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IN June, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) will enjoy a boost in liquidity as lowered fees and new discounts and rebates entice market makers and high-speed traders to set up shop here.
That's the plan, at least. But depending on who you ask, high-frequency traders are either harbingers of doom for capital markets or herald a new age of liquidity.
The truth, as is often the case, is a little more nuanced. High-frequency or algorithmic trading can be good or bad for the market, and the answer pivots on two points.
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