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Companies prepare for an era of stronger currency
May 2, 2016--Companies prepare for an era of stronger currency.
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Source: FT.com
Approval of Initial listing (ETF): NEXT FUNDS Nomura Enterprise Value Allocation Index Exchange Traded Fund (Nomura Asset Management)
May 2, 2016--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of new ETF managed by "Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.". The ETF will be listed on Thursday, May 19, 2016.
Issue Name: NEXT FUNDS Nomura Enterprise Value Allocation Index Exchange Traded Fund
Indicator:Nomura Enterprise Value Allocation Index
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE)
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Approval Of Initial Listing (ETF): Daiwa ETF MSCI Japan Human and Physical Investment Index(Daiwa Asset Management)
May 2, 2016--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of new ETF managed by
"Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.". The ETF will be listed on Thursday, May 19, 2016.
Code: 1479
Issue Name: Daiwa ETF MSCI Japan Human and Physical Investment Index
Indicator: MSCI Japan Human and Physical Investment Index
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE)
China April official factory activity expands but at slower pace
May 1, 2016--Activity in China's manufacturing sector expanded for the second month in a row in April but only marginally, an official survey showed on Sunday, raising doubts about the sustainability of a recent pick-up in the world's second-largest economy.
The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was 50.1 in April, easing from March's 50.2 and barely above the 50-point mark that separates expansion in activity from contraction.
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Source: Reuters
China launches yuan gold fix to boost power in global bullion market
April 19, 2016--Benchmark price to be set twice daily
Bullion industry long dominated by London
China top producer, importer, consumer of gold
Top gold consumer China launched a yuan-denominated gold benchmark on Tuesday, in an ambitious move to exert more control over pricing of the metal and influence in the global bullion market.view more China's economic growth slowed in the first quarter to 6.7 percent, largely in line with expectations, but its slowest pace since the global financial crisis view more ETFs/ETPs listed in the Asia Pacific ex Japan gathered a record level of 7 billion US dollars in net new assets in Q1 2016, according to ETFGI view more
Amundi launches first Hang Seng Hong Kong 35 ETF China To Invest Nearly $1 Trillion In 2016 On Infrastructure, High-Tech Research And Development view more BetaShares Weekly Newsletter-Market Insights: Don't be conned by 'good' US earnings results view more
Source: Reuters
April 15, 2016--China's economic growth slowed in the first quarter to 6.7 percent, largely in line with expectations, but its slowest pace since the global financial crisis.
Data reported Friday showed that the annualized growth rate for the world's second-largest economy ticked lower from the previous quarter's 6.8 percent.
Source: usnews.com
April 14, 2016--ETFs/ETPs listed in the Asia Pacific ex Japan region gathered a record level of US$7.09 billion in net new assets in Q1 2016.
The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP region had 824 ETFs/ETPs, with 965 listings, assets of US$121 Bn, from 114 providers listed in 18 exchanges in 14 countries at the end of Q1, according to preliminary data from ETFGI's March 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report.
Source: ETFGI
April 13, 2016--French exchange-traded fund provider Amundi has launched its first Hong Kong-domiciled ETF in Asia. The Amundi Hang Seng HK 35 Index ETF is also the first ETF to track the Hang Seng HK 35 Index.
Compiled by Hang Seng Indices, the Hang Seng HK 35 Index tracks 35 large cap, liquid Hong Kong companies which derive the majority of their revenue outside of China’s mainland market. Individual companies in the index are capped at 10%.
April 13, 2016--Beijing is set to invest over 6 trillion yuan ($926.6 billion) this year in the country's high-tech research and development, as well as infrastructure development, including railway, fixed assets, water conservancy projects, local media reported on Thursday.
The aim is to help develop sectors such as transportation, environment protection, urban planning, and tourism.
Source: emergingequity.org
April 12, 2016--This week marked the start of the United States March quarter earnings reporting season. As is usually the case, both analysts and companies have "aired their dirty laundry" early, with particularly large downgrades to expected earnings well ahead of time.
As a result, it's quite likely that the actual reporting results may once again be "better than expected", which could provide some relief to Wall Street. That said, the challenging earnings outlook for the US market-and hence for global equities in general-has not changed.
Source: BetaShares