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Seven More Charged in Insider Trading Probe November 05, 2009 | The latest charges include current and former employees at Galleon Group as well as Incremental Capital and the law firm Ropes & Gray. The charges focus on insider trading activities around mergers and acquisitions.

Madoff: SEC Could Have Had Him Earlier
November 02, 2009 | Jailed former financier Bernard Madoff says lack of basic investigatory moves by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission allowed his Ponzi scheme to flourish.

Senate Subcommittee Questions Industry Insiders on Market Structure Issues
October 28, 2009 | Lawmakers gathered for a hearing to question industry participants and gather information on dark pools, high frequency trading, sponsored access and flash orders.

SEC Drafting Proposals on Sponsored Access, HFT
October 27, 2009 | At SIFMA's Annual Meeting SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro announced that she has asked her staff to come up with two new market structure proposals focusing on sponsored exchange access and high frequency trading.

High-Frequency Trading Firms Seeking Tech Talent
October 27, 2009 | High-frequency trading firms are recruiting programmers and other tech talent. But some prefer Google and Microsoft alumni to Wall Street veterans.

Proprietary Trading Firms Recruit Technical Talent Online
October 26, 2009 |

Washington Tackles 'Too-Big-to-Fail' Firms
October 26, 2009 | Senior White House officials said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., would introduce a bill to allow the government to seize troubled U.S. non-bank firms.

SEC Takes Dramatic Stance on Dark Pools with Rule Proposal
October 21, 2009 | In an SEC meeting today in Washington, D.C., the regulator proposed a new rule that ultimately aims to move flow out of the dark and into the lit markets.


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Senator Schumer's Six Proposals for ATS Regulation October 21, 2009
Senator Schumer: Level Playing Field for Exchanges, Non-Exchanges October 20, 2009
Chi-X Europe Launches Chi-Velocity October 19, 2009
Axelrod: Banks Should Rethink Bonuses October 18, 2009
Nomura Releases First U.S. Equity Algos October 16, 2009
House Panel OKs Derivatives Reform October 16, 2009
Panelists Sound Off On High Frequency Trading at Thomson Reuters Event October 13, 2009
BofA Merrill Lynch Builds Out Electronic Sales Trading Group October 13, 2009
ConvergEx To Acquire Cogent Consulting After Collapse of Consortium Deal October 08, 2009
High-Frequency Shops Poach Talent From Exchanges and Bulge-Bracket Firms October 06, 2009
Instinet Plans to Launch BLX Dark Pool for Crossing Block Trades October 05, 2009
High-Frequency Trading Shops Play the Colocation Game October 05, 2009
High-Frequency Trading On SEC's Agenda October 04, 2009
How High-Frequency Trading Became So Controversial October 02, 2009
BofA CEO Ken Lewis Resigns Amid Controversy October 01, 2009
Breaking it Down: An Overview of High-Frequency Trading October 01, 2009
Hyde Park Global Bets on Adaptive Models to Trade Arbitrage Strategies in Milliseconds September 30, 2009
High Frequency Community Speaks Out September 18, 2009
SEC Proposes Flash Order Ban September 18, 2009
Exchange Execs Debate Regulation, Flash Orders September 17, 2009
Fox River Launches New ETF Trading System September 16, 2009
Spotlight on Regulation: The New Rules of the Game September 15, 2009
Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack to Step Down September 11, 2009
BofA Merrill Lynch Enhances Algo Suite September 10, 2009
HFT is Market Making Evolved, Says NYSE Exec September 03, 2009
SEC Summary: Madoff Intimidated Examiners September 02, 2009
Naked Access Attracts High-Frequency Traders, Gets Regulators’ Attention September 02, 2009
HFT Does Not Create Volatility, Says Buy Sider August 26, 2009
Morgan Stanley Hiring Up to 400 Sales, Trading Positions August 21, 2009
Buy Side Trader Shares His Use of HFT August 20, 2009
Seth Merrin Examines the Pros and Cons of High Frequency Trading August 19, 2009
Madoff CFO Pleads Guilty, Ordered to Jail August 12, 2009
Schumer Announces That SEC Plans to Ban Flash Orders August 04, 2009
FTEN Expands Into Europe to Meet Demands for High-Frequency Trading July 20, 2009
Former BofA Equities Head Joins Nomura July 20, 2009
BlackRock Acquisition of BGI Presents Integration Challenges July 16, 2009
The New Bulge-Bracket Broker-Dealers Reveal Their Revamped Trading Operations. July 16, 2009
Re-Thinking the Trader Thought Process July 16, 2009
A Look Inside the NYSE/DTCC Derivatives Clearing Venture July 02, 2009
Brokers End Talks to Acquire Cogent Consulting’s Commission Management Software Firm June 29, 2009
Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison June 29, 2009
Agency Brokers Go On Hiring Binge to Launch Fixed-Income Desks June 25, 2009
Short-Selling Ban "Excessive Reaction," Says Former SEC Chair Pitt September 22, 2008
SEC Bans Short Selling on Financial Stocks In Wake of Criticism September 19, 2008
JP Morgan Bans Trading with Citadel September 18, 2008
Trader Reaction: Wall Street Turmoil and CSAs September 17, 2008
More Questions Than Answers as Buy Siders React to Wall Street Turmoil September 16, 2008
Traders Moved Credit Derivatives Positions Ahead of Lehman’s Bankruptcy September 16, 2008