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Poll: Are High-Frequency Trading Reforms Needed?

In a poll conducted earlier this week, CFA Institute asked its members if tighter regulation of high-frequency trading would meaningfully reduce technical glitches in the stock market. Not surprisingly, nearly two-thirds of respondents thought that tighter regulations would indeed be effective.

Fact File: Annual Budget of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

How paltry is the U.S. market regulator's funding? This paltry: Last year Citigroup disposed of assets worth more than the SEC’s entire operating budget.