Australia’s securities regulator has fined the agency broker for failing to reject or report stock manipulation by a high-frequency trader that had the potential to damage market efficiency.
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Fresh from winning its QFII licence and new RQFII quota, HFT Investment Management's Hong Kong unit aims to profit from China's ongoing currency liberalisation.
Much-increased market volatility and a more flexible short-selling regime are combining to boost interest in high-frequency trading in Japan.
Other Asian regulators would do well to follow recent proposals made by the Australian securities watchdog, argue some market participants.
Liquidnet founder Seth Merrin says exchanges are upgrading systems to cater to high-frequency traders amid slow markets, raising the risk of glitches and potentially alienating some players.
Bank compliance and legal counsel officers raise serious doubts over how new regulatory rules to curb rogue algo trading would be applied and who would potentially be held liable.
Australian regulator Asic is proposing to tighten controls over algo trading, but some say this will make HFT unviable and hurt the entire market.
