High-frequency trading: managing the nuclear power supply

Cooling tower at a nuclear power plant

High-frequency trading (HFT) has always been an emotive issue in financial markets, but it has been particularly high on the agenda of FX market participants this year, as a number of major trading platforms have made changes to tackle the negative effects of HFT.

Icap's EBS has taken a whole new strategic direction in 2012, driven by a clear need to stamp out disruptive behaviour, wherever it occurs. Meanwhile, Thomson Reuters recently confirmed it had initiated an investigation into HFT firm

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