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Korean Investment & Securities Selects Orc For Korea Markets
Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, announced April 10 that Korean Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. (KIS) has selected Orc to meet growing market demand for low-latency connectivity to the Korea Exchange (KRX). As a result of the deal, customers of both Orc and KIS will be able [...]
History Of South Korea’s Capital Markets Infographic
[CLICK IMAGE BELOW FOR FULL SIZE] South Korea’s modern capital markets development began back in 1949 with the founding of the first brokerage house Daehan Securities. Over the last 60 years Korea has transformed itself into a vibrant market economy that leads the world in index option futures. The next few years will usher in [...]
DCE: Supporting Domestic Spot Enterprises to Use Foreign Commodity Futures Markets to Manage Risks
In recent years, the world’s economic integration process continues to accelerate, China’s reform and opening up has further deepened and international trade is continuously expanding. Affected simultaneously by instability and uncertainty of the global macroeconomics and changes of commodity demand and supply, international commodities are traded at high prices. Since pricing of commodities in international [...]
DCE:Proposal on Relaxing Restrictions for Financial Institutions to Participate in Futures Markets
In recent years, China’s futures market has entered a new period of steady development with the scale gradually expanding and functions progressively realized, and has possessed the ability to service the national economy at a higher level. However, the basic framework of existing policies and regulations for the futures market was formulated in the 1990s [...]
TradeTech to Showcase the World’s Emerging Capital Markets in London
On 24th April 2012 the financial exchanges of the world’s leading emerging markets will gather in London at TradeTech Emerging Markets along with regional and global brokerage firms, and over 60 buy side heads of trading to address the major challenges in accessing liquidity in Central and Eastern Europe, MENA, Asia and Latin America. This [...]
Theoria Capital Management Extends Use of Orc for High Frequency Trading on Asian Markets
Orc Group AB, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, announced February 7 that the Singapore-based fund management company Theoria Capital Management Pte Ltd. (Theoria Capital) has added Orc Liquidator to their existing Orc infrastructure to further support their increasing trading needs in Asia. The order was booked in Q4, [...]
Administrative Action on Citigroup Global Markets Japan
1. The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) conducted an inspection on Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc (hereinafter referred to as the ”Company”), and found the following violation of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (hereinafter referred to as the ”FIEA”). On December 9, 2011, the SESC recommended to take administrative action against the Company. [...]
Opinion Poll: Buy-Side Changing Trading Strategies in Volatile Markets
Asia Etrading.com recently conducted an opinion poll in order to get some perspective on how the buy-side was adapting to higher market volatility brought on by the US credit rating downgrade and then the subsequent euro zone debt problems to find out if traders were approaching algorithm use differently. Specifically, we asked the following question: [...]
New Zealand FMA Welcomes Financial Markets Conduct Bill
The Financial Markets Authority has welcomed the introduction into Parliament of the Financial Markets Conduct Bill. Chief Executive Sean Hughes said the bill was a fundamental plank in the Government’s major regulatory law reform programme. “FMA’s resources have been fully occupied in its first six months on the reviews into and investigations of legacy finance [...]
MAS MD Speech: Singapore’s Approach to the Regulation of Capital Markets
What do capital markets do? Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. And to all our guests from abroad, welcome to Singapore. Two thousand years ago, in ancient Rome, enterprises contracted with the government to build temples and collect taxes. The enterprises funded these ventures by selling ownership or equity stakes in the form of [...]
