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The SEC’s equities overhaul: Necessary plumbing changes or a liquidity drain?

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Among the SEC’s reforms is the proposal to amend certain rules under Reg NMS to adopt variable minimum pricing increments – or tick sizes – for the quoting and trading of NMS stocks.

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The 20 greatest trading innovations

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Central limit order book (CLOB) While it is easy to romanticise the sheer graft that went into trading a few decades ago, the introduction of central limit order books (CLOBs) and streamed pricing were much-needed innovations. In years gone by, buy-side firms have placed orders via a sell-side broker to be traded on exchange.

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