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Simmons & Simmons Advises on World's First RMB-Denominated Gold ETF
February 1, 2011--Simmons & Simmons has advised Hang Seng Investment Management on the launch of the world's first renminbi-denominated physical gold ETF, benchmarking the LBMA gold price, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The Hang Seng RMB Gold ETF will begin trading on 14 February 2012. It will track the performance of the London gold fixing price in US dollars, but it seeks to hedge against the renminbi exchange rate to the US dollar.
The Simmons & Simmons team was led by partner and Head of the Funds Group in Hong Kong, Rolfe Hayden and Managing Associate, Eva Chan.
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Source: Simmons & Simmons
BSE IPF and Morningstar India launch ‘India Fund Observer 2011’
February 1, 2012--Highlights for the fund industry in 2011:
Falling equity markets and regulatory developments weighed heavy on the domestic fund industry, therefore denting its assets in 2011. On a year-end basis, the assets of the industry shrunk for the second year in a row--by 2.4% in 2011, as against a fall of 6% in 2010.
Net inflow into equity funds bounced back to Rs. 6,848 crores in 2011, after a disappointing outflow of about Rs. 16,000 crores in 2010. Investors poured in money during market dips, during the year. However, collections from equity new fund offers (NFOs) continued to plunge, and so did the number of new launches. There were only 10 new equity open-end funds launched this year, which managed to mobilize only Rs. 612 crores. This is down from the hey-days of 2007, when there were about 48 new equity fund launches, which managed to mobilize in excess of Rs. 29,000 crores.
Fixed Maturity Plans (FMPs) were the saviour for the fund industry in 2011 with record collections of Rs. 118,000 crores and about 700 of these funds being launched during the year. Rising interest rates were conducive to these funds mobilizing such huge sums during the year. In 2010 too, when interest rates were hardening, there were 288 FMP launches which together mobilized around Rs 72,561 crores.
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Source: Morningstar
TSE Resumes Trading After System Glitch Causes Halt
February 1, 2012--TSE temporarily suspends trading in shares of more than 200 companies, including Sony, Hitachi
Exchange still investigating cause, but glitch likely stems from server trouble for stock data distribution
Exchange resumes trading of all suspended issues from afternoon session
Financial Services Agency urges TSE to take steps to prevent system trouble from occurring again
The Tokyo Stock Exchange halted trading of 241 issues Thursday morning, including blue-chip stocks such as Sony Corp. (6758.TO) and Hitachi Ltd. (6501.TO), due to the failure ...
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Source: Wall Street Journal
China regulator: Hong Kong-linked ETFs ready to go
February 1, 2012--China has completed preparatory work for launching exchange traded funds linked to Hong Kong-listed shares, Guo Shuqing, chairman of the country's securities regulator, said in an editorial published in the state-run China Securities Journal on Thursday.
Guo, who didn't offer a timetable for the launch of ETFs linked to Hong Kong-listed shares, reiterated that China will push ahead with establishing a global commodity futures market domestically.
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Source: MarketWatch
OSE has been Publishing "Indicative Net Asset Values" and "Portfolio Composition Files" of ETFs
February 1, 2012--OSE has been publishing Indicative Net Asset Values (Indicative NAVs(*1)) and Portfolio Composition File (PCFs(*2)) of ETFs in order to improve ETF investors' convenience since August 15, 2011.
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Source: Osaka Securities Exchange
Dow Jones Indexes named “Best Islamic Index Provider of the Year in Malaysia” by Asia Asset Management
2012 Honour Marks the 28th Industry Award For Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes Since its 1999 Launch
January 31, 2012--Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced it has been named “Best Islamic Index Provider in Malaysia” by Asia Asset Management, adding to the list of awards bestowed upon the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes in 2011.
Since its launch in 1999, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes have won a total of 28 industry awards from various organizations, research institutions and financial publications around the world. The previously announced 2011 awards include:
“Islamic Index Provider of the Year in Asia” by Asia Asset Management;
“Best Islamic Index Provider” by Islamic Finance News (fifth consecutive year);
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Source: Dow Jones Indexes
TSE has published the index value of TSE Home Price Index for November.
January 31, 2012--TSE has published the index value of TSE Home Price Index for November on January 31, 2012.
The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Composite of Tokyo Metro Area) is 78.58 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Tokyo) is 81.98
points.
The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Kanagawa) is 78.11 points.
The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Chiba) is 69.79. The index value of
TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Saitama) is 69.24 points.
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Source: TSE
DB - Equity Research - Asia Pacific ETF Weekly Review: ETP AUM keeps moving closer to $100bn on bull markets
January 30, 2012--Market Review
Equity markets continued to remain in positive territory last week. From north to south, Japan (Nikkei 225) gained 0.85%, Korea (KOSPI2) increased by 0.79%, Hong Kong (HSI) climbed by 1.95%, Singapore (FSSTI) rose by 2.35% and Australia (S&P/ASX 200) grew by 1.15% over the previous week.
Stock exchanges in China remained closed during last week due to public holidays.
New Launch Review
Last week, eight new ETFs were launched in Asia-Pacific region. Mirae Asset MAPS Global Investments listed seven sector ETFs on Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Two of these ETFs track the S&P Emerging Asia Consumer Index and the S&P Global Consumer Enterprises Index respectively and remaining five tracks S&P Pan-Asia ex JANZ Large Cap Sector Indices (Financials, Industrials, Materials, Information Technology and Energy respectively). Further, Korea Investment Trust Management listed one Strategy ETF on Korea Stock Exchange tracking KOSPI200 Leveraged Index.
Turnover Review: Volatility keeps markets active
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled only $2.5bn during last week, 63% down from the previous week’s total as stock exchanges in China and Taiwan remained closed for entire week and almost all other countries in the region had a shorter trading week due to public holidays. South Korea continues to be on top of the turnover ranking with $1.4bn, followed by Japan ($483m), Hong Kong ($333m), Australia ($120m), and Singapore ($106m). Among Equity ETFs, Asia Pac Developed Country, Emerging Country, Leveraged Strategy, and Short Strategy ETFs had total turnover of $629m, $616m, $518m, and $399m respectively. Under the Commodity asset class, turnover in Gold ETPs totaled $173m for the last week.
Assets Under Management Review
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM reached $99.4bn after an increase of 1.7% over the previous week. On a year to date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by $7.9bn or 8.6% above last year’s closing.
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Source: Deutsche Bank - Equity Research - Asia Pacific
Shanghai vows to expand capital markets
January 30, 2012--Shanghai intends to expand greatly the size of its capital markets and open them more widely to foreign investors by 2015 as cornerstones in its strategy to become a global financial powerhouse.
The goals for the next four years range from the concrete, such as more than doubling trading volumes, to the aspirational aim of “significantly increasing the international influence” of Shanghai’s markets.
The government said on Monday these were intermediate steps towards the ultimate objective of making Shanghai an “international financial centre that is consistent with China’s economic strength” by 2020.
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Source: Getshanghaionline.com
SGX gets U.S. CFTC approval for FTSE China A50 and MSCI Asia APEX 50 futures contracts
January 30, 2012--Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said U.S. investors can now directly trade its FTSE China A50 and MSCI Asia APEX 50 futures contracts from within the U.S.
On 27 January 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) certified that these contracts, which are based on the FTSE China A50 and MSCI Asia APEX 50 equity indices, may be offered and sold to individuals in the U.S.
The SGX-listed FTSE China A50 futures contract is the only offshore contract providing international investors with easy exposure to China’s domestic A-share market. A total 3.1 million FTSE China A50 futures contracts were traded on SGX in 2011, six times that of the previous year. The MSCI Asia APEX 50 futures is a tradable proxy to the broader MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index, one of the most widely followed benchmark indices used by investors investing in Asia.
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Source: SGX
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