Comment: Mifid proposals threaten capital markets
Newly proposed rules around automated trading threaten to take European capital markets in a dangerous direction, says Niki Beattie
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European regulators are reshaping the region’s trading markets with a review of its flagship financial markets directive, Mifid, and a new piece of legislation, Emir
HFT curbs may take Europe ‘back 7 years’
Europe risks setting its markets “back at least 7 years” and undoing in market efficiency with curbs on high-frequency trading, a trade association warned
High-frequency traders ‘are bad’
High-frequency traders and commodity speculators are bad for markets, according to Finance Watch, which is proposing a clampdown on such market participants
UK warns over potential Mifid barrier
Treasury official warns that Mifid proposals for so-called ‘equivalence’ could ‘close the EU market entirely to any new third country firm’
European MP calls for holding period in HFT
Computerised orders should be subject to a “minimum holding period” in stocks to slow down ultra-fast dealing, a top European parliamentarian says
FSA warns on Mifid review proposals
Proposed European Union legislation to create a new type of trading venue could lead to “a significant withdrawal of liquidity”
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