A specialist is a type of market maker who works on the floor of the NYSE and specializes in trading specific stocks. Market Makers and Specialists The NYSE operates with a system of individual ...

Designated Market Makers Many exchanges use a system of market makers who compete ... for making a market in specific securities. The specialist process exists to ensure that all marketable ...

We constantly talk about the market makers [MMs] and their activities ... The remains of the exchange floor specialist system are here. Wholesale MMs serving regional brokers are essentially ...

Unlike market makers on Nasdaq, which operates an electronic network ... survival and continuing growth will depend on how successful the Big Board is at retaining the specialist system. So far, the ...

The Specialist is always there to buy or sell when no other ... My best guess is that the Exchange will go the way of NASDAQ, eventually instituting a competitive market maker system. Changes in ...

In fact, this role was previously known as a "specialist." Some of the well-known firms that act as market makers include Goldman Sachs (GS), Credit Suisse, Citadel Securities, and TD Securities ...

Auction markets differ from dealer markets in that a specialist fields ... Not only that, market makers help modulate risk through the bid-ask spread, while also improving market transparency. To see ...

This enhancement ensures that Market Makers maintain an active presence even when their Order Management System (OMS) is offline. The system seamlessly integrates with multiple OTC Markets ...

and often buy or sell shares from their own holdings to keep the market balanced and orderly. The specialist system, which involves an open auction for each trade, has been in place since 1792.

Teather & Greenwood, the small-cap broker, is to become a second choice of market-maker, or "specialist", for new companies listing on Ofex. John Jenkins, chairman of both JP Jenkins and of Ofex ...