Price fixing
NORMALLY, share prices are set on stockmarkets. The London Stock Exchange, which recently installed a fancy new system to trade shares electronically, wants to stand that method on its head. To avoid share traders manipulating prices, the bourse intends to do so itself.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Price fixing”
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