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The Tax With Nine Lives Appears Dead

– The proposed 0.25 percent securities transaction tax is dead in Congress--at least for now.

Portfolio Turnover Up During Crisis

– Portfolio turnover rose sharply during the 2007-2009 financial crisis, a new study reports.

Industry Pushes For Faster Risk Checks In A Post-Naked Access World

– With the Securities and Exchange Commission expected to soon ban the practice of "naked access," vendors, exchanges and brokers are scrambling to speed up their risk management technology.

Review: Working Through the Ups and Downs of Trading

– Traders shouldn't ask themselves how to succeed. Before the hows, they should ask why they are in trading. That's one of the themes of this interesting, slender self-help book for traders entitled, "8 Ways to Great: Peak Performance on the Job and in Your Life."

Study Sees Block Orders Getting Picked Off

– Fleet-footed traders using sophisticated software and high-frequency strategies are sniffing out block orders and running ahead of them in the marketplace, according to a recent study by Quantitative Services Group.

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Cover Story: Filling the Void

– Over the past two years, ETF trading has evolved. New and established players from the agency brokerage ranks have entered the ETF space to find novel and varied ways to trade less-liquid names more cheaply.

Cover Sidebar: It's All Relative

Trading the Manager

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Inside Trading

Flash Is Dimming at Direct Edge

– Flash trading is fading away at Direct Edge and that's a good thing, according to the ECN, which last year endured heavy criticism over its flash trading program.

C2 Will Combine Market Models

Knight Elects to Go Self-Clearing

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People

People On The Move

– Frank Troise joined J.P. Morgan as global head of equities electronic client solutions. There, he oversees the electronic trading business, including product management, distribution, direct market access, algorithms, electronic liquidity management and market structure. He is based in New York and reports to Carlos Hernandez, head of global equities.

People On The Move

A Trader's Perspective on Compensation

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Rules and Regs

Congress Readies Short-Sale Rules

– Congress is likely to add at least three new short-sale rules to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as part of its overhaul of financial services regulation.

FINRA Proposal Riles OTC Market

SEC Porposal: Real-Time Dark Pool Reporting Spooks Industry

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Options

Philly Options Changes Its Stripes

– Nasdaq OMX PHLX is experimenting with maker-taker pricing. As of Jan. 4, the options exchange began paying specialists to quote SPY options if their quotes result in trades. It also started charging exchange customers who hit or take those quotes.

FINRA To Examine Options Desks

Brokers Buy into NYSE Amex Options

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Tech Notes

Barclays DMA Goes Sub-Millisecond

– Direct-market access for Barclays Capital's quantitative hedge-fund and high-frequency-trading customers hit the accelerator.

Switching Engine Gets a New Sidekick

Sponsored Access Concerns Benefit Bon Trade

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Buyside Snapshot

Home Is Where ...

– Madison, Wis., has its benefits, says David Meyer, the head trader at the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.

When Their Clients Talk ...

High-Frequency Trading Divides Buyside

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