Opinions

• Exchanges Add Dark Pools Downstream
  The move by NYSE-Arca and Nasdaq to access dark pools is a well crafted move by the exchanges to reposition themselves and will inevitably lead to more competition.
• Hidden Orders and Dark pools Are Taking Order Secrecy on Wall Street to a New Level
  The continued growth of electronic trading may mean a decrease in the hidden costs of actively traded funds.

Research

• Buy Side Crossing Networks Heat Up in Europe
  
• Customize My Dark Pool
  Dark liquidity and how to access it will continue to be a hot topic in 2008, posing challenges as exchanges, ECNs and other pools each try to devise new differentiators to attract a powerful mix of liquidity sources.

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6. Algorithm Overload
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