Osaka Securities Exchange Establishes Office in Singapore, Site of High Frequency Trading Forum

Nov. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Singapore (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), conference that will provide the most up-to-date overview of cutting-edge developments and insights to build a competitive advantage in high-frequency trading to investors and traders, will take place at the SGX Centre.
High-frequency traders have flocked to Singapore in the past year not only to trade on SGX as it has upgraded its trading systems, but as a base from which to trade other regional markets.

According to the Financial Times, The Osaka Securities Exchange has established an office in Singapore as the Japanese bourse seeks to boost trading flows from the Asian financial centre.

The move takes the battle for market share in Nikkei-225 index futures, the OSE’s flagship product, to the home base of SGX, the Singapore exchange hosting High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011, which also offers a Nikkei-225 index futures contract.

The OSE has appointed Matthias Rietig, executive adviser to the OSE board, as its Singapore representative.

Mr Rietig said about a quarter of OSE’s flows come from Singapore but the exchange was looking to increase that by having a presence in the city-state. He said the move was designed “to bring more flow to Japan and to cater to existing flow that is here”.
“A lot of big Japanese-focused hedge funds are here and there’s also the flow of high-frequency traders coming to Singapore,” he told FT Trading Room. “To capture that volume it’s important for us to be on the ground. We want to ensure that we are among the first to connect.”

Singapore’s low corporate tax rate has turned the city-state into a magnet for traders seeking to tap into Asian exchanges.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Singapore is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Upcoming Golden Networking's Forums and Business Receptions include:

•   The Speed Traders Workshop 2011 Hong Kong, "The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading" (http://thespeedtradersworkshophk.eventbrite.com), December 12, Hong Kong

•   High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Hong Kong , "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumhongkong.eventbrite.com), December, 12-14, Hong Kong

•   The Speed Traders Workshop 2011 Sao Paulo, "The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading" (http://thespeedtradersworkshopsaopaulo.eventbrite.com), February 1, 2012, Sao Paulo

•   High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Sao Paulo, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumsaopaulo.eventbrite.com), February 1-3, 2012, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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