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Why Packet Capture Matters For MiFID II Compliance

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Firms are catching on to the importance of packet capture for the real-time trade surveillance that MiFID II will require when it takes effect at the start of 2018, according to trading technology and regulation experts who spoke in a webinar hosted by Intelligent Trading Technology on June 27.

The definition of network packet capture is taking all the information on a firm’s communication network and saving that information for further analysis, explains Dan Joe Barry, vice president of positioning and chief evangelist at Napatech, the sponsor of the webinar.

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