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Baader Bank becomes latest trading member to join Spectrum Markets

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Pan-European trading venue for securities Spectrum Markets has welcomed Baader Bank as a new trading member. Nicky Maan Baader Bank has been trading securities for over four decades, offering its partners and institutional investors access to capital markets through integrated trading platforms.

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The SEC’s equities overhaul: Necessary plumbing changes or a liquidity drain?

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At its core, the real issue revolves around who the markets should benefit – the vast majority of institutional and retail investors, or a narrow subset of powerful intermediaries. Routers on a trading desk are still going to be forced to go to the best venue possible, so that doesn’t really change,” notes O’Connor.

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The 20 greatest trading innovations

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Exchange traded funds (ETFs) Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have seen a journey to dominance in the last ten years in the advent of more passive trading strategies as opposed to more active ones. ETFs offer investors a chance to buy and sell a basket of securities as if it were a single stock and transaction.

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Unpacking the 20 most impact financial regulations from the last 20 years

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Its impact on the financial market has been wide-ranging, altering banks’ trading strategies, market liquidity, and overall financial market structure. A key aspect of Reg BI is the establishment of a higher standard of conduct for broker-dealers when making recommendations to retail customers.