Asia

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced two agreements that will enable it to expand the number of India-related products it can offer for trading. read more »

New research from agency broker and technology provider ITG has shown that trading costs for Japanese equities dropped by 36% in January, following the introduction of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s (TSE) new Arrowhead trading platform. read more »

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has laid out a strategic plan for 2010-2012 that will help it adjust the developing competitive landscape and enable it capture more business in mainland China. read more »

Hong Kong’s financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), has unveiled a new regime for the reporting of short positions in an effort to enhance market transparency. read more »

Tora, a trading technology and financial services company focused on equities execution in Asia, plans to expand geographically following investment from Goldman Sachs. read more »

The Indian subsidiary of global investment bank Citi has made a slew of new hires to its equities sales and execution business. read more »

Agency broker Instinet has appointed four executives, including three sales traders, to its new office in Sydney, Australia, to support its aim of becoming a top 10 institutional brokerage in the country by the end of this year. read more »

Asian buy-side firms’ use of self-directed electronic execution tools for equity trading is increasing steadily, according to a new interview-based study by research and consulting firm Greenwich Associates. read more »

The new infrastructure that will be supplied to six ASEAN exchanges by NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of exchange group NYSE Euronext, is expected to lure more overseas institutional liquidity into the region. read more »

Global exchange group Nasdaq OMX is to supply Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with a new trading system – ASX Trade – scheduled for launch in Q2 2011. read more »