IEX Seeks Funding Amid Regulatory Scrutiny of Dark Pools

Mark Melin

Published onMay 23, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

IEX, the "anti-establishment" stock trading venue made famous by author Michael Lewis, is seeking additional working capital from venture capital and private equity firms, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

Regulatory scrutiny of dark pools, which don't publish exchange trading rules, precedes IEX funding and exchange move

As trading in “dark pools” falls under regulatory scrutiny in light of the the Lewis book Flash Boys, IEX, which had the starring role in the book as foil to high frequency trading, seeks to move into the more regulated and...

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Mark Melin

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.

IEX Seeks Funding Amid Regulatory Scrutiny of Dark Pools

Regulatory scrutiny of dark pools, which don't publish exchange trading rules, precedes IEX funding and exchange move

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