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High Frequency Trading

Have banks reformed their dealings following last year's financial crisis? Or should we be concerned about their move into new areas, such as High-Frequency Trading? Assignment investigates.

Assignment this week explores growing anxieties over the behaviour of some banks and the super-fast, computerised share-dealing systems that enable them to process up to 400,000 share deals every second. This so-called "High Frequency Trading" earned banks an estimated 21 billion dollars last year. But critics say they are using this new technology, alongside their unrivalled access to market information, to gain an unfair advantage in the market-place - with pensions funds and ordinary investors losing out.

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25 minutes

Last on

Sat 14 Nov 2009 18:05GMT

Broadcasts

  • Thu 12 Nov 2009 10:05GMT
  • Thu 12 Nov 2009 15:05GMT
  • Thu 12 Nov 2009 20:05GMT
  • Fri 13 Nov 2009 01:05GMT
  • Sat 14 Nov 2009 06:05GMT
  • Sat 14 Nov 2009 18:05GMT

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