At the end of October, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicated that it had launched a 90 day consultation period during which it hopes to come up with further proposals to increase oversight of dark pools. SEC chair Mary Schapiro has been particularly vocal in recent weeks about the “harm” she fears these alternative trading systems (ATSs) may pose by creating a two tiered market. However, it seems that volumes being traded across these platforms continue to rise and some believe they will increase yet further still over the course of next year.

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