Electronic Trading

3 May 2013

Laser beams and microwave dishes are the latest weapons in an arms race to shave milliseconds off dealing times in the shadowy world of high-speed, computerised financial trading. Traders, who...

3:55AM

HKEx opens stronger and faster computing centre

1 Feb 2013

The centre is a step in HKEx's HK$3 billion upgrading of its technology to compete with challenges from other global exchanges and to weather external shocks.

5:23AM

Chat while you trade: Introducing the world's first online social network investing site

7 Jan 2013

Hong Kong is one of the world's financial capitals, but how about a leader in financial technology? A home-grown brokerage is well on its way to making the latter true.

9:57AM

HKEx plans to cut trading halts to half an hour

28 Jul 2012

Share-trading halts will only need to last for 30 minutes, instead of half a day or longer, after company announcements that might affect their stock price, according to a Hong Kong Exchanges and...

10:27PM

Fees slashed as volume plunges

31 Oct 2011

Commission price wars are heating up on the Hong Kong stock market as brokers resort to cutting fees to try to boost their trading volumes.

11:31PM

HKEx chief rebuts bitter criticisms of reforms

27 Jul 2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing chief executive Charles Li Xiaojia has issued a 10,000-word public letter hitting back at criticism from local brokers of his reform plans.

3:45PM

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4:27AM

Volume light as gold contract trades go online

Only about 1,000 contracts traded during the soft launch yesterday of the electronic trading system for London gold contracts at the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society.

11:48PM

Electronic trading to bring gold exchange into modern era

The electronic trading system that will be installed soon at the local gold exchange has attracted 14 newcomers to the market since the beginning of last year, Chinese Gold & Silver...

10:37PM

Scam alert raised as gold nears US$1,000

Legislator and industry call for tighter rules

The government is under pressure to tighten gold trading rules as record-high prices for bullion raise fears that eager investors will...

9:54PM

Brokers target share of funds from mainland

Local brokerages are increasing efforts to capture the inflow of mainland investment into Hong Kong-listed stocks, which they expect to be boosted by Beijing's new policy allowing direct share...

10:56PM

It's the last of the great floor shows

From bust to boom, scandals and frenzied traders, the era that started with open outcry closes

After almost 20 years the trading floor of the Hong Kong stock exchange closed yesterday...

4:03PM

Bloomberg link-up

Bloomberg Tradebook has linked up with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's AMS/3 system, allowing institutional clients to directly trade local stocks on its platform.

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