Exchanges Archive

The Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) latest Australian share ownership study shows fewer Australian citizens actively invested in the stock market in 2012. read more>

The Japan Exchange Group is moving ahead gradually with its concept of introducing a listed infrastructure market in Japan, according to updated plans published this week. read more>

Song Liping, president and CEO of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, has admitted the Chinese securities industry still has a long way to go to meet the demands of the real economy through its gradual transitioning phase. read more>

Spanish regulator CNMV has taken steps to reform the registration, clearing and settlement system in the country's financial markets, with the publication of a set of key changes. read more>

The US market infrastructure is on the verge of managing a capacity of three million quotes a second, but the growing disparity between quotes and filled orders will weaken the market, believes one high-frequency trading expert. read more>

A new pre-trade risk management tool for listed derivatives trading will shift risk checking to the exchange level and reduce latency for market participants, according to Nasdaq OMX Nordic. read more>

Pan-European multilateral trading facility BATS Chi-X Europe has received its Recognised Investment Exchange licence from UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority, giving it greater power to challenge Europe's primary markets and potentially drive down listing costs. read more>

A closing auction has been absent from Hong Kong's stock exchange since 2009, but hopes of reinstatement have resurfaced. read more>

The InterContinental Exchange (ICE) will launch its first US credit futures contracts next month, which will offer an alternative to credit default swaps that are due to migrate to new electronic trading facilities, subject to rules being finalised. read more>

ASX, the owner of the Australian Securities Exchange, has announced plans to launch by the end of 2013 both a clearing service for OTC derivatives and a collateral management service. read more>