Equity Trading by Institutional Investors: To Cross or Not to Cross

EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Discussion Paper

23 Pages Posted: 5 Aug 2002

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Randi Naes

Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry

Bernt Arne Ødegaard

University of Stavanger

Date Written: April 2005

Abstract

The proliferation of market places and trading methods is a striking feature of current equity markets. A stated goal of all the new trading arrangements is to reduce transaction costs. We investigate costs in one particular new market place, the crossing network. A crossing network is a satellite trading place; it uses prices derived from some primary market, and merely matches on quantity. Using special features of a data sample from a large institutional investor, we provide evidence that low measured costs in crossing networks are offset by substantial costs of non-trading. The costs of non-trading, which are related to adverse selection in the networks, are not reflected in standard measures of transaction costs.

Keywords: Costs of equity trading, Trading mechanisms, Alternative trading systems, Crossing networks, Institutional equity trading

JEL Classification: G10, G20

Suggested Citation

Naes, Randi and Ødegaard, Bernt Arne, Equity Trading by Institutional Investors: To Cross or Not to Cross (April 2005). EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Discussion Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=302690 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.302690

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Bernt Arne Ødegaard

University of Stavanger ( email )

UiS Business School
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