Wall Street Oasis - Investment Banking & Finance Community: Conflict of Interest - Unfair but Necessary?

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Wall Street Oasis - Investment Banking & Finance Community The Wall Street Finance Community where investment bankers, consultants, traders, private equity and hedge fund professionals come to learn and play.

Conflict of Interest - Unfair but Necessary? Jul 8th 2013, 23:30, by tt1254 Misaligned incentives seem to be a common trait in selling financial products. After issuer-paid credit ratings and stock exchanges which cater to high frequency traders, even data releases are not immune to such practices. Thomson Reuters is now under investigation for releasing a well-known customer confidence survey two seconds earlier to select clients for a $6K/month fee. In terms of information fairness, they issue is clear - high frequency traders have a huge advantage other short term traders without such information. However, what is the alternative? read more Media files: preview (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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