Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has successfully launched Tdex+, an electronic options trading platform based on technology from global exchange group NYSE Euronext.
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Group, the operator of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange, has launched a review of algorithmic trading on its platforms in a bid to weed out activity that could be detrimental to market participants overall.
Trading platform operator and technology provider Chi-X Global has hired three executives to its Asia-Pacific management team, including a region-wide CEO, and is seeking a licence to set up a trading platform in Japan.
The Hong Kong subsidiary of Samsung Securities has gone live with a fully managed and hosted Asian trading platform from trading and connectivity solutions provider Fidessa as part of the Korean investment bank’s expansion across Asia.
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has admitted Fortis Bank Global Clearing (FBGC) as a clearing member of its securities market and as both a clearing and trading member of its derivatives market.
Asian markets that do not conform with new financial market regulations agreed by the Group of 20 risk being named and shamed, according to Martin Wheatley, chief executive officer of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission.
The Osaka Securities Exchange, a Japanese securities and derivatives bourse, has chosen global exchange group Nasdaq OMX as the new provider of its derivatives trading platform.
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HSX) has joined the group of ASEAN countries that is exploring the creation of a cross-border electronic trading platform.
Clients of Fidessa can now link to Kabu, a Japanese cash equities proprietary trading system (PTS) aimed primarily at retail investors, via the FIX protocol using the technology provider’s connectivity network or trading platform.
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of exchange group NYSE Euronext, has announced plans to expand its Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) connectivity network into Asia to improve client links to NYSE Liffe, the group's global derivatives exchange.