Amid all the enthusiasm for the rise of equity markets and for a new global equity culture, it is easy to overlook the infrastructure of share trading; yet the ease and the cost of buying and selling shares are crucial factors in how far and how fast such a culture takes root. As we have seen, stock exchanges in both America and Europe could do with some reforms on both these scores. But the biggest obstacles in Europe are stored up in the back office.
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