Reporting Archive

Retail investors lose most in trade with high-frequency traders, study shows

Dec 04, 2012

2 min read

High-frequency traders take profits at the expense of retail investors as well as other institutional investors and speculators...

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Interview: NASDAQ OMX’s Bruce Aust

Dec 02, 2012

By Tim Human

3 min read

IR Magazine caught up with Bruce Aust, head of NASDAQ OMX’s global listings business and corporate services unit. Last year you...

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MegaFon raises $1.7 bn in IPO in London

Nov 28, 2012

By Adam Brown

3 min read

MegaFon, Russia’s second-biggest mobile phone operator, has raised $1.7 bn in an IPO in London in the largest IPO of a Russian...

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Asia challenges London and New York for cross-border listings

Nov 27, 2012

By Adam Brown

3 min read

While London and New York have dominated the growing cross-border IPO market in the past 10 years, companies looking at cross...

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Russia’s MegaFon seeks to raise $2.1 bn in London IPO

Nov 15, 2012

By Adam Brown

3 min read

MegaFon, Russia’s second-largest mobile phone operator, seeks to raise as much as $2.1 bn in an IPO through global DRs in London...

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US markets to resume trading after superstorm Sandy ravaged northeast

Oct 30, 2012

By Adam Brown

2 min read

US equities markets were slated to resume trading after superstorm Sandy swept through the northeastern US, killing more than 40...

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Sandy swamps northeastern US and threatens to shut US markets for third straight day

Oct 29, 2012

By Adam Brown

3 min read

Superstorm Sandy, which has cut off electricity to Wall Street and left wide swathes of the northeast US coast soaked and wind...

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NYSE and NASDAQ close as Hurricane Sandy threatens to pummel northeastern US with floods and rains

Oct 28, 2012

By Adam Brown

2 min read

The NYSE and NASDAQ have suspended trading today as Hurricane Sandy brings 70-mile-an-hour winds and the threat of widespread...

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High frequency trading lowers transaction costs while leading to periods of instability

Oct 25, 2012

By Adam Brown

3 min read

The advent of high frequency trading has improved market liquidity and lowered transaction costs for both institutional and retail...

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Dow Chemical rushes out restructuring plans after accidentally emailing journalist

Oct 23, 2012

By Tim Human

2 min read

Dow Chemical had to rush out its third quarter results and restructuring plans on Tuesday afternoon after ‘inadvertently’ sending...