May 21, 2013--After launching a fixed income mutual fund in China, Taiwan's Yuanta will roll out a more unusual cross-border ETF, a big step forward for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
May 19, 2013--AYALA-LED Bank of the Philippine Islands' (BPI) planned exchange traded fund (ETF) product will track the performance of the MSCI Philippines index, a senior bank official said.
May 14, 2013--1,252 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)-with assets totaling $1.5TN-were managed by 37 ETF managers as of April 30, 2013.
Month over month, ETF assets increased $24.1BN, up 1.7%.
Developing countries to dominate global saving and investment, but the poor will not necessarily share the benefits, says report
May 16, 2013--Developing world's share of global investment to triple by 2030
China, India will be developing world's largest investors
Boost to education needed so poor can improve their well-being In less than a generation, global saving and investment will be dominated by the developing world, says the just-released Global Development Horizons (GDH) report.
IMF Working paper-"Near-Coincident" Indicators of Systemic Stress
MAy 17, 2013--Summary: The G-20 Data Gaps Initiative has called for the IMF to develop standard measures of tail risk, which we identify in this paper with systemic risk. To understand the conditions under which tail risk is present, it is first necessary to develop a measure of what constitutes a systemic stress, or tail, event.
IMF Working paper-Is the Growth Momentum in Latin America Sustainable?
May 15, 2013--Summary: A favorable external environment coupled with prudent policies fostered output growth in most of Latin America during the last decade. But, what were the drivers of this strong growth performance from the supply side and will this momentum be sustainable in the years ahead?
