PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hans Degryse AU - Mark Van Achter AU - Gunther Wuyts TI - Shedding Light on Dark Liquidity Pools DP - 2009 Dec 21 TA - Trading PG - 147--155 VI - 2009 IP - 1 4099 - http://guides.pm-research.com/content/2009/1/147.short 4100 - http://guides.pm-research.com/content/2009/1/147.full AB - This article reviews the recent developments on dark liquidity pools starting from the theoretical and empirical academic literature. The number of dark liquidity pools as well as their trading volume has grown substantially in the last couple of years. The authors highlight the incentives of providers as well as users of these dark liquidity pools and study the impact of recent financial regulation in Europe (MiFID). They conclude by providing an outlook on dark liquidity pools.