Trade execution

Market Insights

More investors using dark pools

TSX is more efficient, but traders are going to the dark side.

April 25, 2014

2 min read

Industry

IIROC moves ahead on HFT study

IIROC has selected two project teams to assess the impact of high frequency trading and related activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.

By Staff |April 24, 2014

2 min read

Industry

Clients should get best stock prices, says SEC

SEC releases trade execution proposal to protect investors.

By Staff |April 21, 2014

1 min read

Industry

Scotia iTrade drops commission to industry low

Scotia iTRADE has cut its commission to $4.99, from $6.99 per trade for highly active investors.

By Staff |April 15, 2014

1 min read

Industry

How much does high-speed trading cost the economy?

Three milliseconds doesn’t seem long to most corporate workers. But to high-speed traders, this time can mean the difference between a good and a bad trade. But to save those sensitive milliseconds, it’ll cost you. How much? Thomas Philippon, associate professor of finance at New York University, estimates saving three milliseconds for high-frequency traders costs […]

April 15, 2014

1 min read

Market Insights

Do dark pools distort stock prices?

Both experts and regulators have been zeroing in on high-speed traders. Through debates and studies, they’ve questioned whether high frequency trading and electronic markets are affecting investors. Read: IIROC studies impact of electronic trading But there may be a bigger threat out there, reports Reuters. It finds the proliferation of dark markets, or the increase […]

By Staff |April 7, 2014

1 min read

Economic Indicators

Inside Bitcoin trading

Hackers who broke into the website of Mt. Gox—a failing and possibly fraudulent bitcoin exchange—have released a trove of data on the currency.

By Staff |March 31, 2014

1 min read

Economic Indicators

Buffett advises pulling trading perk

A wire service that publishes financial data and business releases won’t be available to high-frequency traders any more, reports the Globe and Mail.

By Staff |February 24, 2014

1 min read

Industry

Canadian bank implicated in insider trading

A U.S. watchdog is investigating whether traders at two bank have been manipulating trading around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, reports Reuters, citing an FBI intelligence bulletin.

By Staff |January 15, 2014

1 min read

Industry

IIROC proposes expansion of single-stock circuit breakers

IIROC published proposed guidance to expand the single-stock circuit breaker program to further mitigate market volatility. It’s looking for industry comment on its proposal.

By Staff |December 11, 2013

1 min read

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