“What you really need are computer geniuses who failed as algorithmic traders and are willing to switch sides,” said Brad Bennett, who was head of enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority until earlier this year.
Robert Jackson Jr., one of the nominees to SEC commissioner, told a senate committee the SEC should take a “prominent oversight role” over the SRO.
Most TCA advisors had a positive view of the news and weren’t worried about potential competition with the company’s discount brokerage.