Trust offices (administratiekantoren) that repackage securities have been a central institution in Dutch finance since the late eighteenth century. Their basic form and functioning have remained largely the same, but over time, the repackaging has come to serve a variety of very different...

Trading systems differ in their degree of transparency, here defined as the extent to which marketmakers can observe the size and direction of the current order flow. The authors investigate whether greater transparency enhances market liquidity by reducing the opportunities for taking advantage...