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‘Dark Pools’ Are Handling More Stock Trades. Wall Street Is Fighting Back.

A trading platform called IntelligentCross has gotten under Wall Street’s skin. This year, it passed UBS to become the largest of “dark pools”—those off-exchange platforms where institutions can trade ...
Financial Advisor

Darker Than A Dark Pool? Welcome To Wall Street's 'Private Rooms'

Wall Street’s infamous dark pools are getting even darker. A decade after being engulfed by a controversy that culminated in multiple enforcement actions and a regulator clampdown, these off-exchange ...
The TRADE

Xetra Midpoint – New dark pool at the heart of price discovery

Xetra Midpoint – New dark pool at the heart of price discovery After three months in the market, Deutsche Börse’s Maximilian Trossbach and Lukas Neumann share first insights into their dark pool – ...
Reuters

Dark pool scrutiny no slam dunk for traditional exchanges

LONDON (Reuters) - The regulatory noose is tightening around dark pools, private share-trading venues that promise anonymity for specialist investors, offering a chance for rival exchanges in the ...
Euromoney

Trading: Banks swim in dark pools

In May, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS announced bilateral agreements to offer reciprocal access for algorithmic trades to each other’s "dark pools". Dark pools are matching engines for ...
The Nation Newspaper

Different Types of Securities Traded in Dark Pools

Equity securities are a major component of trading in dark pools. Common stocks, representing ownership in a company, are frequently traded in these private exchanges. These trades are often executed ...