Asia

The enhancement included the upgrade of routes between Shanghai and London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

New head of Asia Pacific at LCH joins the clearinghouse after nearly ten years at Citi most recently as head of OTC clearing and FX prime brokerage.

A new data science team will be established at JP Morgan Asset Management, led by the firm’s Asia Pacific head of equity trading who expands his role as head of data science.

Charles Li has been elected to the board of directors at fixed income platform provider MarketAxess after stepping down as CEO at HKEX.

The expanded partnership between Broadridge and China Renaissance will facilitate the clearing and settlement of both Shenzhen- and Shanghai-listed equities.

The Refinitiv Matching central limit order book is Indonesia’s first interbank electronic marketplace for the trading of Rupiah.

The acquisition of Chi-X Asia Pacific will establish a stronghold in the region for Cboe through direct access to the major securities markets in Japan and Australia.

HKEX Synapse, unveiled in November last year, will enable asset managers, custody and clearing banks to handle the growing volume of trades though Stock Connect into China.

Severe rainstorm warning forced HKEX to delay its market open on Monday morning before trading resumed at 1.30pm local time.

Hong Kong director at TORA will be responsible for growing business on the Asian buy and sell-side for the tech provider’s multi asset trading platform.