Daiwa Securities SMBC on Friday revealed an improved electronic trading platform in Asia, which offers a range of tools for its institutional clients to trade in Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, India and Taiwan.
The tools include algorithmic and Direct Market Access DMA trading, a crossing engine and a smart order router SOR. The Japanese investment bank plans to hire a dozen extra professionals in Japan and Hong Kong to serve clients across the region, bringing its total staff in Asia focusing on electronic trading to around 25 people. Daiwa also has professional staff serving e-trading clients in Europe and the US.
The demand for electronic trading strategies has increased...