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Bloomberg (April 20)

2012/ 04/ 22 by jd in Global News

“The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s worst breakdown in six years has forced a rethink of the role alternative trading platforms play in ensuring that shares of some of the world’s biggest companies keep changing hands.” A February 2 computer glitch halted trading on many of the TSE’s biggest stocks. In the future, the Japan Securities Dealers Association will allow alternative trading platforms such as Chi-X Japan and SBI Japannext to continue trading if the TSE suffers another disruption. This will ensure that trading is possible even when the TSE breaks down.

“The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s worst breakdown in six years has forced a rethink of the role alternative trading platforms play in ensuring that shares of some of the world’s biggest companies keep changing hands.” A February 2 computer glitch halted trading on many of the TSE’s biggest stocks. In the future, the Japan Securities Dealers Association will allow alternative trading platforms such as Chi-X Japan and SBI Japannext to continue trading if the TSE suffers another disruption. This will ensure that trading is possible even when the TSE breaks down.

 

Businessweek (January 6, 2012)

2012/ 01/ 08 by jd in Global News

Japan was the first country in the Asia Pacific region to allow proprietary platforms to compete with traditional exchanges and these platforms have had a stellar year. “Volume on SBI Japannext and Chi-X Japan since the March 11 earthquake has been triple the level seen in the year leading up to the natural disaster.” In contrast, trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange declined by roughly 19%. Altogether the proprietary markets accounted for 7.8% “of the volume in Topix Index stocks last year, up from 6 percent in 2010.”

 

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