Energy Metro Desk Article "Drums along the Potomac" Addresses Perspectives on HFT Before the Upcoming TAC Meeting

Linked below is an article featured in the Energy Metro Desk series, "Drums along the Potomac," which discusses the recent attention to market rigging and examines how regulators plan to address high-frequency trading ("HFT").

According to the article, the upcoming CFTC Technology Advisory Committee ("TAC") meeting will focus on an in-depth discussion of HFT. When asked about the upcoming meeting in an interview in Energy Metro Desk, Commissioner O'Malia said, "I don’t want to overstate the political on this. I think people want to be informed and prepared on these issues, of the assertions made in the book (Flash Boys) . . . that the markets are somehow rigged . . . and I want to address these matters."

Click here to view the article. The above link is an excerpt from the most recent issue of Energy Metro Desk, which is published biweekly by Scudder Publishing Group, an energy trade news publishing company based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Those interested in learning more about Energy Metro Desk may do so by linking to www.energymetro.com or emailing [email protected]. Reprinted with permission of the publisher, Scudder Publishing Group, LLC. Copyright 2014.

Related news: Keynote Address by Commissioner O'Malia at Tabb Forum Event Regarding Evolving Market Structure (with Lofchie Comment) (May 7, 2014); CFTC Commissioner O'Malia Delivers Speech Discussing Technology and the Future of Financial Standards (with Lofchie Comment) (March 25, 2014); Energy Metro Desk Article "Drums along the Potomac" Discusses O'Malia's Committee on High-Frequency Trading (with Lofchie Comment) (March 11, 2014).