SEC May Risk Harming Investors With ‘Trade-At Rule’ for Stocks
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Individual investors could be hurt should regulators alter an equities-trading rule limiting the prices at which brokers can execute orders away from public markets, an executive at TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said.
An eight-member committee urged the Securities and Exchange Commission in a report yesterday to adopt a restriction called a trade-at rule. It would prevent venues and brokerages from executing orders within their walls unless they improve pricing by a specified amount versus the market’s best level.