Poor liquidity conditions and the growing sophistication of the buy-side in Asia are leading to changes in how orders are executed.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management will look to add sales and investment expertise to its Asian liquidity product, says Kathleen Hughes.
Several Asian markets hit their lowest daily turnover for 12 months last month, with Japan showing a particularly sharp reversal, says agency broker ITG.
There is growing harmonisation between hedge-fund managers and investors over transparency and liquidity terms, according to Credit Suisse.
There are more opportunities in China now, but it's harder to find very attractive ones, argues Joe Chan of Galaxy Asset Management.
After falling since June, ITG's liquidity indicator for the region rose in December, helped by growing trading volumes and a drop in trading costs.
One of the most experienced executives in electronic trading is to lead Chi-X’s dark pool joint venture in Singapore.
Buy-side traders, dark-pool brokers and technology providers are encouraged by Singapore Exchange’s announced dark-pool JV with Chi-X.
CFO Delfin C Gonzalez Jr talks about the company''s challenges managing growth, maintaining capital markets access and the possibility of a convertible bond.
Geoffrey Flynn, CEO of Instinet Asia, talks to FinanceAsia about recent activities in Japan.
Two Hyundai units have been forced to obtain additional overdraft facilities in order to meet bond repayments as mutual fund redemptions show little sign of slowing in South Korea.