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Central bank official says China keen to promote use of yuan in commodity pricing
September 19, 2017--Beijing studying 'market rules and mechanisms to meet demand from investors' deputy head of monetary policy committee says
China is keen to raise the profile of its currency in the pricing of commodities, according to a central bank official.
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Source: South China Morning Post
Former BlackRock Execs Target Hong Kong ETFs Where Others Failed-Bloomberg
September 19, 2017--Premia Partners sees smart-beta as key for China-focused funds
Move follows Hong Kong retreat by BlackRock, Deutsche Asset
Former executives at BlackRock Inc. think they've found a way to succeed with Chinese exchange-traded funds where their erstwhile employer failed to gain traction -in Hong Kong.
The key, in a phrase, is multi-factor smart-beta.
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Source: Bloomberg
'Better than blockchain' new asset trading system unveiled
September 19, 2017--The chief scientist of the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre, Michael Aitken, has demonstrated a new asset trading system -known as digi.cash-which he says will allow a broad range of financial assets to be traded at virtually no cost with immediate settlement, potentially disruptive to existing markets like the Australian Securities Exchange.
Digi.cash works via a system of "tokenisation", where a digital representation is made of a physical asset. When the "token" is sent from one person to another, settlement is instant. The receiver can then "withdraw" the real asset.
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Source: Financial Review
Australian House Price Update: Where's the value?
September 19, 2017--Although the official measure of house price inflation suggested Sydney property gains remained solid in the June quarter, more timely indicators point to a softening in this long red-hot market.
That's consistent with estimates suggesting mortgage affordability constraints in Sydney are now around previous peak levels. Meanwhile, better value appears evident in other capital cities, suggesting the overall national housing market need not weaken dramatically anytime soon.
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Source: betashares.com.au
Chinese Central Bank said to be drafting fresh package of reforms for more financial market opening
Monday 18, 2017--Details may include permission for foreign institutions to control their local finance-sector joint ventures, as well as raising the current 25pc ceiling on foreign ownership in Chinese banks
China's central bank is drafting a package of reforms which would give foreign investors greater access to the nation's financial services industry, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Source: South China Morning Post
IMF Country Report-Japan: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Long-Term Challenges for Financial Intermediation
September 18, 2017--Summary:
Sustained demographic change can have potentially significant effects on the economy and the financial system. Aging can affect financial intermediation through its effects on potential growth, on the term structure of interest rates and risk premiums in general, and on the demand for retirement-related products and services.
At the same time, in an aging society, the financial sector has a particularly important role to play in helping to foster growth and productivity. This note analyzes and quantifies the effect of aging in Japan-both at the national and regional levels-on the nature of financial intermediation and concludes that the relative role of banks is likely to diminish.
India Considers Issuing Its Own Bitcoin-Like Cryptocurrency as Legal Tender
September 17, 2017--While working on creating a legal framework for bitcoin and other digital currencies, the Indian government is now considering launching its own bitcoin-like cryptocurrency.
The proposed government cryptocurrency is to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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JPX Monthly ETF Monthly Report (August 2017) Daiwa to roll out three ESG-focused ETFs on Tokyo Stock Exchange view more If you are looking for a particuliar article and can not find it, please feel free to contact us
The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP industry had 1,134 ETFs/ETPs, with 1,284 listings, assets of US$155 Bn, from 121 providers on 17 exchanges in 14 countries.
Source: ETFGI
September 14, 2017--The JPX Monthly ETF Monthly Report (August 2017) is available.
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Source: JPX (Japan Exchange Group)
September 14, 2017--Tokyo-based Daiwa Asset Management is planning to launch three new ETFs in Japan, each tracking locally listed equities while utilizing environmental, social and governance (ESG) stock screening.
The funds are due to begin trading on Tuesday 26 September 2017.
Source: etfstrategy.co.uk
