| Asia Pacific ETP News |
| Thai bourse sponsors research on capital market | |||
| May 15, 2012--The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)'s Capital Market Research Institute (CMRI), gears up SET business strategy to strengthen Thai capital market's capability by sponsoring research produced by 15 leading educational institutions, to promote sustainable capital market development. | |||
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| ETF growth continues according to BetaShares' April review | |||
| April 14, 2012--The Australian market for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues to grow, according to BetaShares' April review which points to funds under management just shy of the recorded high of $5.45 billion. | |||
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| Squeeze on Asia funds industry continues | |||
| May 13, 2012--Last month's Asian fund forum in Hong Kong was an opportunity for the industry to take stock of recent developments and to assess how current trends regionally and globally are likely to impact upon the fund management industry in Asia. | |||
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| New ETF finishes lower on debut | |||
| May 11, 2012--The first exchange traded fund (ETF) issued by Yuanta Securities Investment Trust since its acquisition of Polaris made its debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange yesterday yet closed lower, on an overall decline of the TAIEX. | |||
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| Equity and bond index investors in Asia-Pacific region show dissatisfaction with their indices, and concerns exist over index transparency | |||
| May 10, 2012--EDHEC-Risk Institute has released the results of its inaugural Asian Index Survey, a comprehensive survey of 127 Asian investment professionals (asset managers, institutional investors, investment consultants, and private wealth managers) on the subject of indices and passive investment and the first comprehensive account of investor attitudes to equity and bond indices in the Asia-Pacific region. | |||
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| China's trade surplus widens in April | |||
| May 10, 2012--China's trade surplus widened in April as imports barely budged, sharpening fears that the world's second-biggest economy is not doing enough to stimulate domestic demand and counter a slowdown. | |||
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| SFC proposes to enhance sponsors regulatory regime | |||
| May 9, 2012--The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has launched today a two-month consultation on proposals to enhance the regulatory regime of sponsors. | |||
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| SECP approves regulatory requirements for exchange traded funds | |||
| May 9, 2012--The SECP has prescribed detailed requirements for launching Index Tracking Exchange Traded Funds by the Asset Management Companies in Pakistan. Earlier, the SECP had approved regulations governing listing and trading of exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Karachi Stock Exchange. | |||
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| ETF/ETN Monthly Report for April 2012 | |||
| May 8, 2012--TSE's Newly Listed Inverse/Leveraged ETFs made a good start and scored #3 and #6, respectively in terms of Trading Volume. | |||
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| IMF Working paper-Alternative Monetary Policy Rules for India | |||
| May 8, 2012--Summary: This paper empirically evaluates the operational performance of the McCallum rule, the Taylor rule and hybrid rules in India over the period 1996-2011 using quarterly data, with a view to analytically informing the conduct of monetary policy. | |||
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| IMF Working paper-China's Impact on World Commodity Markets | |||
| May 8, 2012--Summary: Shocks to aggregate activity in China have a significant and persistent short-run impact on the price of oil and some base metals. In contrast, shocks to apparent commodity-specific consumption (in part reflecting inventory demand) have no effect on commodity prices. | |||
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| DB-Equity Research-Asia-Pac-ETF Market Weekly Review : ETP AUM defends $100bn milestone | |||
| May 7, 2012--Market Review Last week, all the markets in the Asia-Pacific region, except Japan, remained in positive territory. From north to south, Japan (Nikkei 225) lost 1.48%, Korea (KOSPI2) gained 0.37%, China (CSI 300) advanced by 3.42%, Hong Kong (HSI) increased by 1.66%, Singapore (FSSTI) grew by 0.30%, and Australia (S&P/ASX 200) rose by 0.78% over the previous week. | |||
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| SSE Select Industries Indices, SSE Leading Consumption and Services Index and SSE Banks Index To Be Launched( | |||
| May 4, 2012--Designed to serve as new investable benchmarks for investors, SSE and CSI today announced the upcoming launch of SSE Select Industries Indices, SSE Leading Consumption and Services Index and SSE Banks Index on May 28th 2012. | |||
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| ETFGI-Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP industry as at end of April 2012-Preliminary findings | |||
| May 4, 2012--Summary for Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) listed ETFs
At the end of April 2012, the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF industry had 350 ETFs, with 458 listings, assets of US$60.3 Bn, from 82 providers on 14 exchanges. Assets ETF assets have increased by 3.2% from US$58.4 Bn in March 2012 to US$60.3 Bn in April 2012. | |||
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| Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China | |||
| May 3, 2012--By embarking on a low-carbon growth path, China's cities can help reach the country's targets for reducing the energy and carbon intensity of its economy, and become more livable, efficient, competitive, and ultimately sustainable, says a new World Bank report released today. | |||
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| China, Japan, S.Korea to boost investment in each others' bonds | |||
| May 3, 2012--China, Japan and South Korea agreed on Thursday to boost cross-investment in government bond markets, worth nearly a combined $15 trillion, in a move that will better prepare the countries to protect their financial markets from external shocks. | |||
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| DB-Equity Research-Asia-Pac-ETF Market Weekly Review : ETP market recorded $1.1bn inflows in April | |||
| May 1, 2012--Market Review Most of the major Asia-Pacific markets were down last week. In all, Japan (Nikkei 225) dropped 0.42%, Korea (KOSPI2) gained 0.61%, China (CSI 300) declined by 0.03%, Hong Kong (HSI) fell by 1.28%, Singapore (FSSTI) decreased by -0.43%, and Australia (S&P/ASX 200) decreased by -0.1% over the previous week. | |||
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| 12-82MR ASIC releases details for registration and licensing of financial services in emissions units | |||
| April 30, 2012--ASIC has today released details regarding the registration and licensing process for those intending to provide financial services in emissions units under the Federal Government's carbon pricing mechanism. | |||
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| Substantial Transaction Fees Cuts by Futures Exchange | |||
| April 28, 2012--On April 27th, four futures exchanges in China announced that they would reduce transaction fees for all futures contracts by an average 30% (ranging from 12.5% to 50%). The new fee schedules will take effect on June 1st. | |||
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| Asia gaining traction as major Ucits market | |||
| April 27, 2012--Asset managers' appetite for distributing Ucits funds in Asia is on the rise despite concerns over the cost, time and cultural challenges of entering markets in the region, according to a recent survey. | |||
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| Asia Faces Stronger Growth, but Further Rebalancing Critical, Says IMF's Asia-Pacific Regional Economic Outlook | |||
| April 27, 2012--Growth in Asia is expected to pick up this year, after slowing in the last quarter of 2011, but Asian policymakers now face the challenging task of adjusting policies to support stable, non-inflationary growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Asia and the Pacific, which was released in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today. | |||
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| Further reforms needed to sustain Korean growth and social cohesion | |||
| April 26, 2012-- Korea recovered faster and more vigorously from the global crisis than most OECD countries, but strong economic growth alone will not be enough to address the fundamental challenges posed by its rapidly ageing population and rising inequality, according to the OECD's latest Economic Survey of Korea. | |||
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| Goldman India Gold ETF trading volume surges 20 times on Akshaya Tritiya | |||
| April 26, 2012--Indian's were trading gold like crazy on Akshaya Tritiya, or atleast the trading volumes of Goldman Sachs Gold ETF seems to indicate. Akshaya Tritiya fell on Tuesday April 24 this year | |||
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| South Korean growth slips to 2.8% | |||
| April 26, 2012--South Korean economic growth has slipped to the weakest level in two and a half years as the world's seventh-biggest exporter faces strong headwinds from European austerity programmes and a slowdown in China. | |||
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| China Food Price Tracker: Cheaper food | |||
| April 26, 2012--Most food items saw price declines during April 11-20 due to warmer weather and restored supply. Vegetable and pork prices decreased the most, while the price for edible oil was raised by major edible oil producers. | |||
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| China Strategy: Entering 2Q: Cautiously optimistic | |||
| April 25, 2012--China has remained on track until now for a soft-landing scenario. However, we maintain our cautious view that growth may not have bottomed out yet, as more ambitious policy easing is not likely to start until mid-year. | |||
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| China's slowdown not over | |||
| April 25, 2012--Our last issue of Macro Matters reached the conclusion it may be best to sell and reduce beta into this rally and come back when the contours of China's slowdown and the policy response become more certain. | |||
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| TSE publish the index value of TSE Home Price Index for February. | |||
| April 24, 2012--TSE has published the index value of TSE Home Price Index for February on April 24, 2012. | |||
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| Asia slips amid uncertainty in Europe | |||
| April 24, 2012--Most Asian shares lost ground for a fourth consecutive day as political uncertainty in France and the Netherlands, coupled with poor economic data from the region, revived concerns about the eurozone. | |||
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| DB-Equity Research-Asia-Pac-ETF Market Weekly Review : ETP AUM remains at $100bn level amid mixed markets | |||
| April 23, 2012--Market Review The Asia-Pacific region had mixed markets last week. In all, Japan (Nikkei 225) lost 0.80%, Korea (KOSPI2) sank by 1.88%, China (CSI 300) advanced by 1.80%, Hong Kong (HSI) increased by 1.50%, Singapore (FSSTI) grew by 0.22%, and Australia (S&P/ASX 200) gained 1% over the previous week. | |||
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| FSA extends temporary measures regarding restrictions on short selling and purchase of own stocks by listed companies | |||
| April 20, 2012--1. The following regulatory measures on short selling are currently in place, with regard to all listed stocks in Japan: 1) An "uptick rule requirement" which prohibits, in principle, short selling at the same as or prices lower than the latest market price | |||
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| HKEx: Changes Of Designated Securities For Short Selling | |||
| April 20, 2012--The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 27 April 2012 (Friday), 30 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 21 existing designated securities will be removed from the list. | |||
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| HKEx to offer renminbi futures | |||
| April 19, 2012--The internationalisation of the renminbi is gathering pace, with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing to begin trading futures on the currency. | |||
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| Yen falls on monetary easing pledge | |||
| April 19, 2012--The yen fell hard on Thursday after Japan stepped up levels of verbal intervention ahead of the central bank's monetary policy decision next week and the country recorded a record trade deficit in fiscal 2011. | |||
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| SET to launch index ETFs | |||
| April 18, 2012--The Stock Exchange of Thailand will launch foreign index exchange-traded funds in the second half of the year. | |||
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| Mirae-Macro Matters- A slippery slope | |||
| April 17, 2012--In an issue of Macro Matters that we published at the beginning of the year we presented a non-technical framework to explain our expectations for the near-term course of Asian asset prices. | |||
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| India Inc welcomes RBI's move to cut key lending rates | |||
| April 17, 2012--The Indian industry Tuesday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) move to cut some key lending rates by 50 basis points, saying it would boost investments and sentiments of the economy. | |||
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| IMF Working paper-An End To China's Imbalances? | |||
| April 17, 2012--Summary: Global imbalances have been a central theme of the international economic policy debate for much of the last decade, prompted by large and sustained current account deficits in the U.S. and counterpart surpluses in China, Germany, and among many of the oil producers. | |||
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