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China's muni bond market launches with a bang
April 1, 2016--Concerns remain as to whether initiative can clean up local government balance sheets
Decades of poor supervision and a dysfunctional fiscal transfer system have turned China's gargantuan local government debt into one of the biggest threats to the country's economic growth.
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Source: FT.com
S&P Cuts China's Rating Outlook as Reforms Falter
March 31, 2016--The New York-based international ratings agency Standard & Poor's revised China's sovereign debt outlook down to negative, citing high levels of state and corporate indebtedness, which were mismatched with the country's slower pace of expansion amid Beijing's insufficient progress developing and implementing economic reforms.
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Source: sputniknews.com
Yangon Stock Exchange in Myanmar officially starts trading
Only one company-First Myanmar Investment(FMI)-is listed on the exchange.
March 25, 2016--Myanmar's first modern stock exchange, the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX), officially started trading on Friday (Mar 25), months after it opened in December.
"We have a very good beginning," Dr Maung Maung Thein, chairman of Myanmar Securities and Exchange Commission and outgoing deputy finance minister, said.
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Source: channelnewsasia.com
International investors welcome Shenzhen and Hong Kong connect
Official confirmation of scheme launch seen as signal to outside world that the Chinese stock market is back to normal
March 24, 2016--Fund managers and brokers welcomed official confirmation that the Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock connect scheme would launch in the second half of this year, citing a desire by both retail and institutional investors to participate in the smaller of the two mainland bourses.
Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission said last week that the Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect programme would kick off in the second half of this year.
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Source: South China Morning Post
Japan's Bond Market Is Close to Breaking Point
March 23, 2016--Inverted curve, rising volatility, thin trading among risks
'We hold a lot, and we're not selling': Fukoku Mutual Life
Signs of stress are multiplying in Japan's government bond market, which is crumbling under pressure from the central bank's unprecedented asset-purchase program and negative interest rates.
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Source: Bloomberg
Yuan Declines After PBOC Weakens Fixing by Most Since January
March 20, 2016--Stronger dollar drives declines among region's currencies
Central bank also managing yuan against basket, Cheung says
The yuan traded offshore fell for a second day after China's central bank weakened the daily reference rate by the most since January as a gain in the dollar drove declines in Asian currencies.
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Source: Bloomberg
Infographic-China's Economy: The Sum of the Parts
March 15, 2016--Geographically vast countries such as the United States or Canada have incredible diversity within their borders.
Every part of the country appears unique, as the distribution of population, culture, geographical features, natural resources, and regional industries vary from place to place.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
Indonesia Economic Quarterly, March 2016: Private Investment is Essential
March 15, 2016--Weak global growth in 2015 has affected Indonesia, with the country growing only by 4.8% last year. Indonesia's 2015 growth was respectable for a commodity exporting country, but was not enough to absorb the 3 million youth entering the work-force, and reverse the recent trend of slower poverty reduction.
To boost growth, Indonesia has to rely on fiscal expansion in the short term, while simultaneously introducing reforms to facilitate investment and reduce the cost of doing business in the medium term.
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Source: World Bank
Asian stocks fall as BoJ stands pat, oil slides
March 15, 2016--Asian stocks have retreated, with Tokyo sinking after the Bank of Japan held fire on fresh monetary stimulus, while energy companies slid.
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Source: FIN24
SGX plans to list MSCI China Free Index contracts
March 15, 2016--THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) intends to list contracts on the MSCI China Free Index, it said on Tuesday. Its plan is subject to regulatory approval.
The new SGX MSCI China Free contracts will broaden the suite of China-linked risk management products available on the exchange, with specific relevance to global institutional investors in China equities.
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Source: businesstimes.com.sg
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