Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Here’s something for critics of high-frequency trading (HFT) — and lovers ...

High-frequency trading has spawned a plethora of conflicting viewpoints. For critics of the practice, HFT firms are predators that exploit technology to cheat the competitions and game the system. To ...

When TV producers are looking for footage to illustrate financial news, the easiest choice is often the trading floor of an exchange, with traders gesticulating and shouting. This summer, some of ...

Change is often for the greater good. But when one of these good changes is abused, it winds up benefitting a few at the cost of the majority. That's what happened with high-frequency trading. So, ...

Fidelity Investments said on Thursday it is exploring the creation of a new trading venue with other asset managers, as regulators investigate the controversial practice of high-frequency trading.

I wrote yesterday about the manner in which Michael Lewis has got the wrong end of the stick about high frequency trading in this new book. Many commenters seemed a little unhappy at the idea that ...

Yeah, those guys who were ultimately responsible for everything from the Flash Crash to the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing and shooting J.R. Ewing. These traders, who relied on hyper-fast computers and ...