By Jonathan Spicer and Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A handful of companies, including high-frequency traders, have asked the U.S. stock clearinghouse to act as a market-wide monitor, to guard against the risk of a malfunctioning computer program spreading chaos.
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EXCLUSIVE – Fast traders push alternative US risk oversight plan
U.S. SEC ban on “flash trading” called imminent
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) – A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ban on so-called flash orders is “imminent,” a senior lawmaker said on Tuesday — just before the agency itself said it was drawing up plans to ban the controversial services offered by some stock exchanges. Democratic U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro had personally assured him that the agency planned to ban the practice of “flash trading,” which gives advance knowledge of stock orders to certain traders. (more…)
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