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The role of floor brokers in the supply of liquidity: An empirical analysis
Author(s) -
Berkman Henk,
Hayes Laura
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of futures markets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.88
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1096-9934
pISSN - 0270-7314
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9934(200003)20:3<205::aid-fut1>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - market liquidity , order (exchange) , stock exchange , business , limit (mathematics) , industrial organization , market maker , financial economics , commerce , stock market , economics , finance , mathematics , mathematical analysis , paleontology , horse , biology
Abstract This article analyses the role of floor brokers in the supply of liquidity on the Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives market. Floor brokers have valuable order execution skills because of their information advantage over off‐floor traders and their ability to mitigate some problems related to the option‐like characteristics of limit orders. Our results indicate that floor broker participation in the execution of limit orders tends to be high when the above qualities are most valuable. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 20:205–218, 2000