exchanges

Our readers give their verdict on HKEx's $2.2 billion bid for the London Metal Exchange.

At its heart, HKEx’s successful bid for the London Metal Exchange (LME) demonstrates Asia’s ability to take long-term strategic positions, while the West scrabbles around for short-term infusions of cash.

Shareholders of India's dominant commodity futures exchange pocket $134 million from the country's first IPO in seven months.

India's largest commodities exchange sets the price range for an initial offering of up to $134 million. The deal will kick off with the anchor tranche on Tuesday.

Ronald Arculli joins the ranks of those criticising alternative trading platforms for creating an unfair playing field.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange becomes the first Asian exchange to use SWIFT to deliver corporate action messages.

The internet is finally coming to the loan market.

Settlement in e-marketplaces is still taking place offline. ABN Amro seeks the online alternative.

Globalization and the internet are forcing huge changes in the way stocks are issued and traded in Asia. But there''s a danger stock exchanges could become too lax as they transform their role.