Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday facilitated the participation of retail investors in algorithmic trading (algo trading), which provides advantages of faster order execution and improved liquidity. At present, only institutional investors are allowed to put in algo trading, which provides significant advantages of timed and programmed order execution.Also, the regulator came out with a regulatory framework aimed at spelling out the rights and responsibilities of the main stakeholders of the trading ecosystem such as investors, brokers, algo providers/vendors and Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs) so that the retail investors can avail algo facilities with requisite safeguards.The move will be applicable from August 1, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular.
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