Regulatory prohibitions on direct market access within Asia-Pacific markets add to the legal and operational challenges and costs faced by international investors. The promotion of best practices across APAC markets is necessary to facilitate the standardization and control of algorithmic electronic trading strategies (algos). Both high transaction costs and transaction taxes persist as a barrier to market development, which adversely affect Asia’s competitiveness relative to global markets. Even the region’s free-market ‘petri dishes’ (Hong Kong and Singapore) have unacceptably high Regulatory prohibitions on direct market access within Asia-Pacific markets add to the legal and operational challenges and costs faced by international investors. The promotion of best practices across APAC markets is necessary to facilitate the standardization and control of algorithmic electronic trading strategies (algos). Both high transaction costs and transaction taxes persist as a barrier to market development, which adversely affect Asia’s competitiveness relative to global markets. Even the region’s free-market ‘petri dishes’ (Hong Kong and Singapore) have unacceptably high
Regulatory prohibitions on direct market access within Asia-Pacific markets add to the legal and operational challenges and costs faced by international investors. The promotion of best practices across APAC markets is necessary to facilitate the standardization and control of algorithmic electronic trading strategies (algos). Both high transaction costs and transaction taxes persist as a barrier to market development, which adversely affect Asia’s competitiveness relative to global markets. Even the region’s free-market ‘petri dishes’ (Hong Kong and Singapore) have unacceptably high
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