Knowledge@Australian School of Business

Digital Advantage: The Fuss About High-Frequency Trading


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High-frequency trading (HFT) accounts for 27% of Australian stock market

turnover.  Its critics describe it as parasitic and providing toxic
liquidity. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission says that
most concerns about HFT are unfounded. But controversy is never far
from the surface. Last month, the Industry Super Network (ISN) cried
foul, claiming high-speed traders could cost Australian investors and
retirement savers more than $1.5 billion a year. It prompted Australian
School of Business finance professor Mike Aitken to point out that HFT
is just the latest in a long list of market innovations and that the ISN
should get up to speed, by changing stockbrokers if necessary.

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