like news releases
Well, who knew? Algorithmic FX trading bots — which use computer formulae to trade currencies at high frequency — apparently don’t like news releases, or at least, not initially, according to a new working...
Read MoreIndustry Execs Decry Political Pressure on Trading Rules
The trading industry is concerned that market structure issues are being driven by Capitol Hill. Executives fear the politicization of market structure could yield rule changes that would harm the industry.
Read MoreGlobal CIO: Capgemini Takes On The Plague Of Bad Requirements
Capgemini is embracing visualization from iRise as part of a move to get requirements right...
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