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3 New ETNs to be Listed on Oct. 28, 2013(Mon.)-Nomura Group, "NEXT NOTES" Series (Third Installment)
October 4, 2013--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of the following trust beneficiary certificates (Japanese Depositary Receipts; hereinafter"JDRs") whose trust assets are exchange traded notes (indicator-tracking securities; hereinafter "ETNs") issued by Nomura Europe Finance N.V.
These will be listed on Monday, October 28, 2013.
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange To Expand "TSE Indicative NAV"(ETN) Lineup
October 4, 2013--Beginning Nov. 5, 2013, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will begin calculating and publishing Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) in real time for the ETNs below.
| Code | ETN | Fund Administrator |
| 2040 | NEXT NOTES DJIA PR JPY-Monthly Hedged Leveraged (x2) ETN | Nomura Europe Finance N.V. |
| Code | ETN | Fund Administrator |
| NEXT NOTES DJIA TR JPY-Monthly Hedged Inverse (x1) ETN | Nomura Europe Finance N.V. | |
| 2042 | NEXT NOTES Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index ETN | Nomura Europe Finance N.V. |
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange
Bank of Japan Maintains Stimulus
October 4, 2013--The Bank of Japan maintained its huge monetary stimulus on Friday and upgraded its view on capital expenditure, encouraged by growing signs that the benefits of its aggressive policy action to escape deflation were broadening.
After a two-day review, the central bank reiterated its view that Japan, the world's third-largest economy, was recovering moderately, suggesting that no additional monetary policy measures were needed to counter the pain from next year's sales tax increase.
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Source: NY Times
Indonesia Economic Quarterly: Continuing adjustment
October 4, 2013--The pace of adjustment in Indonesia's economy and policy settings to weaker commodity prices and to tighter external financing intensified in the third quarter, with the Rupiah depreciating by 17 percent against the US Dollar and policymakers tightening monetary policy.
A moderation in domestic demand is well underway, feeding into output growth. The World Bank now projects GDP growth to slow to 5.6 percent in 2013 and 5.3 percent in 2014, compared with 6.2 percent in 2012.
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Source: World Bank
S'pore joins Malaysia and Thailand to introduce ASEAN CIS Framework
October 1, 2013--Singapore-based fund managers will soon be able to offer their retail funds directly to investors in Malaysia and Thailand under the ASEAN CIS Framework.
On Tuesday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Securities Commission of Malaysia and Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand signed an agreement to facilitate the cross-border offering of collective investment schemes to retail investors in the three countries.
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Source: Channel News Asia
China opens new trade zone in Shanghai, reform plans unveiled
September 29, 2013--China opened a new free trade zone in Shanghai on Sunday in what has been hailed as potentially the boldest reform in decades, and gave fresh details on plans to liberalize regulations governing finance, investment and trade in the area.
Officials gave no details on when specific initiatives will be implemented but the government has said most will be introduced in the next three years.
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Source: Reuters
Report on China's implementation of Basel III published by the Basel Committee
September 26, 2013--The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published a report on the regulations that implement the Basel capital framework in China.
The compliance of China's domestic capital rules with the international Basel capital standards was assessed as part of the Committee's Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP). The assessment team held discussions with senior officials and staff of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), and met with senior representatives from the People's Bank of China (PBoC), selected commercial banks and audit firms based in China.
view the BIS Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP)-Assessment of Basel III
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Source: BIS
World Bank-South Asia Regional Brief
September 26, 2013--South Asia has experienced a long period of robust economic growth, averaging 6% a year over the past 20 years.
This strong growth has translated into declining poverty and impressive improvements in human development. The percentage of people living on less than $1.25 a day fell in South Asia from 61% to 36% between 1981 and 2008. The proportion of poor is lower now in South Asia than any time since 1981. Still, the South Asia region is home to many of the developing world's poor. According to the World Bank's most recent poverty estimates, about 571 million people in the region survive on less than $1.25 a day, and they make up more than 44% of the developing world’s poor.
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Source: World Bank
Growth of Asian mutual funds, ETFs is slowing
September 25, 2013--The phenomenal gains enjoyed by Asian emerging market equities in recent years appears to be coming an end, a change that may dampen enthusiasm among U.S. investors and advisors once keen on emerging markets.
The latest evidence of a slowdown comes from Cerulli Associates, which reveals in a new report that Asia-Pacific long-term mutual funds managed to grow only 0.6 percent in July, rising to $2.146 trillion in assets under management (AUM) from $2.134 trillion. The September report, "The Cerulli Edge- Asian Monthly Product Trends Edition," also shows exchange-traded funds under management declining to $142.4 billion from $143.2 billion, a -0.5 percent contraction.
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Source: Lifehealthpro.com
Tokyo Stock Exchange Has Published The Index Value Of TSE Home Price Index For July
September 24, 2013--The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Composite of Tokyo Metro Area) is 77.82 points.
The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Tokyo), is 82.62 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Kanagawa) is 76.51 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Chiba) is 62.61 points.
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Source: TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange )
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