EU Proposes Measures to Clamp Down on High Frequency Trading

• By: Staff Editor
• Date: October 21, 2011

The European Commission announced on October 20, 2011 that it has proposed modifications to its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive or Mifid to clamp down on high frequency trading and uncontrolled and non-transparent commodity speculation that is blamed for recent stock market volatility.

This article gives a brief overview of the proposed changes to Mifid and what the Commission hopes to achieve.