Institutional Investor (February 14, 2012)
With “engines running at speeds faster than the eye can see,” a constant arms race is taking place in “the high-tech machinery of modern financial markets.” The Singapore Exchange (SGX) illustrates this race. SGX utilizes technology solutions from Nasdaq OMX with the goal of running “the fastest bourse in the world, with transaction speeds well under 100 microseconds.”With “engines running at speeds faster than the eye can see,” a constant arms race is taking place in “the high-tech machinery of modern financial markets.” The Singapore Exchange (SGX) illustrates this race. SGX utilizes technology solutions from Nasdaq OMX with the goal of running “the fastest bourse in the world, with transaction speeds well under 100 microseconds.”
Tags: Exchanges, Financial markets, SGX, Transaction speed
Wall Street Journal (August 19)
“The financial world’s center of gravity is shifting east.” The latest event to show this shift is the planned listing of Manchester United on the Singapore Exchange. Taken private in 2005, Manchester United had been listed on the LSE for 15 years. The team’s IPO may raise $1 billion. This “major score for Singapore’s exchange” is also a “cold splash of capitalist reality—a reminder that no country or financial system can take its luster for granted.”
Tags: IPO, LSE, Manchester United, SGX, Singapore
