Asia

Regulators in China and Hong Kong have agreed last month to include ETFs by Mainland and Hong Kong exchanges in Stock Connect, with the live date now set.

The exchange confirmed Tai will step down at the end of May after serving in various roles since 1998.

Opposing monetary policy approaches favoured by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan have led the Japanese Yen to tumble to a 20-year low.

The move, which is TSE’s biggest overhaul in 60 years, aims to provide clearer concepts and listing criteria for its market segments.

Interdealer broker will launch an electronic foreign exchange trading platform into the region with support from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

JPX strengthens its relationship with Digital Asset Markets through the investment, as well as with Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities, provider of Zipangcoin.

The newly expanded non-displayed alternative liquidity pool for equities, BlockMatch, derives from Instinet’s existing CBX Hong Kong service.

The move will allow investment banks, hedge funds, and other market stakeholders to engage with one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing markets.

New report from Coalition Greenwich found that since 2016, bonds traded electronically in Asia have more than doubled.

Asset managers and hedge funds in Asia are reporting the strongest demand, marking their growing global influence, according to a joint study.