Prospects Improve for Seat Prices on NYSE
Traders Magazine, March, 2005 by Peter Chapman
The cost of a Big Board seat appears to be rebounding. Yet, the rate to lease a seat is still depressed after three years of decline. Observers say there is an explanation for this divergence. "People expect the New York Stock Exchange to demutualize," says Matt Andresen, president of Citadel Execution Services, a broker dealer arm of Citadel, the large hedge fund. "They believe the book value of the exchange is a lot higher [than current seat prices]. But they are skeptical and worried about the value of the exchange's trading rights in the hybrid environment."
Under the hybrid, the NYSE plans to introduce more electronic executions. That has some questioning the survival of the floor brokers. Seat lease rates have plummeted to about $50,000 per year. That's down from...
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