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Iosco calls for review of global HFT rules

26 October 2011

A report from the International Organisation of Securities Commissions lays out several recommendations for regulators in light of concerns over high frequency and algorithmic trading

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The International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (Iosco) technical committee has called for global regulators to review their regimes covering high frequency trading (HFT) and algorithmic trading.In its final report on regulatory issues raised by the impact of technological changes on market integrity and efficiency, Iosco made several recommendations for regulators as many are currently evaluating their regimes on these trading practices.Iosco called for regulators to require trading venue operators to provide...