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Asia Frontier Capital (AFC)-uly 2016 Newsletter

July 8, 2016--The Brexit surprise in late June caused a period of volatility in worldwide equity markets which was followed by a rebound in July with US markets posting significant gains, while most European markets recovered somewhat but are still trading below pre-Brexit levels.

Interestingly, Japan, emerging markets, and frontier markets in Asia have benefited and they rallied to higher levels than before Brexit.

China's Small-Time Stock Investors Aren't Buying the Rebound

August 7, 2016--Trader burnt by last year's boom-bust is looking to cash out
Lackluster interest by individuals undermines Shanghai gains

When Frank Chen sees China's stocks rise, he thinks of how he can reduce his investments.

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Source: Bloomberg


Hang Seng Indexes Licenses Fubon to Use

August 5, 2016--Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited ("Hang Seng Indexes") today announced it has licensed the HSCEI Short Index and the HSCEI Leveraged Index to Fubon Asset Management Company Limited ("Fubon") to serve as underlying indexes for the creation of two exchange-traded funds ("ETFs").

The ETFs were listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange today.

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Source: Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited


China Moves Toward Launching Credit-Default-Swap Market

August 4, 2016--China's interbank-market regulator is likely to seek approval from China's central bank to launch a CDS market soon.

China is edging closer to launching its own version of a popular hedging tool that protects investors in case of defaults, as the world's No. 2 economy struggles to cope with slowing growth and record numbers of companies not paying back debt.

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Source: Wall Street Journal


AMP Capital and BetaShares add Dynamic Markets Fund to suite of ETMFs

August 4, 2016--AMP Capital and BetaShares have launched their third active exchange traded managed fund (ETMF).

The AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) (DMKT) is the first global multiasset fund trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

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Source: hedgeweek.com


China Said to Plan Index Futures Revival After Volumes Drop

August 3, 2016--Futures exchange considers raising cap on new contracts
Government has sought to balance control with free markets

China's futures exchange is planning to relax the restrictions on stock-index contracts that sparked a 99 percent plunge in trading and heightened concern over the government's intervention in markets, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Source: Bloomberg


BetaShares launches ETFs to track the global mining and global banking sectors

August 3, 2016--BetaShares, a leading Australian ETF manager, today announced the launch of the BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF-Currency Hedged (ASX: MNRS) and the BetaShares Global Banks ETF-Currency Hedged (ASX: BNKS).

Both MNRS and BNKS are hedged into Australian dollars to eliminate the impact of currency fluctuations on portfolio performance, making the two ETFs unique in the Australian market.

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Source: Professional Planner


BetaShares-Global Market Outlook August 2016: The Post-Brexit TINA Trade

August 2, 2016--Optimism related to post-Brexit central bank stimulus continued to buoy global equities in July, even though oil prices slumped and initial central bank actions proved disappointing.

Other supportive factors were a reassuring bounce-back in US employment growth, a relatively benign US earnings reporting season to date, and continued cautiousness from the Fed over when it might next raise interest rates. With sovereign bond yields plumbing new lows in the post-Brexit environment, the "TINA" trade-There Is No Alternative to equities-is now in vogue.

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Source: BetaShares


BetaShares adds to Global Sector Series with Gold Miners and Banks ETFs

August 2, 2016--We are pleased to announce the launch of two new funds in our Global Sector series-BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF-Currency Hedged (MNRS) and BetaShares Global Banks ETF-Currency Hedged (BNKS)

MNRS aims to track an index comprising of 40 of the largest global (ex Australia) gold miners. At end-June 2016, this index had a combined market capitalisation of $A308 billion-significantly more than the combined value of the gold miners available on the Australian stock exchange, which had a value of $A25 billion.

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Source: BetaShares


Central bank takes steps to regulate liquidity in July

August 1, 2016--The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, announced on Monday that it launched a series of targeted measures in July to regulate liquidity.

The central bank said it injected 900 million yuan (135.8 million U.S. dollars) through standing lending facility (SLF) to ensure provisional liquidity demand from financial institutions.

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Source: xinhuanet.com


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