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Dark pool operator Pipeline pays $1m to settle SEC case

Pipeline Trading Systems will pay $1 million to settle SEC charges that it failed to tell users of its dark pool that the vast majority of orders were filed by an affiliated operation.

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MiFID reforms published; compliance bill to hit EUR732m in year one and EUR586m per annum thereafter

Financial markets in Europe are set to undergo a fundamental overhaul, as the European Commission rolls out new rules and regulations covering every aspect of the trade lifecycle, from pre-and post-trade transparency, through to execution and clearing and settlement.

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Securities watchdogs to step up HFT surveillance

Global securities regulators have called for stronger oversight of high frequency and algorithmic trading activity to 'mitigate the risks' posed by high-speed trading on market integrity and efficiency.

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EU financial markets get ready for MiFID II

The European Commission is this week meeting to finalise the details of a new set of rules governing competition and transparency in the capital markets, with implications for high frequency traders, execution venues, clearing firms, and the over-the-counter markets.

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Ex-Citadel staffer charged over code theft

A former Citadel quantitative financial engineer has been arrested and charged in relation to the theft of trading-related computer code.

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European exchanges voice concern over HFT consultation's scope

Europe's exchanges have voiced their concerns that broker crossing networks are not being subjected to the same level of scrutiny as traditional bourses in the current debate on regulating automated trading.

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Citi chooses Fidessa for global derivatives platform

American banking giant Citi has contracted UK vendor Fidessa for the provision of a workflow and trading platform for its global listed derivatives business.

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Quant manager pays $2.5m over code error which cost clients millions

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged money manager AXA Rosenberg's co-founder with securities fraud for concealing a computer code error in a quantitative investment model he developed, costing clients millions of dollars.

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Institutional investors troubled by HFT - survey

More than two thirds of institutional traders around the world are concerned about the impact of high-frequency trading (HFT) on the equities market, according to a survey from Liquidnet.

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Robot traders set to oust humans from the trading floor

The number of human traders employed in the financial markets is set to fall dramatically over the next ten years as banks and brokers become increasingly reliant on computer-based algorithms to run their trading operations. This is one of the early conclusion of the UK Government's Foresight panel, which was assembled to study the implications of high frequency trading on the economy.

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Bloomberg taps consumer sentiment for equity analytics

Bloomberg is to begin offering traders social media analytics as a real-time sentiment indicator for stocks heavily influenced by consumer opinion.

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Ex-City minister calls for HFT probe

After a week of extreme market volatility, former City minister Lord Myners has called on the UK government to investigate high-frequency trading.

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SEC sets up large trader reporting system

The Securities and Exchange Commission is pressing ahead with the creation of a system to collect transaction data from large traders such as banks and hedge funds that will help it to investigate wild stock market swings like last year's May 6 flash crash.

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ASX prepares for Chi-X arrival with multi-market smart routing trading app

With the imminent arrival of Chi-X on the Australian scene, ASX has tapped UK vendor Fidessa to help it prepare, developing a co-located smart order routing trading application for the new multi-market environment.

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Fixnetix ponders sale options - FT

UK trading technology outfit Fixnetix is mulling a partial or full sale to help expand its reach around the world, according to the Financial Times.

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Top Bank official calls for speed limits on high frequency trading

Securities markets should consider the introduction of speed limits on high frequency trading to prevent the risk of market abnormalities disrupting prices, a top Bank of England official says.

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Securities regulators open scrutiny of technology impact on financial markets

Securities regulators are to explore the feasibility of an overhaul of financial market reporting, audit and surveillance mechanisms in an effort to keep pace with the increasing volumes of data generated by technology-powered trading

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European proprietary trading lobby group established

A group of proprietary trading firms have set up a European lobby group as they prepare for greater regulatory scrutiny of high-frequency trading.

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BM&FBovespa moves to complex event processing for app innovation

Brazilian exchange operator BM&FBovespa is to implement complex event processing technology from Streambase to build a dynamic fleet of real-time, low-latency data applications.

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Instinet launches Australian dark pool

Electronic trading and brokerage giant Instinet has launched a liquidity pool for Australian equities.