Professor Brian Scott-Quinn answers questions on the social value of high frequency traders on the FT.com

Professor Brian Scott-Quinn, non-executive Chairman at the ICMA Centre, has been interviewed on the Financial Times.com 'Trading Room' webcast, tackling the question of 'Are high frequency traders socially useful' Professor Scott-Quinn also looks at the difficulty determining who owns a company's shares, due to high frequncy trading's quick turnovers.

Interview in full

Published	22 March 2010

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