Topics in Pricing and Execution

Abstract

Pricing and execution are essential ingredients of every financial product and market. In order to create a viable and enduring market, participants must derive some form of economic benefit, or interest will soon wane. Equally, for a transaction to be of use, it must actually be executed—it is pointless to submit orders that go unfilled or are rerouted so often that the speed advantages of the marketplace are lost. The same applies within the dark pool sector, where it is critical for clients to derive cost savings and venues to generate revenues, and for orders to be filled efficiently.