Tuesday, September 25, 2012

German High-Frequency Bill to Affect Hedge Funds, Official Says


Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet will vote on a bill tomorrow that limits high-frequency trading even for market participants outside Germany and requires automated orders to be marked as such, a government official said.

High-frequency traders will have to seek authorization and will be supervised under the legislation proposal, the official told reporters in Berlin today on condition of anonymity because the bill has not yet been published. High-frequency trade will be curbed and market abuse will be punished, he said in Berlin.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/german-high-frequency-bill-to-affect-hedge-funds-official-says.html