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Blog
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Asia Etrading 2011 Year in Review
2011 in Asia’s electronic trading industry saw much transformation, traction and, sadly, tragedy in a year where the region was largely insulated from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) hangover. The earthquake and tsunami that wreaked havoc in Japan, the failed merger between Australia and Singapore, Hong Kong’s on-going exchange platform build-out, the announcement of competition [...]
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An AsiaEtrading Christmas Carol
‘Twas the night before Christmas, the year at a loss Not an order was stirring not even a cross The PnL report updated with care In hopes that the bonus soon would be there While brokers were nestled all snug in their beds With visions of trade performance dancing in their heads With me at [...]
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Chi-X Australia Open For Business
Today, October 31, marked the long awaited first day of business for Chi-X Australia, a subsidiary of Chi-X Global. Early indications have the display alternative processing over 800 trades worth more than A$5 million by the end of close. Trades were realized in all 8 securities (BHP Billiton, CSL, Leighton Holdings, Origin Energy, QBE Insurance, [...]
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Australia Fix Protocol Conference 2011 Highlights
The FIX Protocol Australia Conference 2011 was held October 20th in Sydney with over 300+ attending. The theme “Trading in a Multi Market World” while perhaps old hat for the West is the exception rather than the rule in Australia. But that distinction will vanish come October 31 and the Aussie FIX Protocol community was [...]
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Vendors
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CITIC Bank International Selects Pricing Partners for Structured Products Portfolio Pricing
Pricing Partners, the world leader in OTC derivatives pricing analytics, mathematical models and independent valuations, announced January 18 that CITIC Bank International, a Hong Kong based full-service commercial bank, has chosen Price-it Excel, the advanced derivatives pricing excel solution for its risk management team. The agreement was signed through its regional partner Belatos. CITIC Bank [...]
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Managed Funds to be Electronically Traded in Australia – Calastone
Calastone, the independent transaction network for the managed funds industry, announced January 18 the company had begun processing electronic trades of managed funds for Australian clients in January 2012. Calastone, the established service provider in the UK and Europe, provides a unique messaging hub for the managed funds industry enabling organisations to electronically connect to [...]
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FFastFill Expands Horizon Network to ASX Australian Liquidity Centre
FFastFill plc, the leading supplier of front, middle and back office technology to the global derivatives market, announced January 16 that it has expanded its colocation offerings to include access to the ASX’s new data and co-location centre – the ASX Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC). FFastFill will offer multi-exchange connectivity via its Horizon trading network [...]
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Chris Burke KX Systems APAC Director Video Interview AsiaEtrading
Chris Burke, Kx Systems Director of Asia Pacific, spoke with AsiaEtrading about the demand for time series data, what asset classes offer the greatest opportunity for HFT and algorithmic trading and the challenges of bringing a sophisticated product to APAC. 6 videos Runtime: 22 minutes 45 seconds Chris Burke explains why customers choose kdb over [...]
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Buy Side
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Managed Funds to be Electronically Traded in Australia – Calastone
Calastone, the independent transaction network for the managed funds industry, announced January 18 the company had begun processing electronic trades of managed funds for Australian clients in January 2012. Calastone, the established service provider in the UK and Europe, provides a unique messaging hub for the managed funds industry enabling organisations to electronically connect to [...]
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Korea Sovereign Fund Allowed to Invest in Chinese Stock Market
South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund has received qualified investor status from China, opening the door for investment in its stock markets, the finance ministry said Friday. Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) received the status of “qualified foreign institutional investor” (QFII) from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, according to the ministry.
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Citigroup Sues Singapore Hedge Fund Manager
Citigroup Inc. (C)’s Singapore unit sued Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager Raghavendran Rajaraman, seeking to recoup $1.03 million in trading losses the bank says he incurred after gold fell from a record high in September. Rajaraman had $19.2 million worth of gold in his account on Sept. 23 which the bank sold, along with other [...]
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Juggernaut Capital Management Selects Imagine Software For Risk Management
Imagine Software, a leading provider of real-time portfolio and risk management solutions worldwide, announced December 19 that Juggernaut Capital Management selected its award-winning, cloud-based ASP service for portfolio management, real-time P&L, and risk exposure analysis. Investing primarily in Asian equities, Singapore-based Juggernaut employs an opportunistic set of strategies including long/short equity, event-driven, and tactical short-term [...]
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Futures
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Change in Launch Date for OSE DJIA Futures
Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) planned to launch trading in OSE Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures on Monday, February 27, 2012. However, considering the status of the preparations in various areas for the launch of trading, etc., OSE has decided to change the launch date. OSE will announce later the new launch date well [...]
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CME Group and Mysteel to Cooperate on Developing OTC Ferrous Risk Management Products for China
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and Mysteel, China’s leading provider of ferrous price and indexing services, announced January 19 they have signed an agreement to develop risk management products for the ferrous industry based on Mysteel’s market-leading price data services. The products will be listed by NYMEX and cleared by [...]
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Japan FSA Executive Summary on OTC Derivatives Regulation
On using electronic trading platform (ETP) for OTC derivatives markets Purposes of establishing a framework in Japan ・To enable regulatory oversight on trades, including the price formation process. ・To contribute in stabilizing the markets during financial crises, through establishing a reliable method of trading based on defined set of rules. ・To enable improvement in market [...]
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SEBI Allows Exchange Traded Interest Rate Futures
It has now been decided to permit the introduction of cash settled futures on 2-year and 5-year notional coupon bearing Government of India (GoI) security on currency derivatives segment of Stock. Underlying Notional coupon bearing 2-year GoI security with a notional coupon of 7% paid semi-annually and face value of 100. Trading hours The trading [...]
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Exchanges
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Stock Exchange of Thailand Plans to Launch Trading Rules for New Trading System
Thai Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is improving its securities trading rules to be in line with rules of leading foreign stock exchanges in order to increase trading effectiveness for investors, reduce complexity of rules, and boost flexibility. This will underline the SET’s new strategy of strengthening its capabilities, and the new rules will be [...]
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SGX Welcomes Polaris Futures as Member
Singapore Exchange (SGX) said Polaris Futures Co., Ltd is joining its derivatives market as a Trading Member. “We are delighted that Polaris Futures has chosen to be a Trading Member in our derivatives market, supporting our customers in Taiwan by providing easy access to Asia via Singapore. With the continuing trend of increased volume of [...]
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Change in Launch Date for OSE DJIA Futures
Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) planned to launch trading in OSE Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures on Monday, February 27, 2012. However, considering the status of the preparations in various areas for the launch of trading, etc., OSE has decided to change the launch date. OSE will announce later the new launch date well [...]
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CME Group and Mysteel to Cooperate on Developing OTC Ferrous Risk Management Products for China
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and Mysteel, China’s leading provider of ferrous price and indexing services, announced January 19 they have signed an agreement to develop risk management products for the ferrous industry based on Mysteel’s market-leading price data services. The products will be listed by NYMEX and cleared by [...]
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Technology
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Amazon Web Services and Equinix Bring AWS Direct Connect to Asia
Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services, announced January 13 the availability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect in Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in Singapore and Tokyo. The expansion to Asia Pacific addresses growing customer demand for a direct connection into the AWS cloud. With AWS Direct Connect, customers [...]
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NYSE Technologies Debuts Tokyo Liquidity Center
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext, announced December 15 the opening of its latest Liquidity Center installation located in Tokyo, Japan. With growth in Asian markets outpacing many others in the world, the NYSE Technologies Tokyo Liquidity Center offers customers the ability to access these markets with unparalleled speed and reliability with [...]
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KVH IaaS Selected for TSE’s New Market Information Delivery Service
KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform providing integrated cloud and network solutions, announced that Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has selected KVH IaaS as its platform for a beta version of “TSE Market Impact View,” a new market information delivery service to be launched on a trial basis today. The new “TSE Market Impact [...]
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NYSE Technologies Plans to Add Australian Securities Exchange’s ITCH to its Feed Handler Suite.
Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) ITCH™ is ASX’s ultra-low latency protocol for accessing ASX’s equity and options market data, which is delivered via a multicast connection directly from the ASX Trade® platform. The ultra-low latency market information access is expected to be four times faster than existing feeds. (ASX access fees, terms and conditions apply). NYSE [...]
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Sell Side
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SGX Welcomes Polaris Futures as Member
Singapore Exchange (SGX) said Polaris Futures Co., Ltd is joining its derivatives market as a Trading Member. “We are delighted that Polaris Futures has chosen to be a Trading Member in our derivatives market, supporting our customers in Taiwan by providing easy access to Asia via Singapore. With the continuing trend of increased volume of [...]
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CITIC Bank International Selects Pricing Partners for Structured Products Portfolio Pricing
Pricing Partners, the world leader in OTC derivatives pricing analytics, mathematical models and independent valuations, announced January 18 that CITIC Bank International, a Hong Kong based full-service commercial bank, has chosen Price-it Excel, the advanced derivatives pricing excel solution for its risk management team. The agreement was signed through its regional partner Belatos. CITIC Bank [...]
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ASX Fines Goldman $50K For Breach of Client Money
The ASX Disciplinary Tribunal (the ‘Tribunal’) has imposed a fine of $50,000 (plus GST) on Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Limited (‘GSA’) for failing to ensure that client monies were treated in accordance with requirements of ASX Market Rules and the Corporations Act. The circumstances involved contraventions of the following: a) ASX Market Rule 7.11.1* – [...]
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Citi Orient Securities Received CSRC Approval
Citigroup Global Markets Asia and Orient Securities Company Ltd jointly announced January 11 that Orient Securities has received preliminary regulatory approval from China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to set up a joint-venture securities firm in China. The entity, to be named Citi Orient Securities Co Ltd (东方花旗证券有限公司), will be based in Shanghai. The joint-venture will [...]
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Regulatory
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MAS Introduces Regulatory Framework for Credit Rating Agencies
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will implement the regulatory framework for Credit Rating Agencies (CRA) with effect from January 17. MAS had issued a consultation paper on the proposed CRA regulatory framework in March 2011, as well as conducted discussions with the industry and market practitioners. MAS has carefully considered the responses received and [...]
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Excerpt from Korea FSC 2012 Financial Policy Agenda
As Europe’s ongoing debt crisis is expected to threaten global economic growth and increase volatility in global financial markets next year, Korea is also likely to face an economic slowdown, which will deal a severe blow particularly to SMEs and low-income households. Under such circumstances, the FSC set three main financial policy goals with six [...]
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SEBI Says it Found Abnormal Currency Trades on One Bourse
Market regulator Sebi has said it had found some “abnormal concentrations of some trading members” at a certain exchange operating in currency segment and the issue was taken up with the relevant bourse. While Sebi has not named the exchange, media reports have said that one particular trading member once accounted for about 80 per [...]
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Japan FSA and BOJ Letter on Volcker Rule
Re: Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds Dear Sirs / Madam We are writing this letter to request your due consideration of our concerns about the implementation of the proposed Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds and [...]
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Other Recent Articles
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SGX Hires Glenn Seah as Head of Compliance
Singapore Exchange (SGX) on January 20 said it is appointing Mr Glenn Seah as Senior Vice President and Head of Compliance effective 7 February 2012. Mr Seah will be responsible for driving SGX’s compliance with local and international regulations and best practices. Mr Seah joins SGX from Standard Chartered Bank, where he was Regional Head, [...]
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HKEx Welcomes Government Appointments to HKEx Risk Management Committee
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the Government’s appointments of the Executive Director (Monetary Management) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Executive Director (Supervision of Markets) of the Securities and Futures Commission, and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (currently Edmond Lau Ying-pan, Keith Lui Kei-kwong and He Guangbei [...]
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Singapore Exchange Reports $65 Million 2Q Profit
* Revenue: $148.1 million ($172.2 million in 2Q FY2011) * EBITDA: $89.3 million ($109.6 million) and Net Profit: $65.4 million ($74.2 million) * Earnings per share: 6.1 cents (7.0 cents) * Interim Dividend per share: 4.0 cents (4.0 cents) All figures above are for the quarter except for figures in brackets which are for a [...]
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