Singapore Exchange (SGX) saw strong growth in trading volumes and market activities across securities and derivatives, and a 30% increase in bond listings in March as heavy news events and data releases drove volatility higher in the last month of Q1. For the record, there were 22 trading days in March 2015 compared with 18…
Read moreSGX expands FX footprint with new Asian currency futures
Read moreThe Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today that it has designated seven banks as Primary Liquidity Providers (PLPs) for the offshore renminbi (CNH) market in Hong Kong. These designated PLPs have pledged to expand their market-making activities in Hong Kong for various CNH instruments, and use the Hong Kong platform in promoting their global…
Read moreEmerging venues in Asia are a hive of activity and attracting a great deal of infrastructural development, the latest example of which is ADS Securities' Hong Kong division establishing a colocated server at Equinix's TY3 Tokyo
Read moreHong Kong based Global eSolutions (HK) Limited, a financial trading platform vendor, announced partnership with GMO Click Holdings Inc. to assist in launching additional branch office and trading services in Hong Kong
Read moreWinn will be based in Hong Kong, with the title Head of Sales - Asia Pacific for EBS. He will report to Gerard Varjacques, EBS Global Head of Sales.
Read moreAngar Davaasuren, CEO of the Mongolian Stock Exchange (MSE) based in Ulan Bator, had a meeting with Asian financial market representatives from Bloomberg on August 4th. The meeting covered carrying out government securities trade using the Bloomberg Terminal electronic trading platform. The Minister of Finance directed the MSE to implement 2013 Parliament Resolution No. 41…
Read moreIn the course of their international expansion, the ayondo group announced today in a press release that it has opened an office in Singapore, the ayondo Asia PTE Ltd. Back in June, LeapRate reported on ayondo Group's re-branding to focus on social trading, which included new marketing campaigns to coincide with the World Cup. The…
Read moreWith the ability for fund managers, FX firms and IBs to passport funds between Australia and its Asia-Pacific neighbors, Australia could become the world's bridge to the most lucrative regions Australia is widely regarded as a highly valuable region from which Western firms can do business with the coveted Far East. The seizmic shift in…
Read moreIndonesia's national financial markets regulator will not issue new licenses to FX firms. Will Australian firms reap the rewards? For a great many retail FX companies, the Asia-Pacific region is considered a land of tremendous opportunity. China was considered the mainstay of western FX firms' focus when channeling efforts toward the region, however as time…
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