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SGX welcomes new Lyxor ETF listings
February 24, 2012--Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced today the listing of two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by Lyxor International Asset Management ("Lyxor"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Société Générale. This brings the total number of ETFs on SGX to 92.
The new ETFs offer exposure to Thailand and Indonesia and track the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Total Return Index (SET50 TRI) and the MSCI Indonesia Index respectively. Both indexes are established benchmarks widely used by investors. Thailand and Indonesia ETFs were among the top 10 most actively traded ETFs on SGX in 2011.
The SGX ETF market has grown strongly in 2011 with an increased turnover of 36% compared to the previous year. The top three traded ETFs were SPDR Gold Shares, iShares MSCI India ETF and DB X-trackers MSCI Asia Ex-Japan ETF.
“These new listings will give investors a wider choice when selecting a benchmark index that fits their investment portfolio. It also adds on to our current wide spectrum of ETFs covering equity, fixed income, money market and commodities, consistent with our positioning as the Asian Gateway for global investors wanting to access growth and capital in Asia,” said Mr Nels Friets, Head of Securities at SGX.
SGX is the first Asian exchange to list ETFs based on Asia-focused sectoral markets, high yield equity, fixed income, and frontier markets.
Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
ASIC releases draft disclosure guidance for hedge funds
February 23, 2012--ASIC today released for consultation draft regulatory guidance with new disclosure benchmarks and principles for hedge funds to improve investor awareness of the risks associated with these products.
The guidance, contained in Consultation Paper 174 Hedge funds: Improving disclosure — Further consultation (CP 174), sets out the specific features and risks of hedge funds that should be addressed in a Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) for these products.
ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft said it was necessary to ensure that disclosure gives investors the information they need to make an informed investment decision, which may include a decision not to invest in these products.
view Consultation Paper 174 Hedge funds: Improving disclosure-Further consultation
Source: Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
New ETFs Included in Real-Time Dissemination of "TSE Indicative NAV"
February 24, 2012--Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will newly calculate and publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share for the below Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) beginning December 19, 2011.
Name:TSE Mothers Core ETF
Code:1563
Fund Administrator: Simplex Asset Management
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
Blueprint for China to open up markets
February 23, 2012--China should accelerate the loosening of capital controls, its central bank said, in a report outlining the path to a freely tradable currency and more open capital markets.
While China’s economy has grown dramatically over the past three decades, its financial markets have remained mostly closed off from the rest of the world. Opening the capital account would give foreigners far more access to Chinese stocks and bonds and help transform the renminbi into a global currency and potential rival to the dollar.
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Source: Financial Times
IMF Working paper-India's Growth Spillovers to South Asia
February 23, 2012--Summary: This study investigates the role of India's economy in explaining the observed growth in South Asia, taking into consideration other sources of growth endogenous to the countries in the region.
Since a review of key variables indicates that India’s bilateral trade and financial linkages with South Asian countries (SAC) are relatively weak, the paper analyses the spillover effects by focusing on growth more generally with India’s growth as an explanatory variable. The results of the panel growth regressions suggest that India’s growth has good explanatory power for growth in other SAC after 1995.
view IMF working paper-India's Growth Spillovers to South Asia
Source: IMF
Launch of BSE-GREENEX to promote investments in Green India
Designed to promote 'Green' investing mindset among investors
Assesses corporates on quantitative metrics for Carbon performance
February 22, 2012--Indian markets witnessed the launch of the first-ever live Carbon Index BSE-GREENEX, at the hands of Dr. (Shri) M Veerappa Moily, Hon'ble Minister of Corporate Affairs, GoI at BSE today.
BSE Ltd. (Formerly Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.) in association with gTrade (supported by GIZ promoted by Federal Republic of Germany, Observer Research Foundation and IIM Ahmedabad) has constructed BSE-GREENEX - designed specifically to promote green investing, with emphasis on financial performance and long term viability of companies. It is based upon purely quantitative and objective performance signals to assess carbon performance. BSE-GREENEX includes top 20 companies based on Green House Gas Numbers, Free Float Market capitalisation & Turnover.
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Source: BSE
DB-Equity Research-Asia-Pac ETF Market Weekly Review : ETP AUM crosses the $100bn milestone
February 21, 2012--Market Review
Most of the Asian equity markets stayed in positive territory last week. From north to south, Japan (Nikkei 225) gained 4.88%, Korea (KOSPI2) increased by 1.78%, China (CSI 300) grew by 0.14%, Hong Kong (HSI) advanced by 3.41%, and Singapore (FSSTI) rose by 1.37%, while Australia (S&P/ASX 200) lost 1.16% over the previous week.
New Launch Review
Nine new products were launched in the Asia-Pacific ETP market during last week. The Hong Kong market saw seven new equity ETFs and one commodity ETF listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Enhanced Investment Products Ltd made its debut with four equity ETFs offering exposure to country benchmarks of Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Korea, respectively. Ping An of China Asset Management launched three equity ETFs tracking the CSI Hong Kong Dividend Index, CSI Hong Kong Mid Cap Select Index and the CSI RAFI Hong Kong 50 Index respectively. All these ETFs were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Kyobo AXA Investment Mg Co Ltd listed an ETF on Korea Stock Exchange tracking the Kospi 200 Index. Lastly, Hang Seng Investment Mgmt. launched an ETF tracking gold which was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Turnover Review
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $6.3bn for last week, 6% down from the previous week’s total. South Korea continues to be on top of the turnover ranking with $2.4bn, followed by China ($1.5bn), Hong Kong ($1.2bn), Japan ($0.8bn), and Taiwan ($0.4bn). Among Equity ETFs, Emerging Country, Leveraged Strategy, Asia Pac Developed Country, and Short Strategy ETFs had total turnover of $3bn, $1.1bn, $1bn and $0.7bn respectively. Under the Commodity asset class, turnover in Gold ETPs totaled $80m for the last week.
Assets Under Management Review
After testing the historical $100bn mark for a few weeks in succession, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM finally managed to cross it and ended close to $101bn. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by $9.4bn or 10.3% above last year’s closing.
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Source: Deutsche Bank - Equity Research - Asia Pacific
Motilal Oswal launches MOSt Gold Shares-Now get gold at a lower price!
February 21, 2012--Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund announced the launch of Motilal Oswal MOSt Shares Gold ETF (MOSt Gold Shares), an open ended exchange traded fund that invests in gold bullion. Continuing with the tradition of creating 'India's first' products, MOSt Gold Shares is India's 1st Gold ETF of its kind which seamlessly enables Investment as well as Consumption of Gold for Retail Investors.
The NAV of the MOSt Gold Shares unit will track spot price of 1 gm of gold. Valued at spot gold bullion prices, investors can get pure imported Gold at a price lower than any other option in the market by redeeming the ETF units for physical gold bars in as low as 10 grams across 22 cities in India. It will provide investors a means of participating in the gold bullion market and take physical delivery of gold when needed. This makes MOSt Gold Shares stand apart from others.
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Source: Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund
India-MCX IPO to open tomorrow-first bourse to hit capital market
February 21, 2012--India's largest commodity bourse MCX will hit the capital market tomorrow with an estimated Rs 663 crore initial public offer (IPO), pursuant to with it would become the country's first ever exchange to get listed.
The bidding for shares in the IPO -- the first in the year 2012 -- will open tomorrow and close on February 24, MCX Managing Director and CEO Lemon Rutten told journalists here.
The price band of the IPO has been fixed in the range of Rs 860 to Rs 1032 per share, with a face value of Rs 10 each.
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Source: Economic Times
SZSE Issues a Notice of 3rd Cross-market ETF Whole-network Testing, Rolling out SSE-SZSE 300 ETF on Countdown
February 21, 2012--Yesterday, Shenzhen Stock Exchange and China Securities Depositary and Clearing Corp. Ltd. jointly issued the Notice on Third Whole-network Simulation Test for Cross-market ETF on Shenzhen Market, planning to organize such market participants as Bank of China, fund management companies to launch the third whole-network test. And the move also signals the SZSE has well prepared the work for SSE-SZSE 300 ETF.
Since the SZSE first rolled out the ETF products in 2006, it has been actively put tremendous effort to doing research on cross-market ETF products. The SZSE, China Securities Depositary and Clearing Corp. Ltd. and Harvest Fund Management Company successfully designed and developed the cross-market ETF products scheme and relevant technical system in view of the sophisticated experience of overseas market, taking into the consideration China’s securities trading, registration and clearing system. As for the technical system, two whole-network tests were made respectively in September, 2010 and January, 2011. On Feb.06, 2012, China Securities Regulatory Commission accepted the application for Harvest SSE-SZSE 300 ETF, and the countdown for rolling out SZSE cross-market ETF begins.
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Source: Shenzhen Stock Exchange
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