Erik Banks is an experienced practitioner and regular contributor to the literature in the field of financial risk management, traded markets and regulation. He has spent over 25 years in international banking, working at major financial institutions in New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Munich. During his career, Erik has been responsible for managing various aspects of financial risk and capital commitments at Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, XL Capital, and Citibank. He has also been a partner in a multi-strategy international equity hedge fund and has consulted for several other alternative asset hedge funds. Erik is the author of over 20 books on risk, derivatives, markets and governance.

Praise for first edition: 'This is an excellent book. It is bang up to date, in what is a very fast changing area. It is clearly written, and provides a very comprehensive description of these markets and how they work. While it fully covers dark pools, its coverage is much wider than that - covering trading in equity markets more generally' - Professor Charles Sutcliffe, The ICMA Centre, University of Reading, UK

• PART I: MARKET STRUCTURE 1. Introduction to Dark Pools 2. Market Liquidity and Structure 3. Dark Pool Structure PART II: MICRO ISSUES 4. Topics in Pricing and Execution 5. Trading in Dark Pools 6. Aspects of Technology and Architecture PART III: ENVIRONMENT OF THE FUTURE 7. Regulation, Control, and Transparency 8. The Future of Dark Pools