Securities tax exemptions for market makers fuel short sales
Securities tax exemptions for domestic institutional investors fuel short sales.
The securities transaction tax exemptions for domestic institutional investors, which were enacted to enable stock trading, have the side!-->…
E-commerce will likely mean the end of market makers
Extremely high volatility in financial markets has raised stock market reporting to the top of most newspapers, TV news, and even internet media in recent weeks. And almost every time a reporter starts talking about the most recent…
Market Makers for Options – Who are they?
An options market maker is an individual, or a large financial institution, that has a contractual relationship with an exchange, such as the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Market makers ensure a certain level of liquidity in the options…
ICO Market Makers: When the market turns into a bazaar
Market makers power the cryptocurrency industry, but their methods of operation can jeopardize the foundations on which it rests
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) of crypto tokens are a relatively new phenomenon in the global economy. For…
Hub acquires Benefit Broker Services in Ontario
Global insurance brokerage Hub International continued its aggressive expansion strategy this year with the…
Shanghai Stock Exchange asks market makers to increase liquidity in crude futures
By Meng Meng, Josephine MasonBEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) is considering appointing market makers to boost trading volumes in its nascent crude oil futures amid growing liquidity concerns as the first…
The combination of Forex brokerage services and crypto-exchange
While there are many crypto exchanges offering access to a range of cryptocurrency pairs and tokens, the MT4 platform for currencies and cryptocurrencies has been successful because the new crypto trading offering - currencies on the MT4…
Finally, Saudi capital market market makers are coming
Finally, Saudi capital market market makers are coming
Tadawul's announcement a few days ago confirming that they are in the final stages of testing a market maker mechanism is great news for the investment community in the Saudi…
UPDATE 1-Cboe, market makers targeted in VIX manipulation lawsuit
(Add complaint details, comments, background, signature)April 27 (Reuters) - A trader has filed an antitrust complaint accusing seven market makers, including Citigroup Inc and Citadel Securities LLC, of conspiring to manipulate Wall…
‘Market Makers’ Manipulated Pfizer Trades, 3rd Circ. Told
By Jeannie O'Sullivan (October 3, 2017, 6:04 p.m. EDT) - An investor who accused certain Philadelphia Stock Exchange investor groups of using a sophisticated trading strategy to deprive other investors of Pfizer Inc.'s dividends.…
Nasdaq Appoints Mattias Hammarqvist As CEO Of Its Brokerage Services Unit
Nasdaq Broker Services AB, an investment firm licensed by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, has rocked its ranks by appointing Mattias Hammarqvist as its new CEO with immediate effect. The promotion crowns the latest Nasdaq…
Market Makers vs ECN Brokers
Many Forex brokers advertise themselves as ECN brokers. ECN is an automated system that matches buy and sell orders for a variety of different investment vehicles. An ECN connects large brokerages and individual traders so that they can…
Market Makers Vs. Electronic Communications Networks
The foreign exchange market (forex or FX) is a decentralized global market in which exchanges do not take place on an exchange and do not have a physical address to do business. Unlike stocks, which are traded on stock exchanges…
FX: Non-bank market makers are ‘vital’ for liquidity
A recent study published by Greenwich Associates refers to non-bank (LP) liquidity providers creating a more liquid, transparent and efficient foreign exchange market over the long term.
Of more…
Profile: Kathryn Grant, Director of Brokerage Services, CENTUM
Specializing in financing for the self-employed, Kathryn Grant is Director of Brokerage Services at CENTUM Financial Services Limited Partnership. This exclusive interview provides a glimpse into the…
STSM124040 – Financial Markets: Types of Financial Brokers and Traders: Market Makers –…
In the UK, a prime broker may also apply to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to register as a market maker for particular stocks. The market maker must register on a per share…
Market Makers – The Motley Fool UK
People are often confused about how prices are actually set, so let's look at one or two issues in a little more detail, based on genuine complaints that occasionally arise.…
The Market Makers Game Customers Should Be Stuffed With
Each profession has its sacred mission: doctors to care for the sick, pub owners to pull off a good pint, and market makers to tend to all comers in their brand asset. Forex traders at Barclays would have dodged this last…
So what are market makers?
When you first learned that market makers existed, you probably wondered if they were good or bad, and then you probably wondered how they worked.
Market makers are liquidity providers. They help ensure that…
A Look at Credit Default Swaps and Market Makers
Are market makers contrarian? Evidence of the credit default swap market
Deming Wu
Government of the United States of America - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
May 19, 2015Choice Equity Fund 27.9% annualized looking…
Market Makers vs Agency Model Brokers
Much has been said about these types of brokerage business, but we are here to show you a wise, yet unpopular opinion.
In recent years, market makers have been blamed for all the ills of the forex market because these brokers actually…
MiFID II sends mixed messages to market makers – EURACTIV.com
Proposed revisions to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) are giving market makers, many of whom use high-frequency trading methods, mixed messages. This could harm their ability to provide liquidity…
Nadex Adds Two New Market Makers to Its Growing Exchange: Liquidity Brings More Liquidity
It's not just traders who jump on the Nadex exchange to trade Nadex spreads and Nadex binary options. Market makers are also joining us in seeing the huge opportunities that exist. Traders have grown more and more not…
How the role of the cloud “middleman” is changing
The role of cloud broker takes on new meaning as the cloud market matures. Cloud customers are no longer looking for discrete cloud services, but rather multiple cloud offerings - potentially across different vendors - to meet their…
Options market makers sue exchanges alleging overpricing
The companies sued Chicago Board Options Exchange LLC and four other exchanges, claiming they systematically overcharged or misjudged fees on trades from January 2004 to June 2011.
The exchanges knew in late…
Meet the Market Makers: The ETF Ecosystem in Action
In my last article, we introduced you the WHO of the ETF ecosystem. We've defined the different types of market makers (MMS) and other market participants, and explained the role each plays in day-to-day ETF trading. Today we are going…
Meet the new market makers, the same as the old market makers (“Dark Pools” review)
'Dark Pools is a fun and smart beach weekend read.
Besides the obvious Wall Street/HFT, the book struck me as a cross between War Games, The Matrix, and…
Facebook price predictions by market makers hit resistance (NASDAQ:FB)
This is an update on the very limited data available so far on price predictions for Facebook. (NASDAQ:FB) shares resulting from self-protective hedging operations necessary for market makers.
These observations are simply a report of…
GETCO Adds New Name to NYSE Designated Market Makers
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Introducing a new name to the shrinking pool of designated market makers on the New York Stock Exchange, Chicago-based e-commerce firm GETCO will take over 350 of the securities managed by Barclays…