Chi-X Japan, the Japanese proprietary trading system owned by trading venue operator Chi-X Global, has reported turnover of ¥50.2 billion in November, a five-fold increase on October, when shares worth ¥9.6 billion were traded on the platform.
The increased rate at which electronic trading tools are being rolled out to offer greater buy-side access to the Malaysian and Indonesian markets reflect growing client demand and the gradual advancement of their domestic markets in terms of trade execution options, brokers say.
Institutional broker-dealer Louis Capital Markets is expanding its presence in Asia to capture opportunities offered by the region's growing demand for electronic trading capabilities and the expansion of alternative sources of liquidity, says Alexander Colin-Jones, the firm's partner and CEO in Hong Kong.
Pan-European trading venue Equiduct has achieved €1.35 billion in total volume traded for November 2010, almost double the platform's previous tally of €0.69 billion in October 2010.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has widened the use of its Trajectory Cross dark pool to help clients reduce point-in-time and gaming risk for equity trades.