On 01 Sep 2007 in A-Team Free, AMIT-Your Say, AsiaMarketsIT.com, Delivery Terms 
Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) is the new name of HoSTC (Ho Chi Minh Securities Trading Centre), as of August 8 2007. And it is not only the name that has changed. Following the transformation, HOSE is considering plans for its equitisation, and at the same time plans to sell shares to foreign investors.
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On 01 Sep 2007 in A-Team Free, AMIT-Your Say, AsiaMarketsIT.com, Delivery Terms
Asia is home to half of the world’s 1.6 billon Muslims. This is only one of the reasons why the large international banks, Gulf-based financial institutions and domestic Asian companies are very keen on the Islamic Banking segment in Asia.
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On 01 Jun 2007 in A-Team Free, AMIT-Your Say, AsiaMarketsIT.com, Delivery Terms
The biggest news story to have hit the market data and financial technology space for the past few years is undoubtedly the audacious proposed acquisition of Reuters Group PLC by the Thomson Corporation. There appears to be a long way to go for the two companies before this particular marriage will be consummated, but if and when it does happen, what will it mean for financial services firms in the Asia-Pacific region?
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On 01 Jun 2007 in A-Team Free, AMIT-Your Say, AsiaMarketsIT.com, Delivery Terms
In September 2006, Kabu.com launched Japan’s first off-exchange trading system. It enables its customers to trade about 300 stocks of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s first section off-exchange from 7:30pm to 11pm.
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On 01 Jun 2007 in A-Team Free, AMIT-Your Say, AsiaMarketsIT.com, Delivery Terms
In September 2006, Kabu.com launched Japan’s first off-exchange trading system. It enables its customers to trade about 300 stocks of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s first section off-exchange from 7:30pm to 11pm.
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On 01 May 2007 in A-Team Free, AMIT-Your Say, AsiaMarketsIT.com, Delivery Terms
Back in 2005, I attended the first FIX Conference held in Shanghai. Although great numbers of local attendees showed up curious to learn about FIX, most local participants did not see much benefit in FIX for China.
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On 01 Apr 2007 in A-Team Free, AMIT-Your Say, AsiaMarketsIT.com, Delivery Terms
The Asia Century
During the past decade, Asia has fallen periodically in and out of favour with investors globally. Excitement has been followed by caution, which has been followed by excitement once again. Today’s focus on Asia, which owes much credit to the rise of the Chinese and Indian markets, shows signs of becoming a stable period of global investment into Asia. It is no coincidence that some analysts have called this the “Asia Century”. Against this backdrop, the exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region have lagged behind their US and European competitors (with perhaps the exception of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)).
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On 01 Apr 2007 in A-Team Free, AMIT-Your Say, AsiaMarketsIT.com, Delivery Terms
Anyone who has the pleasure of visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s commercial capital, today cannot help but be impressed (and more than a little scared) by the colour, vibrancy and controlled chaos of the traffic. Gone are the thousands of push-bikes of five years ago to be replaced by myriad scooters, motorbikes and increasingly cars. This may be the most obvious manifestation of Vietnam’s booming economy.
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