1. Indexing, ETFs and Robos - Are Stocks an Endangered Species? -- 2. How Technology is Transforming Liquidity Provision -- 3. Liquidity – A Fluid Concept from a European View -- 4. What Can Be Done to Drive Mid- and Small-Cap Liquidity? -- 5. New Approaches for Creating Liquidity -- 6....

This book offers a look at equity markets and what they have experienced since the 1997 Order Handling Rules were instituted. Specifically, it examines the tremendous technology innovation, intensified competition between an expanding set of alternative trading venues, and continuing regulatory...

Preface -- Chapter 1 Integrity of Price Discovery -- Chapter 2 A Global Perspective -- Chapter 3 Integrity of Price Discovery -- Chapter 4 Integrity of a Marketplace -- Chapter 5 Trader Perspective -- Chapter 6 Integrity of Market Regulation -- Chapter 7 Equity Trading in the Fast Lane

The Call Auction Alternative -- The Broad Perspective -- View From a Market Maker -- Alternative Call Auction Designs -- Darwinism vs. Protectionism In the US Equity Markets; the Case for Real Competition -- View from a Derivatives Exchange -- Integrating Call and Continuous Trading -- A Call...

Chapter 1. Thoughts and Perspectives on 40th Anniversary of the National Market System (NMS) -- Chapter 2. Technology’s Challenge to Regulators -- Chapter 3. The Global View -- Chapter 4. Has NMS-Induced Competition Delivered? -- Chapter 5. Fair and Level Playing Fields: A Good Regulatory...

Preface -- Chapter 1 Opening Address -- Chapter 2 What Makes an Exchange a Unique Institution? -- Chapter 3 Mid-Day Address -- Chapter 4 Competitive Challenges in the Marketplace -- Chapter 5 Wherein lie the Growth Opportunities? -- Chapter 6 IPO Capital Raising in the Global Economy -- Chapter...

Two primary drivers have transformed the equity markets in recent years: technological advances and regulatory initiatives. How does modern, electronic technology facilitate trading, and to what extent does it present new challenges? How does regulation adjust to the changing structure of the...

Volatility is very much with us in today's equity markets. Day-to-day price swings are often large and intra-day volatility elevated, especially at market openings and closings. What explains this? What does this say about the quality of our markets? Can short-period volatility be controlled by...