04 Feb 2025
Some exchanges pocketing nearly £5 billion from ‘inexplicable’ market data price rises, finds report
Exchanges are leveraging an “incumbent advantage” to enforce “inexplicable price rises” in market data pricing, a new report by Market Structure Partners (MSP) has stated.
Released on Tuesday, the research entitled ‘There is no Market in Market Data’ revealed that incumbent venues are supplementing dwindling equity market revenues and volumes with hikes in market data pricing, ultimately leading to what the paper calls “stifling of growth and innovation”.