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THETRADETECH DA I LY in-depth THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF TRADETECH 2018 TRADING VENUES French regulator questions Cboe’s periodic auction transparency CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTORITÉ DES MARCHÉS FINANCIERS CALLED OUT CBOE EUROPE’S PERIODIC AUCTION OVER LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. auction. It follows exactly what is required by RTS 1 for periodic auction platforms. All market participants have a clear idea of the functioning of the Cboe Europe Periodic Auctions book and in real time are able to see the price and quanti- ty that is predicted to execute in the auction.” At an earlier session during TradeTech, a panel of periodic auction operators, including Cboe’s Hemsley, downplayed the amount of activity “Periodic auctions are considered to be lit trades, but the level of transparency is indeed very limited. There is practically no pre-trade transparency and no means of fully understanding the order book.” ROBERT OPHÉLE, CHAIRMAN, AUTORITÉ DES MARCHÉS FINANCIERS (AMF) C boe Europe’s periodic auction has been called out by the chairman of the financial regulator in France for its limited transparency during a keynote address. Robert Op