By Huw Jones
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Fragmentation of share trading data makes it harder for European investors to spot the best prices but there is no appetite so far for public intervention, industry officials said on Tuesday.
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Government intervention said unlikely in EU share-data fragmentation
U.S. senator asks SEC to review market structure, flash trading
By Jonathan Spicer
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Senator Ted Kaufman on Monday asked U.S. regulators to undertake a comprehensive review of several “questionable” developments in the structure of capital markets, the latest lawmaker to weigh in on so-called dark pools, flashes, and high-frequency trading.
“Flash” trading controversy in U.S. raises issue of front-running
NASDAQ backs ban on “flash” orders – U.S. Senate critic Schumer
Nasdaq backs ban on ‘flash’ trading -Schumer
By Rachelle Younglai and Jonathan Spicer
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) – The Nasdaq Stock Market supports a ban on so-called “flashes,” order types that it and other stock-trading venues send to a select group of traders fractions of a second before revealing them publicly, Senator Charles Schumer said on Tuesday.
Sen. Schumer warns U.S. SEC on “flash” stock orders
By Jonathan Spicer
NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer warned a top regulator on Friday that if she does not ban so-called “flashes” — orders that stock exchanges send to a select group of traders before revealing them to the wider market — he will introduce legislation that does. (more…)


