Watchdog observes light-speed probe on high frequency trades

By Malcolm Maiden
Updated April 19 2014 - 8:13am, first published 7:16am

The speed of light is constant, but regulation of the way it is leveraged by sharemarket high-frequency traders is not, and that is the key to understanding why Australia's regulators are watching but not panicking as their counterparts overseas hit the panic button over high-frequency trading (HFT).

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