Dark Pools: Off-Exchange Liquidity in an Era of High Frequency, Program, and Algorithmic Trading - Paperback

by E. Banks (Author)

This book deals with the topic of dark trading, or non-displayed, off-exchange trading execution. It discusses the development, importance and practice of dark equity trading in an environment dominated by high frequency, program, block and algorithmic trading, and considers its future prospects in a world of mobile capital and changing regulation.

Author Biography

Erik Banks is an experienced practitioner and regular contributor to the literature in the field of financial risk management, traded markets and regulation. He has spent over 25 years in international banking, working at major financial institutions in New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Munich. During his career, Erik has been responsible for managing various aspects of financial risk and capital commitments at Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, XL Capital, and Citibank. He has also been a partner in a multi-strategy international equity hedge fund and has consulted for several other alternative asset hedge funds. Erik is the author of over 20 books on risk, derivatives, markets and governance.