Over the past decade, technological progress in trading systems and on exchanges induced significant changes in the trading landscape. A significant increase in the speed of trading, the dominance of algorithmic trading and the introduction of new trading platforms and market designs challenge investors, market operators and regulators.

HFT2016 aims at bringing together some of the world's leading experts on high-frequency trading. The focus will be on a critical analysis as well as the perspectives of this recent development in global financial markets.