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Japanese buyside traders seek defence against HFT

After years of stagnation, Japan’s equity market is booming and alternative trading system providers are flocking in. Buyside traders now hope that the stranglehold...

Cboe Japan equities business closes amid market share decline

Cboe is shuttering its Japan equities business, including its proprietary trading system and block trading system Cboe BIDS Japan. Volumes at Cboe BIDS Japan collapsed...

Jefferies and SMBC to launch joint Japan equities venture

A new memorandum of understanding (MoU) states the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) Group’s and Jefferies’ intentions to combine their Japanese equities and equity...

Umeno spearheads OneChronos’s Japan launch

Junya Umeno has joined OneChronos to lead the firm’s new Japan operations, effective September. Alternative trading system (ATS) OneChronos was launched in 2022 and covers...

LSEG builds out Japan team

LSEG has increased its APAC presence with two senior hires in Japan. Ryu Hirayama has been appointed country representative for Japan, effective 1 April. He...

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