The table is finally set on Capitol Hill with the drawn-out election process resulting in a divided Congress. But there is one issue that…

Look at your next restaurant, phone or credit card bill– and you would be incensed if there were hidden fees. Yet, they exist, quietly…

Former MIT cryptocurrency professor Gary Gensler, more widely known today as the new chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

Congressional oversight of the nation’s securities markets takes center stage today with a hearing on GameStop’s frantic stock trading over…

Framed as a tax on Wall Street, a new study contends that a financial transaction tax in reality would threaten the retirement savings of…

Middle class Americans saving for college, retirement and other life milestones would see a “backbreaking tax bite” if federal proposals to…

2020 was a chaotic year for K Street, with the coronavirus pandemic and lobbying battles for COVID-19 relief legislation consuming much of…

Despite tragic setbacks brought by COVID-19, 2020 showed promise in one area: technology. From video calls replacing office meetings to…

With the resurgence of COVID-19 in many states across the country, millions of people out of work, and a pivotal political election quickly…

Recent bills introduced in Congress to impose a financial transaction tax (FTT) would have a drastic effect on retirement savings and many…

A financial transaction tax like those proposed by presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris would cost investors saving for…

When Bernie Sanders revealed that his proposal for free college tuition and the erasure of student debt depended on a financial-transaction…

Over the past few decades, life as many of us know it has changed dramatically due to the evolution of AI — artificial intelligence.…

Wednesday is National 529 College Savings Plan Day – but you might want to think twice before celebrating. The 529 plans are widely…

In her latest op-ed, MMI CEO Kirsten Wegner dives into how the proposed retirement tax would be a huge hit to pensions and 401k investors.

MMI CEO Kirsten Wegner weighed in on FinTech trends investors should be on the lookout for in 2019 in this op-ed in The Hill.

MMI’s Kirsten Wenger was named among The HIll’s list of the most distinguished and accomplished professionals from the influence world who…

Imagine this: free college tuition for everyone, and all we have to do is impose a tiny tax on big-money financial institutions when they…

An analysis shows a new bill introduced in the Senate would result in a significant financial hit to retirement plan investors. Modern…

Institutional investors continue to navigate a challenging landscape marked by geopolitical risks, low yields and sizable long-term…

On May 14, MMI was excited to join NCPERS in ringing the closing bell at the NYSE. MMI celebrated the public service in our communities of…

The events of the past few days have reopened important conversations about the role of professional intermediaries using High Frequency…

Exchanges are rapidly increasing the cost of their proprietary data feeds that traders need to compete in US markets, writes Kirsten…

BNP Paribas has partnered with electronic market-making firm GTS for US Treasury trading, cementing a new era of collaboration between…

Modern Markets Initiative (MMI), a trade group representing several prominent high-frequency trading firms, announced the appointment on…

Money managers and internally managed pension funds are expected follow T. Rowe Price, which started sending direct equity order flow to…

Bill Harts, CEO of the Modern Markets Initiative, is one of the panelists who will be considering “Trading in the new normal environment”…

The SEC couldn’t gain nearly unrestricted access to trading systems’ computer software under a new Republican proposal to overhaul the…

Rachel Evans and Annie Massa report Precidian Investments has unveiled a new suite of strategies for an innovative type of actively managed…

Bill Harts speaks to top IR firm Sharon Merrill for its The Podium blog where he wants investor relations people to know that…

Show host, and 17-year futures veteran and CME member, Anthony Crudele speaks with MMI CEO Bill Harts at the 2017 FIA Boca conference.

MMI CEO Bill Harts writes that blockchain is a futuristic FinTech solution whose potential has captured the imaginations of many in the…

MMI CEO Bill Harts writes that Rep. Keith Ellison reintroduced his plan for a financial transaction tax on every stock, bond and…

Emily Stewart reports that no clear pattern can be derived from the performance of the public companies President Trump has attacked or…

Program Host Chuck Jaffe, winner of numerous awards for business and personal finance journalism, speaks to Bill Harts about the benefits…

Mark Melin writes that a 2016 SEC Office of Inspector General (OIG) report contains a little-noticed reprimand of an SEC quantitative…

Alexander Osipovich reports that a sharp move in stock-market futures that fueled the Dec. 7 buying in U.S. equities likely reflected…

Tim Cave reports Bill Harts, chief executive of New York-based HFT advocacy group Modern Markets Initiative, said that as a result of the…

Renae Merle reports Wall Street insiders had been preparing for a Clinton administration that would institute a financial transaction tax…

Mark Melin reports the CFTC proposed rulemaking changes to issue a “special call” notice to registered participant as opposed to a legal…

Gregory Meyer and Joe Rennison report the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s proposal, known as Regulation AT, seeks subpoena-less…

Dan DeFrancesco reports panelists at the North American Buy-Side Technology Summit 2016 discussed the merits of a portion of Reg AT calling…

Benjamin Bain reports Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Timothy Massad said his commission is considering modifying its push…

Ryan Rainey reports that one critic of IEX’s application has been the New York-based Modern Markets Initiative.

Fair and fierce competition in the U.S. stock market has greatly benefited our country.

GTS Co-Founder and CEO Ari Rubenstein discussed his firm’s handling of the trading debut of US Foods.

“For the most part what they put out in Reg AT are best practice rules that most high-frequency trading (HFT) firms already follow,” said…

Renae Merle reports the proposed so-called transaction tax has already raised concerns among some on Wall Street.

Matt Turner reports Modern Markets Initiative is making a new effort to demystify the firms.

Would you like to retire with 32% more money in your 401(k) account? Do you want to be sure your online brokerage is providing you with the…

Allison Morris reports MMI CEO Bill Harts says he doesn’t think there’s a single Wall Street candidate for president, and believes if you…

MMI CEO Bill Harts writes that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is running an aspirational campaign long on provocative…

Naomi Jagoda reports Modern Markets Initiative, an advocacy group for high-frequency trading firms, has been writing op-eds to speak out…

Nicole Bullock reports that last week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it would continue weighing the application from…

Annie Massa and Brian Lewis report (MMI Founding Member) Hudson River Trading LLC and CTC Trading Group LLC both filed public letters…

Emily Stewart reports one of the core parts of the Sanders campaign platform, the Wall Street speculation tax — otherwise known as a…

Annie Massa reports Citadel Securities and (MMI Founding Member) Global Trading Systems LLC recently agreed to buy NYSE floor-trading…

Financial Times’ Robin Wigglesworth features MMI Member Mark Gorton, the founder and head of Tower Research Capital.

In Modern Trader magazine, MMI CEO Bill Harts writes that when Coca-Cola abruptly withdrew from India in 1977, where it had been operating…

Annie Massa reports Modern Markets Initiative Founding Member Global Trading Systems agreed to purchase Barclays Plc’s business at the New…

MMI appreciates the Commission’s work, generally, but takes special notice of the comprehensive efforts related to Regulation AT.

Black Engineer reports that in a summer 2015 commentary, Bill Harts, CEO of the Modern Markets Initiative, agreed that affordable college…

John Aidan Byrne reports MMI CEO Bill Harts regarding the anti-HFT claims made by IEX in its application to become a registered stock…

Eduard Gismatullin and Sam Mamudi report Chinese securities regulators are preparing some of the world’s strictest regulations on a trading…

Pensions & Investments published an opinion piece from MMI CEO Bill Harts on those who will be affected by a financial transaction taxes.

TabbFORUM published an opinion piece by Cameron Smith, president of MMI Member firm Quantlab.

Based on our reading of IEX’s comment letters, we believe IEX realizes it will need an extraordinary exemption for its unprecedented…

In The Wall Street Journal, MMI Member Global Trading Systems is cited as one of the companies creating algorithms that are remaking the…

Financial Times explores the role of proprietary trading firms (PTF) in providing liquidity in the Treasuries market, especially during a…

In the International Business Times, cited MMI in a story about the important role of HFT and how a financial transaction tax would have a…

The Washington Post reports MMI CEO Bill Harts said his member firms worked hard to clear orders, especially sellers whose orders…

On CNBC, MMI refutes claims that the trading of odd lots during the 1,000 point decline on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on August 24,…

In The Wall Street Journal, an analysis of the 1,000 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on August 24, 2015 is analyzed and…

The goal is lofty, audacious and of perfect soundbite length: Free college tuition for all, paid for exclusively by a “small” tax on “Wall…

CNBC.com published an Op-Ed by MMI CEO Bill Harts in which he explained the negative consequences of a financial transaction tax.

Bill Harts, chief executive of the Modern Markets Initiative, an advocacy group for high-frequency trading firms, said those firms support…

Traders Magazine.com publishes a blog post from Modern Markets Initiative in which MMI is looking to change the perception of…

“Clearly, when the markets went down a lot of people were surprised that there are a lot of other markets that trade the same stocks as the…

The Modern Markets Initiative and the Principle Traders Group say the (treasury report on Oct 15 2014 volatility) vindicates HFT’s role in…

Bill Harts, chief executive of the MMI said regulators should focus on behaviors they would like to encourage or discourage, rather than…

While the NYSE was down, NYSE stocks did, in fact, continue to trade normally.

There has been a decrease in the volatile rhetoric surrounding HFT.

“Michael Lewis got it wrong when he said that high-frequency traders are front running the public market. What he alleged is simply…

Peter Kovac, Author, Flash Boys: Not So Fast and an MMI consultant joins BNN’s The Street for a look at why he’s refuting claims made in…

Bill Harts, CEO of MMI said, “As long as there is any SIP, it’s going to be slower than direct feeds.”

Profile of MMI Member Hudson River Trading.

Global Trading Systems CEO and MMI member Ari Rubenstein said, “The modern American market of today is requiring market makers to innovate…

The Wall Street Journal has a report out today looking at the inner-workings of a high frequency trading firm—Modern Markets Initiative…

Former CFTC Commissioner and current MMI consultant Bart Chilton appeared on Bloomberg Television’s “Bottom Line” and discussed MMI’s…

With the SEC initiating a 12-month pilot program designed to determine whether trading the stocks of small companies in wider “tick sizes”…

MMI CEO Bill Harts says, “Based on what we’ve seen so far, we absolutely are backing Chairman White and we think that a well-regulated…

MMI Consultant Peter Nabicht writes an opinion piece in which he asks lawmakers be aware that our financial markets have always had…

MMI Consultant Peter Nabicht says “Our primary message is that electronic markets are an evolution of our marketplaces.  It’s not a drastic…

In an opinion piece MMI Member Cameron Smith says, “It’s time to recognize the fact that today’s investors can handle the truth and…

MMI Consultant Peter Nabicht is featured on The Options Insider discussing the legality and benefits of high frequency trading to end…

An Ari Rubenstein, co-founder of (MMI Member firm) Global Trading Systems, Op-Ed in which he says, “thanks to “Flash Boys,” the vast…

MMI Consultant Peter Nabicht discusses the benefits of high frequency trading.

MMI Consultant Peter Nabicht agrees that Michael Lewis’ book Flash Boys sparked constructive debate around the current state of financial…

Cameron Smith, president of (MMI Member firm) Quantlab co-writes an Op-Ed in which he says, “To blame computerized trading for our woes is…

MMI Consultant Peter Nabicht responds to criticisms of HFT, including how it actually lowers costs for the small investor.