Tag Archives: Singapore Exchange

Are High Frequency Traders Too Slow?

According to Bloomberg, high frequency trading is a wonderful subject for study because nobody agrees on what would make it Good or Bad. So academics and practitioners can write papers about how it is Good, or how it is Bad, … Continue reading

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Why does Singapore Exchange Seek High-Frequency Traders?

According to Bloomberg, Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX), Southeast Asia’s biggest bourse operator, wants to lure more high-speed traders on to its stock market as it grapples with lower volume. Computerized trading firms, which execute transactions in fractions of a second, account for … Continue reading

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Edgar Perez, The Speed Traders, on The Perennial Profit Challenge: 2013 Roadmap for World Exchanges

Financial exchanges play a vital role in economic development as one of the primary tools for the allocation of capital in both developed economies and emerging ones. The indices created using the platforms provided by global exchanges are used by … Continue reading

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Edgar Perez to Lead The Speed Traders Workshop 2011 Singapore at SGX Centre

Edgar Perez will lead The Speed Traders Workshop 2011 Singapore: The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading (http://www.thespeedtradersworkshop.com), to be held at SGX Centre, November 21. Perez, author of The Speed Traders, An Insider’s Look at the New High-Frequency Trading … Continue reading

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Signs of a Possible High-Frequency Trading Boom in Asia, Including Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore

As Fierce Finance IT’s Jim Kim reported, at a time when high-frequency trading continues to generate controversy and regulatory action in the United States and Europe, exchanges in other parts of the world are ramping up to attract more high-frequency … Continue reading

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Today Online’s Take on Promoting High-Frequency Trading in Singapore

As reported by Today Online’s Alex Lew and Leong Sze Hian, there may be many disadvantages to promoting high-frequency trading here. For a start, it may be a myth that high-frequency trading increases market liquidity. High-frequency traders often buy and … Continue reading

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