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Goldman Sachs Included in HFT Investigation

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Mark Melin
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Despite somehow coming out as a hero in Flash Boys, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) is nonetheless facing investigative inquiry related to its high frequency trading and hiring practices relative to US antibribery laws, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Goldman Sachs Included in HFT Investigation

Goldman Sachs gets out of line of fire

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was known to have a robust dark pool stock trading platform operating leading up to the book being published. Sources indicate Michael Lewis had interviewed subjects for the book in the spring and summer of 2013 as the story was...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.