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Insider Trading Investigation Reaches A New Stage
Speculation intensified that federal prosecutors are looking at SAC Capital Advisers' owner Steven Cohen, but the government doesn't have enough evidence, a lawyer told American Public Media's Marketplace..
A Toast to Mary and 10 Suggestions for the New SEC Commissioner
Mary Schapiro's efforts to clean up our marketplace are her legacy.
Regulatory Action On Dark Pools Must Be Part of Market Structure Debate
With an Increasing Number of Securities Now Trading in Excess of 40% Volume Off-Exchange, Industry Discussions on Dark Trading Must Include Quality and Efficiency of Lit Markets.
CME Says No Plans to Shut Grains Floor Trading
The CME Group, the
biggest operator of U.S. futures exchanges, has no plans to shut
open-outcry trading pits but will not change new price
settlement rules for grains despite a lawsuit by a group of
traders, its CEO said on Wednesday.
Intrade Cuts Out US Customers After Regulatory Suit
Prediction market Intrade,
which allows spectators to bet on subjects ranging from
entertainment to elections, said on Monday it will no longer
accept U.S. customers because of what it called legal and
regulatory pressures.
Fidessa Teams With Thomson Reuters on Buy-Side Liquidity Sourcing
The firm says the Autex platform opens up access to sources of block liquidity, helping the buy side navigate a highly fragmented marketplace.
HFT Now Jolting U.S. Grain Trade
The U.S. grain industry says high speed computerized traders are disrupting their markets.
SEC Expands Probe Into Whether Exchanges Favor HFT
The heightened regulatory scrutiny comes on the heels of a series of major technical glitches at capital markets firms that have damaged investor confidence.
Mini-Flash Crashes Continue To Fly Under The Radar
For no particular reason, events known as mini-flash crashes routinely happen in equities, as fat finger errors and faulty algos interact with HFT firms in the electronic market infrastructure.
Dark Trading Benefits Stocks Until 50 Percent Threshold— Study
A study conducted by CFA Institute of undisplayed trading in dark pools and via broker-dealer internalization found that market quality deteriorates once more than 50 percent of stock's volume is traded in the dark.
DTCC Finds 1.3 Mln Soaked Securities in Sandy-Flooded NY Vault
The Depository Trust & Clearing
Corp., which processes financial transactions and stores
securities, has begun the long process of recovering about 1.3
million soaked securities that were stored in a
10,000-square-foot underground vault in a lower Manhattan
skyscraper flooded by Superstorm Sandy.
Glitch Prevents Trade In Over 200 Stocks On The NYSE
NYSE Euronext suspended
trading in over 200 stocks on the New York Stock Exchange on
Monday due to a technical problem with a server, although the
stocks in question continued trading on other markets.
Debate Over Market Data Fees to Resurface in Court Case
Lawyers representing a group of brokers, bankers and money managers, along with tech giants, will deliver closing arguments today in a court case fighting new market data fees charged by stock exchanges.
CME Lawsuit opens New Front Against Finance Watchdogs
A lawsuit by U.S.
exchange operator CME Group added to a groundswell of
legal challenges facing regulators rewriting global financial
rules, potentially opening up a new front in the fight over the
reforms.
SEC Left Computers Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Staffers at the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission failed to encrypt some of
their computers containing highly sensitive information from
stock exchanges, leaving the data vulnerable to cyber attacks,
according to people familiar with the matter.
Wall St Ends Storm-Shortened Week With Selloff
U.S. stocks ended an unusual
storm-shortened trading week with a selloff on Friday, as major
indexes erased early gains sparked by a stronger-than-expected
payrolls report.
Broker Says Nasdaq Caused Excessive Quote Spam in Several Stocks
Nasdaq rebuts charge from Themis Trading that its new pricing programs led to quote spamming.
Stocks Climb as Improved Oct Hiring Boosts Economy Hopes
The S&P 500 climbed in early
trading Friday as U.S. employers stepped up hiring in October
and the jobless rate ticked higher as more workers restarted job
hunts, a hopeful sign for a lackluster economy.
ITG's POSIT Match Takes Aim at Fragmentation, Liquidity
The firm says its latest offering looks to solve the problem of temporal fragmentation and expensive liquidity at an important time in the trading day.
CBOE to Soon Offer New Discounts for High-Volume Traders: CEO
CBOE Holdings Inc will
soon offer a new set of fee discounts to its most active traders
to head off a recent decline in market share for single-stock
options, its chief executive said on Thursday.
Wall St Rallies After Labor Market Data
U.S. stocks rallied in morning
trading on Thursday after a pair of positive signs about the
labor market pointed to improving conditions a day before the
U.S. nonfarm payroll report.
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