Asia Pacific Market Data Reference Guide 2007

A new reference guide covering financial information providers in the Asia Pacific region, this report includes 57 company profiles of exchanges and market data vendors with their headquarters in the region, plus commentary on these evolving and unique markets. Although the Asian financial markets have been fundamentally transformed within the last decade, many of these have little or no historical datasets, relatively weak regulatory frameworks, and questionable data legitimacy and quality assurance processes. Given that markets need transparency to function efficiently, these issues also affect information providers ability to source independent legitimate data, and mean that end users tend to question data s validity. So how does that impact regional markets and the information providers that support them? This guide is intended to be complimentary to the Inside Market Data Reference annual report which provides global coverage of key exchanges and vendors, featuring the main market data vendors and exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region. Profiling the leading data providers with their headquarters in the Asia Pacific region, this report covers. Introduction, industry commentary and key facts about the data industry in Asia-Pacific21 exchanges 36 market data vendors A profile including a corporate summary, key facts, offices, products & services 12 countries including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan