Entries tagged "dark pools"
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association kicked off its 2009 annual meeting with a speech by SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro.
The Securities and Exchange Commission took the first step Wednesday and voted unanimously to make the dark pools - where trades are done "off exchanges" or privately and not identified to the general public - more transparent.
The practice of high frequency trades is under a microscope as the public searches for a conspiracy to explain the crisis, but in reality the debate is between hedge funds and institutional investors.
Thoughts on loosely regulate markets known as dark pools that may be under threat from financial regulation.
