A broker-dealer/alternative trading system, PDQ ATS, has deployed the Validus run-time enterprise risk and compliance platform from Eventus Systems in order to get a broader view of risk exposure, say officials at the firm and the vendor. From its headquarters in Glenview, Ill., PDQ ATS provides liquidity aggregation for market participants via an auction process,… Read More >>
SEC Pushes to Shed Light on Dark Pool Operations
The SEC has voted to propose new operational-transparency and regulatory-oversight rules for alternative trading systems that trade stocks listed on a national securities exchange (NMS stocks), including “dark pools.” So-called dark pools of liquidity, on private exchanges not available to the general public, have not — at least until now — been transparent, by definition…. Read More >>
