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Demeter

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20. SEC probes operators’ use of multiple markets

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:57 AM

Mar 2012

The US market regulator has launched a broad investigation into whether exchanges favour large trading companies at the expense of smaller customers.

The enforcement inquiries emerged from examinations by the Securities and Exchange Commission of how exchange operators, some of which also regulate their customers, manage conflicts of interest with hedge funds, high-frequency trading groups, banks and asset managers. The regulatory concerns were heightened by the collapse of futures broker MF Global and its missing customer funds, which put a spotlight on the role of exchange operator CME Group.

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