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Approval of Initial listing (ETF): MAXIS JAPAN Quality 150 Index ETF (Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management)

February 29, 2016--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of new ETF managed by "Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.". The ETF will be listed on Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE)


China halts overseas investment schemes

February 28, 2016--Beijing has mothballed two pioneering outbound investment schemes, according to people with knowledge of the situation, in its latest bid to stem capital outflows and shore up the renminbi.

The halt in the allotment of quotas reflects fears over the...

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Source: Google.com


China market's gradual opening credit positive for foreign asset managers: Moody's

February 27, 2016--China's new rules that will further relax the quota allocation and foreign exchange control is credit positive for foreign asset managers, Moody's said in a report on Friday.

Earlier this month, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of China announced that it will give licensed foreign institutional investors--those participating in the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) program--more flexibility to invest in onshore investment products.

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Source: xinhuanet.com


China admits to renminbi image problem

February 26, 2016--China needs to eliminate market expectations of continued currency depreciation, the head of its central bank admitted on Friday as he argued the country had ample foreign exchange reserves despite recent depletions.

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Source: FT.com


Japan Considers Recognizing Bitcoin As A Currency

February 25, 2016--Regulators in Japan have proposed considering and treating virtual currencies, such as bitcoin, as methods of payment and settlement similar to conventional fiat currencies.

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering legislative revisions that would recognize bitcoins and other digital currencies as equivalents to conventional currencies, citing that the revisions see bitcoin as "fulfilling the functions of currency,"..

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Source: emergingequity.org


Yet a flood of overseas money into its bond markets may not materialize right away

February 25, 2016--China is warming to a new source of cash to fund its burgeoning debt pile: foreign investors.

Yet a flood of overseas money into its bond markets may not materialize right away.

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Source: Wall Street Journal


Samsung lowers ETF fees across the board

February 24, 2016--South Korea's Samsung Asset Management has cut fees on all of its exchange traded funds in its home market while gearing up to launch leveraged and inverse ETFs in Hong Kong.

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Source: FT.com


IMF Working Paper-Private Sector Activity in Hong Kong SAR and the Fed: Transmission Effects through the Currency Board

February 23, 2016--Summary: As the U.S. Fed begins to increase the Federal Funds rate,interest rates in Hong Kong SAR will rise in tandem under the Currency Board system.

While domestic economic activity in Hong Kong SAR remained resilient in previous rate hike cycles, there is a concern that the impact of higher interest rates would be larger this time due to historic high levels of leverage in both household and corporate sectors. However, macroprudential measures have contained the debt service burden among new borrowers and leverage quality of corporate sector is healthier than its peers in the region. Empirical estimations of aggregate consumption and corporate investment show that private domestic demand is likely to remain robust with the anticipated gradual increase in interest rates over the next few years and taking into account the buffers in the system.

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Source: IMF


Overcapacity in China: An Impediment to the Party's Reform Agenda

February 23, 2016-The European Chamber of Commerce in China has released a new major report that addresses the problems arising from increased overcapacity in China's industrial economy.

Overcapacity in China: An Impediment to the Party's Reform Agenda provides a detailed examination of the causes and consequences of overcapacity in eight key industries and analyses the developments that have taken place since the European Chamber published its original report on this topic in 2009.

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Source: European Chamber of Commerce in China


Lessons from Vietnam in a slowing global economy

February 23, 2016-In just three decades, Vietnam has been transformed from one of the world's poorest nations to one of the world's greatest development success stories.

The Doi Moi economic reforms of the late 1980s helped the country move away from its centrally planned economy and toward globally oriented market economy. This contributed to a stunning average growth rate of 7 percent between 1991 and 2010.

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Source: World Bank


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