This blog post also appears on TabbFORUM and ATMonitor. If any country epitomizes the wilder side of capital markets trading in Asia, it’s Malaysia. But there are signs that Malaysia is ripe for a bit of refinement, which would give this dynamic country the focus it needs to be more competitive in global markets. On [...]
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TEN TRENDS IN ELECTRONIC TRADING IN ASIA FOR 2012
Contributor: Nasser Khodri, managing director, Asia-Pacific, SunGard’s capital markets business This blog post originally appeared on TabbFORUM. The trading landscape in Asia Pacific is becoming more fragmented and regulated. Competition in Asia Pacific will increase, both among Western peers or within the region, as firms bid to provide the highest quality services to clients without [...]
AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES MARKET: EMERGING FROM DOWN UNDER
The landscape of the Australian equities market is changing fundamentally but it will probably be another year before the new geography becomes clear. Although granted a licence in March 2010, it wasn’t until October 31st this year that Chi-X went live in Australia and the ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) had to face its first real [...]
A TAKE ON AUSTRALIA’S CAPITAL MARKETS: HIGH PACE OF CHANGE
As sponsors of the recent Australia FIX conference, which gathered over 300 delegates from sell-side and buy-side firms in Sydney, we participated to some lively discussions around recent and upcoming changes in financial markets:
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE TO OFFER NEW BENEFITS OF ALGO TRADING
By Nasser Khodri, APAC Managing Director for SunGard’s global trading business Since SGX REACH went live in the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on August 15, the republic’s trading community can look forward to reaping the benefits associated with advanced trading technologies, such as improved performance, higher execution price, enhanced productivity and added services.
UNVEILING THE ASEAN TRADING LINK – A SINGLE CAPITAL MARKET FOR SOUTH EAST ASIA
The recent SunGard City Day in Singapore gave an audience of brokers an opportunity to hear more about the much anticipated ASEAN Trading Link project, the first step in a plan to develop a single market data and order routing network for the South East Asian capital markets.
HOW TO USE COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING FOR ALGORITHMIC TRADING
Complex event processing (CEP) has been labelled as the next revolution in trading technology and is already a prominent fixture in many investment banks, hedge funds, broker/dealers and exchanges. But how justified is its revolutionary status? Is it suitable for everyone? And what exactly are the benefits that CEP provides? These were the questions that [...]
ARE DARK POOLS GOOD FOR MARKETS?
The panel at SunGard’s City Day in Hong Kong late last week looked at the issue of dark pool and how they can impact the wider market. Were they good for all investors? And how has the picture in Asia changed in recent years? There has been great change over the past five years in [...]
WILL CROSS-BORDER TRADING BLOSSOM IN ASIA?
Three main drivers for cross border trading were identified. First is the trend towards global investing. Partly driven by the fact that you have country A shares, traded in country B, and partly by the move towards greater diversification and the search for more trading opportunities outside domestic markets. Second is market access. There are more Pipes and a greater choice of algos today than you had a couple of years ago. Third is that people need products to trade. Nowadays there is a lot if interplay between products, for instance ETFs versus cash versus the futures on an underlying index.
POSTCARD FROM INDIA: NEW EXCHANGES ARE POPPING UP WHILE BROKERS ARE OFTEN CONCERNED ABOUT COSTS AND BUREAUCRACY
By Nasser Khodri, APAC Managing Director for SunGard’s global trading business Back from India where SunGard attended two events – TradeTech and FIA -, we would like to share a few takeaways on the key trends that keep the Indian exchanges and brokers awake at night. First of all, while the two main exchanges in India – [...]
