FCA stops short of major overhaul of 'dark pool' share trading

By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) – Dark pools or anonymous share trading platforms, must improve how they handle conflicts of interest, Britain’s markets watchdog said on Thursday in a keenly-awaited review that stopped short of proposing any major shake-up.
Dark pools are trading venues that differ from “lit” or public exchanges because share orders are not visible to other traders until they are executed.
They have attracted increasing scrutiny in recent years, amid claims