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HKEx’s Derivatives Market Gets Sustained Equal Support from
Exchange Participants and Investors
Contribution to Market Trading by Overseas Investors
Overseas investors contributed 23 per cent of total market trading in 2010/11. Among them, UK investors were
the largest contributing group — 25 per cent of overseas investor trading, the same as in 2009/10. They were
followed by US investors (23 per cent in 2010/11, down from 25 per cent in 2009/10). The contribution from
Singaporean investors ranked third (18 per cent, up from 14 per cent in 2009/10). The contributions from investors
in Continental Europe (Europe excluding the UK) and Mainland China were also significant (16 per cent and 11 per
cent respectively in 2010/11, compared to 14 per cent and 13 per cent respectively in 2009/10). The aggregate
contribution to overseas investor trading from investors in Asia (Mainland China, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan and
the Rest of Asia) was 33 per cent in 2010/11, up from 30 per cent in 2009/10. (See Figure 7.)
Figure 7 Distribution of overseas investor trading volume in derivatives by origin
(in percentage terms) (2010/11 vs 2009/10)
# Reported origins in “Rest of Asia” in 2010/11 are India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand.
* Reported origins in “Others” in 2010/11 are Africa, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, Liberia, Middle East,
New Zealand and Republic of Seychelles.
Note: Numbers may not add up to 100 per cent due to rounding.
36 Exchange • January 2012