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Inside this issue

• The growing murkiness of dark pools makes for a difficult battleground for regulators

• Pressure mounts over derivatives clearing while City traders build on a reputation for fast finance

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Market structures face test of trust

Regulators are struggling to take the lid off trading that is often superfast and sometimes opaque, writes Jeremy Grant

Asia: Region in flux as bourses fragment

The pace of this fundamental change is far from uniform, says Kevin Brown

China: Caution the byword as Beijing looks to futures

A ban on trading by foreigners may end soon, says Patti Waldmeir

Market stability: ‘Flash crash’ blamed on computer, but not error

Finger pointed at increasingly wide use of automated trading programs, says Telis Demos

Latin America: Andean trio plan market alliance

Chile, Colombia and Peru are joining forces, says Naomi Mapstone

OTC derivatives: One-size-fits-all approach risks killing flexibility

There is a great deal to discuss as rules in swap deals are likely to change, writes Michael Mackenzie

Trading platforms: Regulators face uphill battle as dark pools grow murkier

More deals, many of them much smaller, are taking place out of the public gaze, writes Jeremy Grant

Regulation: Pressure mounts over derivatives clearing

Details of the centralised operations are still unclear, reports Aline van Duyn

Settlement: Stock exchanges muscle in as clearing houses prepare for shake-up

New regulations are set to create a boom for business in Europe, writes Philip Stafford

Transformation: Chicago builds on its reputation for speed

Old open-outcry skills and high-tech are a powerful combination, writes Hal Weitzman

Technology: High-speed electronic trading leaves regulators far behind

Winners and losers in the ‘penny pilot’