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Ticker tape of E.U. share prices would take years – regulator

By Huw Jones
September 9, 2019, Reuters

Building a ticker tape for European share prices would take years, the bloc’s securities market regulator has said, dashing hopes of banks and …

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An old fight over margin protections rears its head

By Robert Mackenzie Smith
September 4, 2019, Risk

Not all things consigned to the history books remain there.

More than five years ago, a group of U.S. derivatives exchanges and …

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MiFID II: lack of consolidated tape makes traders more conservative

By Alice Tchernookova
September 2, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR

The lack of standardised, reliable data in Europe affects the attitude of traders, according to trading sources.

The discussion on …

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Last orders: Rise of closing auctions stirs worries in European stock markets

By Josephine Mason
August 19, 2019, Reuters

The final five minutes of trading have become the busiest time of day for stock market traders in Europe.

Aside from an initial …

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Asset managers farm out trading as costs and complexity climb

By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Helen Reid
August 5, 2019, Reuters

It’s 10 o’clock at night, and Benjamin Arnold’s day is just beginning. The former Goldman Sachs trader is gearing up …

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European Commission equivalence moves raise market access concerns

By Kirsten Hyde
August 2, 2019, MarketVoice

Recent moves by the European Commission, including the repeal of some existing equivalency decisions and a communication stating the re-evaluation of its approach …

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Investor trade groups back U.S. SEC plan opposed by exchanges

By John McCrank
August 1, 2019, Reuters

A disputed plan by U.S. regulators to study how stock exchange fees and incentives affect brokers’ trading habits is in the best interest …

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More Exchanges Add ‘Speed Bumps,’ Defying High-Frequency Traders

By Alexander Osipovich
July 29, 2019, The Wall Street Journal

High frequency trading firms are hitting a growing number of “speed bumps” around the world—the latest blow to a business …

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Charts that Count: Why the U.S. stock market has shrunk by half

The U.S. stock market is the largest in the world, but the number of companies that choose to be publicly listed has been shrinking for about two decades. FT explains …

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