| Arthur Levitt, Chairman emeritus of the
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| | too short, particularly for institutional
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| SEC, said at an SIA conference in Boca
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| | investors and large orders. Considering
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| Raton in November 1999: Best execution
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| | that large orders are often worked over
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| encompasses a number of factors starting
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| | multiple days, and the value of the
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| with the price of the execution and the
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| | definition dwindles. Additionally,
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| opportunity for price improvement. Other
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| | consider market volatility in context
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| factors include speed and likelihood of
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| | with daily VWAP (volume weighted average
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| execution. For institutional investors,
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| | price, a price point few institutional
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| anonymity and liquidity might be
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| | traders want to exceed in trading);
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| overriding concerns. In any case, the
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| | today's worst price can be much better
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| quality of execution must always be
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| | than tomorrow's best price. Therefore,
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| viewed from the customer's perspective,
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| | the definition mentioned earlier lacks
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| not the firm's.
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| | validity in today's environment.
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| This paper discusses the concept of best
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| | Due to the sheer number of variables
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| execution in that light, the regulatory
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| | present in any market it is difficult, if
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| environment in which it is defined, and
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| | not impossible, to show that the best
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| examines a number of approaches for the
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| | possible execution is actually achieved.
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| investor to obtain the best execution
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| | Many firms quote best execution as a
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| possible.
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| | marketing tool to sell their products and
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| Best Execution
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| | services; however no firm will guarantee
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| Best execution means different things to
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| | that best execution is ever achieved.
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| different people. To some it means
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| | The number of firms who advertise best
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| attaining the inside price of the best
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| | execution has grown significantly over
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| quoted bid or offer for an order. To
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| | the past few years, primarily as the
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| others, notably institutional investors
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| | number of participants within the capital
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| or traders, it means working a large
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| | markets arena has grown. As trading
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| order without moving the market in an
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| | volume has increased so has the number of
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| adverse manner.
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| | execution venues (in conjunction with a
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| Traditionally, one would assume that
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| | loosening of financial regulations). The
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| achieving the best execution is the same
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| | increase in competition and number of
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| as finding the best price for a trade at
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| | execution venues has lead to increasingly
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| the time the trade needs to be made. This
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| | fragmented pools of liquidity and the
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| seems reasonable at first glance, but
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| | necessity for development of algorithms
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| upon closer inspection, one might find
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| | to discern ways of achieving optimal
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| that the time horizon considered here is
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| | execution within this environment.
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