While many welcome the planned reduction in tick sizes by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, SBI Japannext warns such a move could lead to a "tick-size war".
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Much-increased market volatility and a more flexible short-selling regime are combining to boost interest in high-frequency trading in Japan.
China and Taiwan are in talks to address issues preventing Taiwanese asset managers from obtaining RQFII quotas.

A proposed exemption on users of proprietary trading systems (PTS) from a mandatory takeover rule is expected to drive market fragmentation.

Institutional investors and asset managers are increasingly using algo strategies and DMA technology in a structural shift, notes JP Morgan's Michael Green.
Investors know who are the biggest owners of a given stock, but have no idea who’s actually trading it, says former Morgan Stanley electronic trader.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's new Arrowhead platform is allowing much faster and cheaper trading and thus enticing more hedge funds into the market.

Mitsubishi UFJ's electronic trading network installs FidessaÆs system to attract institutional investors.