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Practical Pieces & Perspectives

January 2017

Practical Pieces & Perspectives

January 19, 2017
SEC to Increase Oversight of High Frequency Trading Firms Under a Proposed Amendment to Rule 15b9-1
Samuel Branum

As the result of ever faster and more powerful computers, high frequency trading (HFT) has become a significant presence in the market, with some estimates showing that HFT accounts for 73% of the total daily trading volume in the U.S. securities markets. While regulatory bodies struggle to keep up with technology, HFT is moving ahead at lightning fast speeds where milliseconds—and even nanoseconds—matter.

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Practical Pieces and Perspectives, previously Timely Tech, is the non-paginated companion to the Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy. Through Practical Pieces and Perspectives, JLTP publishes short pieces that addresses cutting-edge issues in technology and the law.

 

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