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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.
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Source: BetaShares
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.
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Source: IMF
China's economic activity slows in July as reforms begin to bite
August 12, 2016--China's economic activity slowed in July, with investment growing at its slowest pace since the turn of the century, as the world's second-largest economy grappled with the painful restructuring of its older industrial sectors.
The weaker-than-expected data covering investment, lending, retail spending and factory output on Friday follows a run of poor numbers this month, keeping alive hopes the government will unleash more stimulus this year to meet ambitious economic growth targets.
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Source: Reuters
IMF The People's Republic of China: Selected Issues
August 12, 2016--China is transitioning to a more consumer and service-based economy. This paper reviews progress along various dimensions of rebalancing and presents staff projections for the medium-term rebalancing path.
External rebalancing has advanced well, while progress on internal rebalancing has been mixed-substantial on the supply side, moderate on the demand side, and limited on credit dependence. Rebalancing on the environment and inclusiveness has lagged.
Going forward, the high national saving is expected to fall owing to demographic change and a stronger social safety net. The consumption ratio is expected to increase with rising labor income share and falling household savings. The investment ratio is forecast to fall in line with national saving, with external balance becoming more entrenched.
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Source: IMF
China stability falters as factory output, investment slow
August 12, 2016--China's recent economic stabilisation faltered in July as factory output, retail sales and investment all slowed.
Industrial production rose 6 per cent from a year earlier in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. Retail sales climbed 10.2 per cent last month, while fixed-asset investment increased 8.1 per cent in the first seven months of the year.
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Source: The Business Times
Proactive Reforms Critical to China's Medium-Term Growth Prospects
August 11, 2016--Growth at 6.6 percent in 2016; expected to decline further
Reforms in train, but credit growth unsustainable
A decision needed to stop financing to weak firms
China is still enjoying strong growth-6.6 percent in 2016-as it shifts from investment to consumption and industry to services, but the country needs faster progress on structural reforms to boost medium-term growth and reduce risks, the IMF said in its latest annual assessment of the economy
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Source: IMF
China has set up special group to launch Shenzhen-HK stock connect: Caixin
August 10, 2016--China's securities regulator recently set up a special work group tasked with launching the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme, Chinese magazine Caixin reported on its website.
The group, headed by Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), is responsible for coordinating efforts among various departments within the CSRC, relevant government bodies, as well as between Chinese and Hong Kong regulators, according to Caixin.
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Source: Reuters
Hang Seng Indexes Licenses KB Asset Management to Use Hang Seng China Enterprises Index as Basis for ETF
August 10, 2016--Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited ("Hang Seng Indexes") has licensed the Hang Seng
China Enterprises Index ("HSCEI") to KB Asset Management Company Limited ("KB Asset Management") to serve as the underlying index for the creation of an exchange-traded fund ("ETF").
The ETF was listed on the Korea Exchange today.
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Source: Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited
DB-Markets Research-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac Monthly-EM and Broad Asia Preferred while Japan and China Saw Outflows
August 10, 2016--Global ETP assets grow to $3.3 trillion amid rising markets and healthy inflows
Global ETP AUM was up by 5% ($157bn) last month and reached $3.3tn (11.3% increase YTD), supported by bullish markets and strong inflows.
Asia-Pac listed ETPs closed the month at record high assets of $306bn. ETPs listed globally (ex-RoW) received inflows of +$53.7bn over the last month with US ETPs bringing in largest inflows (+$45.7bn), followed by Europe (+$10.6bn) while Asia-Pac ETPs experienced outflows of -$2.6bn. Global ETP flows reached +$164.5bn in total YTD (5.7% of last year end AUM)
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Source: Source: Deutsche Bank Markets Research-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy
BetaShares Weekly Newsletter-Another rate cut more likely than not
August 9, 2016--Although the Reserve Bank of Australia's August Statement on Monetary Policy (SMP) did not contain an explicit easing bias, nor changes to the Bank's growth or inflation forecasts, it's nonetheless still consistent with a strong bias to cutting interest rates further-even after the RBA's decision to slash official rates to 1.5% a few days earlier.
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Source: BetaShares