Companies could become the "playthings" of speculators because of super-fast automatic share trading, Treasury minister Lord Myners has warned. The peer, a former fund manager, told the BBC this was one of the main dangers of...
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It's controversial. It's on its way across the Atlantic. And the British Treasury minister Lord Myners doesn't like it. "It" is high-frequency trading, a catch-all term for the kinds of computer-generated trading that has...
City minister Paul Myners on Tuesday became the first mainstream UK politician to wade into the current debate on the dangers of high frequency trading (HFT). Though his contribution will no doubt drown under certain other...
Speculators using computer-based high frequency trading to buy and sell shares could damage companies, according to Lord Myners. Related Stories Computer users 'tricked' by fake security Windows 7 set to smash sales records...
Companies could become the "playthings" of speculators because of super-fast automatic share trading, Treasury minister Lord Myners has warned. The peer, a former fund manager, told the BBC this was one of the main dangers of...
LONDON (Reuters) - Speculators using computer-based high frequency trading to buy and sell shares could damage companies, the BBC quoted the financial services ministers as saying. With high-frequency trading, banks, hedge...
Companies could become the "playthings" of speculators because of super-fast automatic share trading, Treasury minister Lord Myners has warned. The peer, a former fund manager, told the BBC this was one of the main dangers of...