Latest Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) News: Finextra Research

InvestHK to run fintech Fast track programme

Invest Hong Kong is to run a Global Fast Track programme to plug the best and brightest fintech startups directly into the territory's financial ecosystem.

10 August 2020

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HKEX makes £29.6 billion bid for the London Stock Exchange

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has launched a surprise £29.6 billion bid for the London Stock Exchange, concocting a deal that would scupper the LSE's proposed takeover of market data and analytics group Refinitiv.

11 September 2019

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Hong Kong exchange suffers cyber attack

The chief executive of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has conceded that the trading venue was subject to a series of cyber attacks this week but has insisted that an outage which brought derivatives trading to a halt was related to a software bug and not a hacker.

06 September 2019

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HKEx closes iconic trading floor as it goes all-electric

The iconic Trading Hall in the Hong Kong Exchange, which has stood through the 1997 Asia financial crash, SARS and countless boom and busts, has closed for the final time today as it became the latest stock exchange to adopt electronic trading throughout.

27 October 2017

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ICE and HKEx go head-to-head in battle for LME

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing (HKEx) are set to go head-to-head in the race to acquire the London Metal Exchange (LME) after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange followed Nyse Euronext in being eliminated from the bidding for the 140-year old metals market.

22 May 2012

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HKEx poaches Chi-X Global CTO

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has hired Chi-X Global CTO Richard Leung to help revamp its trading technology.

22 September 2011

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HKEx completes implementation of derivatives platform

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited (HKEx) has completed implementation and market testing of its new derivatives clearing and settlement system (DCSS).

22 April 2004

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OM software blamed for Hong Kong exchange failure

A software bug in the technology supplied by Swedish vendor OM was responsible for the failure of the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System last week.

06 February 2003

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Wilco and HKEx launch back office outsourcing venture

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange and back office vendor Wilco International have jointly launched Wilco International Processing Services, a new service for the outsourcing of securities transaction processing for firms based in Asia Pacific.

11 November 2002

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HKEx releases new derivatives pricing feed

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has started providing price depth information from its derivatives market through information vendors.

03 September 2002

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HKEx seeks comment on third-party clearing proposals

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published a paper for market consultation on the proposed model and associated details for implementing and operating third-party clearing (TPC).

10 July 2002

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HKEx launches investigation into UPS failure

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has appointed Ove Arup & Partners to examine the failure of the UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) system that blacked out the derivatives market for over an hour on Tuesday afternoon.

30 May 2002

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