Purpose – New regulatory initiatives, principally MiFID and RegNMS, challenge wholesale financial firms to prove that they can provide best execution for their clients. This article aims to outline the background to the problem and suggest that current research into SVM/DAPR applications may...

Purpose – Forthcoming requirements in MiFID and RegNMS mean that buy‐side and sell‐side firms need to find ways of showing regulators that they are sifting through their trading volumes in a justifiable, methodical manner looking for anomalous trades and investigating them, in order to...

Purpose – This paper aims to offer a commentary on recent failures in financial markets. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is that of critical commentary on the present situation. Findings – Current market dynamics reinforce the fact that there are few greater issues for financial...

Purpose – This paper aims to offer a commentary on new stock exchanges in the financial markets. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is a critical commentary on new exchanges in the market and how they continue to evolve. Findings – Existing exchanges need to continue to evolve...