Market Structure Partners’ CEO Niki Beattie is often quoted in the financial press on a wide range of international market regulation issues. Find all the links to the articles below.

Niki Beattie is also regularly featured in video interviews across the media and at industry events.

25 Jul 2013
Traders attack plans for UK tax on HFT
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Niki Beattie, managing director of consultancy Market Structure Partners, said: “According to our annual review of trading costs globally, trading in the UK is already three times as expensive as any other Western market due to regulatory costs…

08 Jul 2013
Banks stage great technology escape
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Niki Beattie, managing director of the consultancy Market Structure Partners, said: “There will be people in each bank trying to stop the closure of their own platforms. There will be a lot of political decisions involved.”

13 May 2013
Former Chi-X Europe chief plots bold Euronext bid
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Niki Beattie, managing director at consultancy Market Structure Partners, said that the tough nature of the equities market could result in a number of private equity firms “walking away” from a deal. However, she added that some would see value in restructuring Euronext.

01 May 2013
Asia Pacific bourses reap benefits of lack of competition
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Niki Beattie, managing director at consultancy Market Structure Partners, said: “None of the large Asian exchanges are suffering huge competition at the moment. ASX and SGX have no real direct rivals, while Japan does see some but has a regulatory…

24 Apr 2013
Banks join forces to try to reduce costs
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Niki Beattie, managing director of consultancy Market Structure Partners, said that “almost the entire back office could be put into an industry utility”, starting with compliance processes such as know-your-client, or KYC, checks.

10 Apr 2013
Open-all-hours bourses battle for market share
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Niki Beattie, managing director at consultancy Market Structure Partners, said: “There is an increasing trend towards more global trading and a desire for exposure to products in other parts of the world and exchanges are trying to respond to this.” Beattie said: “Exchanges usually extend hours in areas…

25 Mar 2013
Aquis reveals pricing structure, appoints chair
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…announced the appointment of Niki Beattie, managing director at consultancy Market Structure Partners, as its independent non-executive chairman. Aquis, which is aiming to launch in the middle of this year, will attempt to break what it perceives to be a duopoly in European equity trading…

25 Mar 2013
Aquis to shake up equity trading model
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…it had appointed Niki Beattie, an industry consultant, non-executive chairman. It is hoping to shake up competition in Europe where investors are largely faced with a choice of trading either on national bourses or a single independent share trading venue…

25 Mar 2013
Niki Beattie joins Aquis as inaugural chairperson
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Niki Beattie, one of Financial News’ top 100 most influential women in European financial markets last year, has been appointed as the first chairperson of the proposed pan-European equities trading venue Aquis Exchange…

06 Mar 2013
Resources and Regulations Produce Pressures for European Firms
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… take forever to transpire, or that force firms to spend time and money preparing for those that come into effect only a few months after inception. Niki Beattie, managing director of Market Structure Partners, a consultancy, says regulators might help participants by providing a phasing-in period…