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November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC’s review of high-frequency trading reinforces strength of Australian market structure

Australian regulator ASIC has reported on its latest review of the impact of high-frequency trading in the Australian equity and Australian-US dollar cross-rate markets. The review builds on ASIC's 2013 and 2015 analysis of high-frequency trading. Notable findings from the review, outlined in Report 597 High-frequency trading in Australian equities and the Australian–US dollar cross…

November 23, 2016 BY admin

Neo & Partners teams up with Horizon to bring HFT platform to The Trading-Atrium

Horizon Software, a global technology provider for electronic trading and investment management, today announced its collaboration with Neo & Partners Global (NPG), Asia’s and Singapore’s first provider of smart electronic trading ecosystems coined as The Trading-Atrium. Reported by LeapRate back in July of 2014, The Trading-Atrium was launched in order to attract more foreign trading…

April 15, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FCA publishes paper indicating HFTs do not prey on other market participants

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today published an Occasional Paper, dedicated to high-frequency trading (HFT) and examining whether high-frequency traders (HFTs) prey on other market participants. The paper, authored by Matteo Aquilina and Carla Ysusi, both working in the Chief Economist’s Department of the Financial Conduct Authority, examines claims that HFTs can predict when…

October 26, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

High-frequency trading and dark liquidity not adversely affecting markets: ASIC

Australia financial regulator ASIC has published the results of two studies it had commissioned on high-frequency trading and dark liquidity - two very controversial topics of late in financial trading - and the results will likely surprise a lot of people. ASIC has concluded that financial market users have become better able to operate in…

April 20, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

FXCM's institutional business to focus on HFT, wholesale and Prime of Prime as firm disposes of non-core assets

FXCM Pro will focus heavily on its wholesale business, which will continue catering to retail brokers, small hedge funds and emerging market banks while FXCM's Prime of Prime business, FXCM Prime, will focus on HFT customers

January 28, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

NovaSparks flies in the face of regulatory attempts to curb HFT, records 100% growth in 2014

Throughout 2014, NovaSparks’ deployed multiple FPGA-powered feed handlers with several large customers. The Company also partnered with Thesys Technologies to offer an ultra-low latency market data service to Thesys’ customers

January 26, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Barclays takes a swing at NY Attorney General over HFT advantages

Should Barclays succeed in overturning a complaint by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, it will represent the first time that any financial institution has counteracted the Martin Act and thus could set a precedent for dark pool operators and high frequency traders

December 31, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

HFT under further scrutiny as ICE takes conservative approach

ICE's new, more stringent ruling which bans what the company considers 'disruptive' high frequency trading (HFT) has been decided at a time when electronic exchanges walk a delicate balance between being market regulators and satisfying their largest customers

December 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

ESMA high frequency trading report - HFT responsible for 24-43% of equity trades

Despite government-level disdain for high frequency trading, based on a sample of 100 stocks from nine EU countries in May 2013, a report by ESMA finds that HFT activity ranges from 24% to 43% of equity value traded, using alternative methodologies.

November 25, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

KCG executive Phil Mackintosh issues market commentary lauding, dark pools, algos and HFT

With the debate among regulators across the globe still open with regard to high frequency trading, KCG's Head of Trading Strategy and Analysis Phil Mackintosh throws down the gauntlet with a trading commentary focusing on high speed technology, and applauding algorithms

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