SEC Report On GameStop Questions Adequacy Of Trading Regulations - Corporate/Commercial Law
In a new report, the SEC reviewed regulatory issues involving GameStop trading in January 2021.
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In a new report, the SEC reviewed regulatory issues involving GameStop trading in January 2021.
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Congressional Research Service ("CRS") reviewed the role that "payment for order flow" ("PFOF") plays in the "surge in retail investor securities trading at major discount broker-dealers." In its report, CRS described PFOF as a controversial rebate subsidizing the "non-existent commissions." CRS stated that when broker-dealers do not pass the PFOF rebates onto clients, the economic incentives to send retail orders to rebating market-makers create potential conflicts of interest. CRS n...