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Dark pools

UK equity market liquidity lowered by high-frequency trading

Only 65% of turnover in the UK, Europe’s largest equity market, is actually meaningful and executable liquidity with 35% consisting of ‘noise’ or reprints of already-conducted trades.

Hedge Funds Review | 24 Jan 2011secure

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Almost three-quarters of European buy-side traders use dark pools

A vast majority (83%) of European buy-side traders use dark pools but 74% complained of a lack of transparency as the biggest issue in the marketplace.

Hedge Funds Review | 02 Nov 2010secure

Iosco proposes oversight principles for dark liquidity

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (Iosco) has released a consultation paper aimed at helping regulators to deal with issues surrounding dark liquidity.

Hedge Funds Review | 27 Oct 2010secure

Bloomberg Tradebook offers real-time dark pool transparency

Global agency broker Bloomberg Tradebook has made exclusive arrangements with industry dark liquidity providers to deliver full transparency and visibility of dark pool executions.

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Sep 2010secure

Hedge fund trading volume rises as algorithms become more popular

Hedge fund trading activity in US equities is growing in contrast to trades carried out by proprietary trading desks, new research has shown.

Hedge Funds Review | 15 Jul 2010secure

Cesr studies MTFs in July and Mifid II

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (Cesr) will outline its position on multi-lateral trading facilities (MTFs) and dark pools in July, according to chairman Eddy Wymeersch.

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jul 2010secure

Comparison are tricky

What are the main technology issues concerning bench marking speed of trading and managing dark pools?

Hedge Funds Review | 20 Dec 2009secure

Systems tested by changing conditions

As high frequency trading, the use of dark pools and algorithmic trading increase, what are the key challenges for systems to be able to cope with speed and multiple venues in order to give real-time risk......

Hedge Funds Review | 20 Dec 2009secure

Questions raised over dark pool sharing volume reporting

Dark pool share volume reporting needs to be standardised according to Cheyenne Morgan, an analyst at TABB Group.

Hedge Funds Review | 18 Aug 2009

High-frequency trading under fire

Attacks and counter-attacks on high-frequency trading are flying almost as fast as the computers the traders use. As regulators start to look more closely at this controversial strategy, Margie Lindsay......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Aug 2009secure

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