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JPX-ETF Monthly Report (May 2017)

June 14, 2017--The JPX Monthly ETF/ETN Report (May 2017) is available.

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Source: JPX (Japan Exchange Group)


Sebi allows options in one commodity per exchange

June 14, 2017--The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has issued a circular allowing commodity exchanges to launch options trading in commodities.

Initially, an exchange can launch options in only one commodity and the position limits for options will be double that of the respective futures contract.

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Source: business-standard.com


IMF Staff Completes 2017 Article IV Mission to China

June 14, 2017--Staff project GDP to expand by 6.7 percent in 2017 and by 6.4 percent annually on average between 2018-20.

Reform progress needs to accelerate to secure medium-term stability and address the risk that the current trajectory of the economy could eventually lead to a sharp adjustment.

Policy recommendations include switching faster from investment to consumption; increasing the role of market forces; implementing a more sustainable macro policies mix, continuing the regulatory tightening; tackling nonfinancial sector debt; and further improving policy frameworks.

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Source: IMF


Pinnacle Investment launches two ETF funds

June 14, 2017--Asset management company Pinnacle Investment has launched two exchange traded funds (ETF)--Pinnacle Indonesia Large-Cap ETF and Pinnacle CORE High Dividend ETF.

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Source: The Jakarta Post


Solactive launches Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond Index

Aimed to be tracked by BetaShares Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond ETF
June 14, 2017--Solactive AG is pleased to announce it has entered for the first time the Asia-Pacific region with a new index in the fixed-income space, the Solactive Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond Index, aimed to be tracked by the BetaShares Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond ETF (ASX: QPON).

The index targets the largest and most liquid floating rate AUD-denominated debt securities issued by selected Australian banks.

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Source: solactive.com


Game changer infrastructure indices to create multi-trillion dollar sector

June 13, 2017--EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore (EDHECinfra) is releasing 384 infrastructure debt and equity indices that will change the way investors measure infrastructure investment performance and allow multi-trillion dollar increases in allocation to infrastructure globally.

The new EDHECinfra private debt and equity indices cover 50% of the broad market capitalisation of 14 European markets, and provide investors with metrics that have been unavailable to them until now, going back to 2000. Global market coverage is planned to be achieved by 2020. The

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Source: EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore (EDHECinfra)


Better Data Management to Help Malaysia Achieve High Income Status: World Bank

June 13, 2017--More reliable and open data access can boost growth, expected at 4.9 percent for 2017

The latest Malaysia Economic Monitor, launched today by the World Bank, reports that Malaysia charted its highest quarterly growth rate in two years within the first three months of 2017, at 5.6 percent year-on-year. Growth for the year 2017 has been predicted to rise to 4.9 percent.

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view the Malaysia Economic Monitor June 2017: Data for Development

Source: World Bank


BetaShares-Australian ETF Review- May 2017

June 13, 2017-Continued industry growth and inflows into Australian Equities ETFs
The Australian ETF industry recorded another strong month of growth, with total industry FuM at the end of May hitting a new high as the industry nears the $30B mark.

Total industry FUM at month end was $29.0B, with growth of 2.6% or $730M for the month. In a month where the Australian market tumbled, almost all the growth came from net new money, rather than asset appreciation.

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Source: BetaShares


China Holds Firm to $5 Trillion Anchor as Fed, ECB Seek Exit

June 11, 2017--PBOC's assets contracted 3.1% from January-end to March-end
Asset holdings reduction won't continue, economists say

Investors who fret about when and how global central banks will run down their crisis-era balance sheets can be relaxed about the biggest of them all--China's.

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Source: Bloomberg


GST's impact on India's gold market

June 8, 2017--On 1st July, India's labyrinth of taxes will be replaced with a simple, nationwide Goods & Services Tax (GST). This is the biggest fiscal reform since India's liberalisation in the early 1990s.

While gold consumers will face a slightly higher tax rate, and the industry will go through a period of adjustment, we see the net impact on the gold industry as being positive. The gold supply chain should become more transparent and efficient, and the tax reform can boost economic growth, which we see as supporting gold demand.

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Source: World Gold Council


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