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All software systems are Go! as Asia and Japan get algorithmically well connected
Some Asian exchanges have been less well equipped to handle algos, writes David Walker. Now, that is all changing - to hedge funds' delight...
Asian markets and their exchange hubs are turning algorithmic-friendly and increasing the efficiency of their IT systems to the hedge fund community as managers demand more of them.
John Bates, founder and vice president of Apama Products at Progress Software, says that, typically, when managers trade in Asia's markets with algorithms, "people will say there are only a few instruments that are very liquid there".
regional variations
He notes, however, that Hong Kong, Tokyo, South Korea and
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