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Should CTOs and CIOs give in to investment bankers' demands for faster trading systems?

The unquantifiable rates that algorithmic/high-frequency trading systems (HFT) operate at allow traders to respond faster to opportunities and threats on the trade floor, while also injecting liqui...

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