NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - Citadel Securities has
sent the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a wish list for
capital markets regulation, including warnings about the risks
of 24-hour trading planned by exchanges.
The market maker founded by billionaire investor Ken Griffin
said overnight trading requires a clear regulatory framework, as
well as market infrastructure to support it, calling for
consistency around dates.
Exchanges like Nasdaq, Cboe Global Markets ( CBOE )
and Intercontinental Exchange ( ICE ), the operator of the New
York Stock Exchange, have announced plans for extended trading
hours.
The 29-page letter, which became public on Wednesday, also
contains proposals for equities, derivatives, treasuries, credit
and digital assets. It includes requests for new regulation, as
well as for the revision of some rules. The firm trades roughly
$570 billion a day, according to its website.
The SEC did not immediately comment on Citadel's capital
markets proposals.
The lengthy list called for more regulation of so-called
private rooms, or alternative trading systems in which the
number of market participants is limited.
"These private rooms raise a number of concerns that warrant
regulatory scrutiny," the firm said in the letter, adding that
they do not comply with fair access and transparency rules.
In the fixed income market, Citadel favors more transparency
in the corporate bond market, calling for a faster disclosure of
block trade sizes.
Citadel's wish list comes as Paul Atkins, who previously
served as an SEC member from 2002 to 2008 and was seen as a
business-friendly lawyer, was sworn as the regulator's chairman
earlier this month.