Dark pools are becoming increasingly popular. Advocates for these trading venues claim they boost market liquidity while lowering risk, while critics claim their lack of transparency leaves them open ...

More stock trading is moving away from traditional public stock exchanges and into places called "dark pools." These are private, electronic markets where investors buy and sell stocks without showing ...

There’s a new type of toxic avenger among the dark pool trading crowd. The Barclays LX dark liquidity crossing network has introduced what it calls a “toxicity framework” — a way of policing an ...

(Bloomberg) — Nasdaq Chief Executive Officer BobGreifeldsays governance of dark pools is still too murky. The trading pools, which keep demand private and only publicly disclose executed trades, still ...

Dark pools recently have been subject of many headlines, mostly due to alleged illegal activities from the banks that operate them. For instance, Barclays is said have given high-frequency traders ...

The dark pool, named for the world’s deepest lake, in Siberia, is being rolled out in phases. In late June, Baikal introduced a “smart” order routing system that enables brokers to seek out the most ...

Dark pools, private financial exchanges for trading securities, offer a secretive yet crucial market for big players. From equities to fixed-income securities and derivatives, these hidden venues ...