JP Morgan AM creates Taiwan trading hub

New local centre aims to channel orders in bulk, cutting price slippage

JP Morgan Asset Management is routing Taiwanese securities orders, including those from global portfolio managers, through a local hub to minimise trade slippage.

The hub allows the money manager to aggregate trading activity for accounts domiciled both in Taiwan and offshore. The grouped trades can be executed in block orders, creating price savings. Slippage, or the difference in price between orders and executed trades, fell by 40 basis points in the last three months of 2018 for overseas