High frequency trading - Regulation Asia

India Standardises Stamp Duty on Securities Transactions Nationwide

India has revised its framework for levying the stamp duty on securities transactions, in a bid to ensure uniformity across the country.

July 2, 2020

318

Australia & NZ

ASIC Directs Equity Market Participants to Limit Trading

The move is a response to a particularly large increase in trades executed on Friday, largely attributable to algorithmic and high frequency trading.

March 16, 2020

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Enforcement

KRX Fines Merrill Lynch for High-Frequency Trading Activities

KRX found that over an eight-month period, Merrill Lynch's Seoul branch engaged in 6,220 high-frequency trades on behalf of a foreign hedge fund.

July 17, 2019

1.4K

Enforcement

UPDATED – Merrill Lynch in KRX Crosshairs for High-Frequency Trading

KRX probe to determine if Citadel's HFT algorithm breached fair trade rules; Merrill Lynch reprimand to be decided following alleged market disruption.

June 12, 2019

567

Enforcement

UPDATED – NSE Ordered to Pay Disgorgement in Co-Location Case

NSE will also be prohibited from issuing an IPO and launching new derivatives products for six months. Two former managing directors also found to be guilty.

May 1, 2019

871

Enforcement

S. Korea to Crack Down on Unfair Trading Practices

The FSS plans to tighten monitoring of unfair trading practices, namely high-frequency trading, false disclosures and unlawful short-selling. Merrill Lynch, Franklin Templeton under scrutiny.

February 28, 2019

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Big Picture

The Ties That Bind: Market Connectivity Continues to Increase Despite Opposing Rhetoric

Whether it is geopolitical tensions in North Asia, the UK’s exit from the European Union or new U.S. trade policies, globalisation would appear to many to be in retreat in many regions of the world -- but this is not...

May 30, 2018

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Fintech / Regtech