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The business case for a stock market speed bump

Sep 19, 2018
A 350-millisecond delay can help long-term investors get equal footing with high-frequency traders, argues IEX's CEO.
Bradley Katsuyama, IEX Group president and CEO, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee about high-speed stock trading in U.S. markets on Capitol Hill in 2014.
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Brad Katsuyama, IEX co-founder, on how his new stock exchange will make people feel safer

Jun 22, 2016
350 millionths of a second can make quite a difference.
IEX Group President and CEO Bradley Katsuyama testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee about high-speed stock trading in U.S. markets on Capitol Hill back in 2014. 
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SEC decision on new stock exchange imminent

Jun 17, 2016
A critic of high-frequency trading is trying to launch a new stock exchange.
Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Brad Katsuyama talks disrupting Wall Street

Dec 23, 2014
The President and CEO of IEX says innovation could right market wrongs.

IEX scores big investors

Sep 3, 2014
The upstart, alternative system will attempt to become a regulated exchange.

New trade venue is in talks to become a full-fledged financial exchange

May 28, 2014
The firm is in talks to raise money to become a new financial exchange.