NYSE Euronext’s (NYX) acquisition by Deutsche Boerse AG was cleared by the U.S. Department of Justice, putting the transaction in the hands of European antitrust authorities who have resisted approval.
Shadows fall over dark pool trading practices
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent settlement with a dark pool operator has raised unsettling questions about the use of alternative trading systems.
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Rosenblatt Securities is pleased to announce that it has appointed Joe Mako to the newly created position of Director, Visual Analytics. Mako, a leading global expert on automated visual analytics and database tools, joins Rosenblatt’s Execution Analytics & Consulting group, which helps institutional investors boost returns by improving how they implement ideas in trading markets. Mako reports to Scott Burrill, a partner and managing director at the firm.
For the past 12 years, electronic market-maker Getco LLC has worked to make floor-based trading look like the horse and buggy of financial markets. Now, in effect, it wants to dominate the horse-and-buggy business.