The diversity of Asia Pacific presents both challenges and opportunities. Navigating multiple markets, time zones, currencies, regulatory issues, and technology infrastructures places unique demands on the entire investment community.

Global fund managers and hedge funds are investing increasingly in Asian markets, while many Asia Pacific-based institutions—from Superannuation schemes in Australia to QDII managers in China—are looking for investment opportunities and liquidity beyond their traditional, national borders.

Liquidity sourcing and direct market access (DMA)

Sourcing liquidity quickly and efficiently is essential, given the complexity of the varied market and regulatory structures. As buyside fund managers take increasing control of the trading process, more markets across Asia are opening up to DMA. This, in turn, is encouraging the development of algorithmic trading at a swift rate and the increased use of block crossing and alternative trading venues. Critical to the success of these developments is widespread infrastructure change at the connectivity level.

Transaction cost measurement is key

Trading costs can vary significantly across different markets. As such, the reliable analysis of transaction data is invaluable in managing and measuring the trading process across multiple countries and venues.

How ITG can help

Our expert teams in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia covering all major Asia Pacific markets are ready to help you navigate this ever-evolving region. We can assist you in trading more than 30,000 equities across multiple countries and sourcing and centralizing liquidity efficiently through advanced trading and execution management applications. And, we can help you monitor, analyze, and compare transaction costs to numerous benchmarks across regions, countries, and venues.

Asia Pacific equity market times

The following products and services are available in Asia Pacific, designed with special attention to sourcing liquidity and monitoring costs: