Friday 7 December 2012

Germany: new rules for high frequency trading

BaFin, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, has published (in English) information regarding the draft High Frequency Trading Act: see here. The Act will, amongst other things, require high frequency traders to be authorised by BaFin if they are not currently within BaFin's supervisory remit. The Act also contains rules regarding algorithmic trading.

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