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Analysts Gloomy on Hong Kong's Exchange After Shenzhen Link
August 23, 2016--Sell rating ratio on HKEx's stock is at highest since 2013
Shares could fall 20% by year-end, says CMB strategist
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.'s outlook hasn't improved despite last week's official announcement of a trading link with Shenzhen, according to analysts.
BetaShares Weekly Newsletter-Market Insights: Central banks have lost the plot
August 23, 2016--This week's annual meeting of global central bankers at Jackson Hole comes at a time when investors are beginning to question the wisdom of ongoing extreme monetary stimulus.
Contrary to many critics, however, my concern is not that these measures have not worked. Instead, I maintain they're simply not needed, as the global economy is as good as might be expected once allowance is made for slowing potential growth and falling commodity prices.
Chinese Investors Hunting for Yield Running Out of Options
August 22, 2016--Shanghai index of high-dividend stocks is outperforming
Spread between dividend yields and bond rates is narrowing.
As China's sovereign bond yields tumble to decade-lows, investors are piling into the most defensive part of the stock market in search of returns.
ZyFin MARKETPULSE: Equity and Debt Market Review-India August 2016
August 22, 2016--Macro-Economic Review
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its report released on 19 July, 2016 stated that economic activity in India remained buoyant as the economy continued to benefit from lower oil prices,positive policy actions and improved confidence.
According to the IMF, India's external sector position in 2015-16 is
broadly consistent with medium-term fundamentals and desirable policy settings. It added that subsidy
and social spending reforms would create space to support supply-side reforms in the country.
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Launches Circuit Breaker
August 22, 2016--Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing ("HKEx") has launched a circuit breaker for the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, in a bid to prevent market disruption caused by extreme share price swings due to trading errors and other unusual incidents.
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CBOE expands Asian reach with Singapore approval
August 17, 2016--Singaporean investors will now be able to trade CBOE's VIX futures, as the exchange expands its Asian presence.
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) has won regulatory approval to allow Singapore-based trading firms to trade on the exchange.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) granted the CFE to become a Registered Market Operator (RMO), allow local investors to access its volatility index futures market directly.
Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock tie up approved by government
August 17, 2016--China has approved a long-anticipated trading link between Hong Kong and Shenzhen's stock markets and abolished an overall quota limit that investors considered restrictive.
The Shenzhen Connect was supposed to be launched more than a year ago but was postponed due to market volatility.
It is now expected to go live by the end of the year.
BetaShares Weekly Newsletter-Reap What You Sow: An analysis of income and price returns of the BetaShares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund
August 16, 2016--The BetaShares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (managed fund) (HVST) has proven popular with investors since its inception in October 2014, particularly in light of elevated equity market volatility and the search for yield in today's low interest rate environment.
This note demonstrates that since inception HVST has been able to generate high income returns that have helped it generate positive gross total returns that have been greater and less volatile than that of the S&P/ASX 50 Index.
BetaShares Australian ETF Review-July 2016
August 16, 2016-The Australian exchange traded funds industry hit an all-time high for funds under management in July, reversing a rare month of negative growth in June.
The industry ended the month at $23.4B, growing approx. $900m for the month (4% monthly growth). Despite strong sharemarket performance throughout the month, investors still seem cautious with strong inflows in cash and fixed income.
IMF Working Paper-China's Growing Influence on Asian Financial Markets
August 12, 2016--Summary: This paper finds that financial spillovers from China to regional markets are on the rise. The main transmission channel appears to be trade linkages, although direct financial linkages are playing an increasing role.
Without an impact on global risk premiums, China's influence on regional markets is not yet to the level of the United States, but comparable to that of Japan. If China-related shocks are coupled with a rise in global risk premiums, as in August 2015 and January 2016, spillovers to the region could be significantly larger. Over the medium term, China's financial spillovers could rise further with tighter financial linkages with the region, including through the ongoing internationalization of the renminbi and China's capital account liberalization.
