Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Australia: equity market structure - ASIC publishes proposals

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has published a consultation paper setting out further regulatory proposals concerning the structure of the Australian equity market: see here (pdf). Draft market integrity rules accompany the paper: see here (pdf). Amongst the areas covered by the paper are high frequency trading, the scope of best execution; and volatility controls for extreme price movements.

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