The internet revolution in equity markets

ItÆs not about online trading or ECNs, says James Shapiro, senior managing director at NYSE.
April 03, 2001

“Fundamentally exchanges are just networks,” says the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) main representative in Asia. And the real long-term impact of the internet on the business of stock trading comes from the expansion of those networks worldwide.

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