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The Periodic Table
Fidessa's Steve Grob has written a response to Marcus Ferber writing to ESMA condemning periodic auctions. The blog strongly criticizes Ferber's approach, and looks at the problems behind the "lit is good and dark is bad" attitude.
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: The SEC Raises Stakes in Self-Regulation
April 20, 2018 – In this week's Flashback Friday story, Traders Magazine looks aback to 2005 and the debate as to who the equity market have as a sole or top regulator? And if so, who should it be? The SROs? FINRA? SEC?
MIAX to Launch New Emerald Options Exchange in 2019
April 20, 2018 – MIAX Emerald will be the third fully electronic options exchange in 2019 and is expected to join the MIAX Exchange Group in Q1 2019, pending SEC approval.
MiFID II Post-Mortem Cites Delays on LEIs and Data Quality as Key Challenge
April 20, 2018 – In this shared item from FlexTrade, With the rollout of such a massive regulation as MiFID II, there are bound to be some hiccups, but so far firms are mainly wrestling with trade reporting and data quality issues.
Brexit Fragmentation
April 20, 2018 – Christian Voigt blogs on fragmentation in a post-Brexit environment and asks what will change in the markets post-Brexit and whether volume will return to continental Europe.
Investors Pull Cash from ETFs in March
April 19, 2018 – Investors were keenly aware that exposure to exchange-traded funds might hurt them amid increased volatility and pulled cash out of them last month. The heightened volatility during the first quarter marked the worst quarterly return for global equities since Q3 2015, according to SSGA.
OCC Continues To Clear the Path for the Exchange-Listed Options Industry
April 19, 2018 – In this shared blog from Options Clearing Corp, the firm explains its new cash clearing fund requirement - a measure that requires our clearing firms to collectively deposit and maintain $3 billion in cash our clearing fund.
The Periodic Table
April 19, 2018 – Fidessa's Steve Grob has written a response to Marcus Ferber writing to ESMA condemning periodic auctions. The blog strongly criticizes Ferbers approach, and looks at the problems behind the lit is good and dark is bad attitude.
Access-Fee Pilot: Fewer Fees, More Fragmentation?
April 19, 2018 – The access-fee pilot proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may increase fragmentation in the equity markets as Cboe Global Markets considers launching two additional order books to offset the pilot's fee caps and prohibitions.
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VIDEO: WIF 2017 Winner Susan Estes
Susan Estes, OpenDoor Trading -- Disruptor of the Year. Speaking at Markets Media's 2017 Women in Finance Awards luncheon https://marketsmedia.com.
Disruptor of the Year is for the person who has most shaken up the space they work in...