Investors saw the latest round of stimulus in Japan as disappointing; it also highlights problems faced by other economies, says Paul Markham of UK fund house Newton.
The firm's head of sales and senior manager of business development for Asia ex-Japan in the global asset services unit both left last month. All of their functions have been transferred to Tokyo, say sources.
An upgrade and new data centre for hosting services may spark interest in algorithmic trading strategies on Hong Kong stocks, as latency is reduced to below two milliseconds.