In the middle of the East Coast’s slow broil in the summer of 2018, a curious phenomenon surfaced. As a tropical air mass settled in and smothered the metropolitan New York area, a certain breed of ...

From air taxis to autonomous cars, business psychologist Patrick Planing explains why behavior change remains the hardest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

High frequency trading has been in the news more, thanks in part to Michael Lewis’ new book, Flash Boys. This article presents a simple explanation of how and why high frequency trading works, and why ...

The 10 biggest HFT firms in the world (BTW, HFT stands for high frequency trading for those not in the know) have heralded significant changes in the way traders around the world do business, by sheer ...

Sir, Pity the crashing profits of the high-frequency trading business. The industry blames higher costs, relentless competition, and unruffled markets for its empty purse (“Speed bump”, The Big Read, ...