8th Annual Central Bank Workshop on the Microstructure of Financial Markets

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Rise of the Machines: Algorithmic Trading in the Foreign Exchange Market

Presentation: Alain Chaboud, Benjamin Chiquoine, Erik Hjalmarsson and Clara Vega
Discussant: Cheng Gao

The Trading Profits of High Frequency Traders

Presentation: Matthew Baron, Jonathan Brogaard and Andrei Kirilenko
Discussant: Ryan Riordan

Hidden Liquidity: Some New Light on Dark Trading

Presentation: Gideon Saar
Discussant: Haoxiang Zhu

Dark Pool Exclusivity Matters

Presentation: Leslie Boni, David Brown and Chris Leach
Discussant: Nikil Chande

Keynote Presentation on Dark Liquidity and Fragmented Markets

Presentation: Doug Clark

The Homogenization of US Equity Trading

Presentation: Lawrence Harris

Predatory or Sunshine Trading? Evidence from Crude Oil ETF Rolls

Presentation: Hendrik Bessembinder, Allen Carrion, Laura Tuttle and Kumar Venkataraman
Discussant: Ruslan Goyenko

Maker-Taker Fees and Informed Trading in a Low-Latency Limit-Order Market

Presentation: Michael Brolley and Katya Malinova
Discussant: Liyan Yang

Identifying Cross-Sided Liquidity Externalities: A Tale of the Two-sided Markets

Presentation: Johannes Skjeltorp, Elvira Sojli and Wing Wah Tham
Discussant: Michael Brolley

News Trading and Speed

Presentation: Thierry Foucault, Johan Hombert and Ioanid Rosu
Discussant: Mao Ye

High-Frequency Trading in the US Treasury Market – Evidence around Macroeconomic News Announcements

Presentation: George Jiang, Ingrid Lo and Giorgio Valente
Discussant: Sarah Zhang

Reducing Opaqueness in Over-the-Counter Markets

Presentation: Zhuo Zhong
Discussant: Joshua Slive

Bid-Ask Spreads and the Pricing of Securitizations: 144a vs. Registered Securitizations

Presentation: Burton Hollifield, Artem Neklyudov and Chester Spatt

Discussant: Allen Carrion

Keynote Presentation on HFT

Presentation: Charles Jones

FX Market Illiquidity and Funding-Liquidity Constraints

Presentation: Chiara Banti and Kate Phylaktis
Discussant: Hans Jorgen Tranvag

Market Order Flows, Limit Order Flows and Exchange Rate Dynamics

Presentation: Roman Kozhan, Michael Moore and Richard Payne
Discussant: Martin Evans

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