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Investment banks are having to spend billions just to try to keep up
Exchange accounts for 3 of every 100 stocks traded in the US despite initial excitement
High-frequency traders fight effort to put brakes on ultrafast transactions
Decision by CFTC could open door for more moves to slow down derivatives market
Citadel Securities’ market maker has role at the centre of the blockbuster listing
CME orders executed in one-tenth of a second are on the rise as robots power trades
Official says banks safer since stricter rules but implications for market liquidity are worrying
Funds say exchanges are jacking up fees to offset weaker revenues from trading
Democrats’ latest proposal is misguided and should be scrapped
Analysis suggests that the calm is being punctuated by a different type of turbulence
‘High-frequency trading illuminates the real-world underpinnings of digital markets’
Finra processed an all-time high daily average of 135bn data points last month
Critics say high-frequency trading makes markets too fickle amid rising anxiety over the global economy
Innovators and regulators are taking aim at exchange fees
Brussels’ latest rules are intended to capture high-frequency traders
Local investors allege big losses due to high-frequency trades causing ‘market disruptions’
High-frequency trader aims to take asset management and pension fund clients
Exchange’s opposition to an SEC high-frequency trading study is selfish and mistaken
Basel III rules restrict netting of futures and options trades
New standards may trigger exodus of firms from supporting prices in futures contracts
Brokers note dramatic divergence in longstanding price relationship with London market
Inclusion in MSCI index also seen as likely boost to volume on stronger foreign demand
