Asia Archive

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange published a study on 15 May 2013 that analyses the behavioural change of investors in the Shenzhen market. It shows the continued heavy participation by retail investors, even as institutional investment accumulates more of the free-float. read more>

Changes to rules governing dark pools in Australia on 26 May may prompt a shift of equity market liquidity back onto lit trading venues, but mid-point crossing services are expected to thrive. read more>

SunGard has announced that its algorithm provider, Fox River Execution Solutions, is set to expand its Asian coverage to offer use of its algorithms in the Japanese equity markets. read more>

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing plans to introduce four new futures products that will broaden the choice for investors in mainland Chinese stocks. read more>

Koscom says it will use smartTrade’s liquidity management system to offer aggregation and smart order routing services to help their clients connect to new alternative trading systems in Korea. 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>

Agreement has been struck to develop a new stock price index in Japan. Japan Exchange Group, the exchange operator formed from the merger of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange, are to combine with Nikkei to build the new product. read more>

Where in the world do cross-listed futures most frequently appear in local exchanges? Surprisingly, it is in Asia. That is according to a report from the financial industry research firm, TABB Group. 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>

In a speech given to the Australian Shareholders Association by ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft last week, he made favourable comments about both dark pools and high-frequency trading (HFT), concluding that they had become the "new norm". read more>