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The “dark pool”—a somewhat mysterious, even ominous, term—is the name given to a market structure that is quickly becoming an integral part of the traded financial markets of the twenty-first century. While on the surface the concept of a dark pool might sound threatening, reality is fortunately rather different: such pools convey a range of benefits to both buyside investors and sell-side brokers and dealers, contributing to rapid growth in a relatively short period.
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© 2010 Erik Banks
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Banks, E. (2010). Introduction to Dark Pools. In: Dark Pools. Palgrave Macmillan Finance and Capital Markets Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230275218_1
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