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US Regulators Call for Circuit-Breakers but Exchange Risks Remain, says Expert

By 20 May, 2010June 6th, 2017News

Operational Risk & Regulation

David Benyon writes about the SEC’s call for ‘circuit-breakers’ following the plummeting of Dow Jones index shares on 6th May 2010. GreySpark explains that both rules and circuit-breakers are required to protect the market as a whole. Importantly, these need to be applied to all market operators, who must also prove how much volume they can cope with in terms of peak activity.

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