SEC awakes from slumber, probes manipulation by ‘advanced trading systems’
Thu Sep 10 2009 2:12 pm
by Bob Morris.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is “rigorously” investigating whether traders are using technology to manipulate markets, the agency’s enforcement and inspections chiefs said today.
The initial reports and investigations into high frequency trading and the like came from financial blogs like Zero Hedge and Naked Capitalism. The SEC paid attention. Good.
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