Government should act on high-frequency trading

By Richard Livingston
Updated May 13 2014 - 10:11am, first published April 23 2014 - 3:18pm
Should the government review high-frequency trading? Photo: Peter Braig
Should the government review high-frequency trading? Photo: Peter Braig

Across the globe regulators thought they’d successfully buried their heads in the sand but Flash Boys, the new book by Michael Lewis, has the whole world talking about high-frequency trading (HFT) once more.