Conference examines market structure and market integrity

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[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/DeGrootevertical1.jpg” caption=”The DeGroote School of Business and Market Regulation Services will host the second annual Conference on Market Structure and Market Integrity on Monday, Nov. 12. Photo by Susan Bubak. “]Leading equity market researchers from around the world gather in Toronto this Monday to present their findings during the second annual Market Regulation Services-DeGroote School of Business Conference on Market Structure and Market Integrity.

Papers in post-trade anonymity, bond market transparency, short selling, regulatory restrictions and limit order markets will be presented. A special panel on new equity marketplaces focuses on alternative trading platforms now being planned in Canada.

“The second annual conference is a highlight for the trading community,” says Paul Bates, dean and industry professor, DeGroote School of Business. “With our partner, Market Regulation Services, we look forward to a content-rich day where information is shared between the academic world and the trading practitioner.”

Robert Schwartz, the Marvin M. Speiser professor of finance and University Distinguished Professor at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, City University of New York is the keynote speaker.

Market Regulation Services Inc. (RS) is the independent regulation services provider for Canadian equity markets. It monitors each and every trade in real time every day to protect the investor and ensure market integrity.