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These 3 Animated Charts Capture the Economic Rise of Asia
July 28, 2016--The economic rise of Asia has been swift, but it has also been a little reckless at times.
China's rapid spending and investment has come at a price. The country is now saddled with a massive debt bomb that could detonate at any moment. Further, economic interests have helped to create a precarious situation in the South China Sea, which many experts see as having escalating potential for armed conflict. Such actions would disrupt trade along one of the most important sea routes in the world.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
BetaShares Weekly Newsletter-$A could be heading for new test of US70c
July 27, 2016--The Australian dollar have proven stubbornly resilient in recent months, raising doubts about my year-end call that it would fall to US65c.
That said, a number of forces appear to be now conspiring to push the little Aussie battler lower in the months ahead.
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Source: BetaShares
HK and Singapore exchange battle escalates
July 28, 2016--Regional rivals look to derivatives in contest for supremacy
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Source: FT.com
TOCOM's Physical Market for Gold Launched Today
July 25, 2016--The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) announced today that the launch of a new physical market for gold, "Gold Physical Transaction".
The number of executed transactions for the first trading day was 14.
TOCOM is the only regulated exchange that operates a gold market in Japan and gold is the most actively traded commodity at the Exchange.
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Source: Tokyo Commodity Exchange
China Capital flight eases in first half of year
July 22, 2016--China's capital flight pressure has eased in the first half of this year, as statistics released on Thursday by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange indicate.
According to the data, China's net foreign exchange purchase accumulated to $173.8 billion in the first half of 2016. But its capital outflow significantly slowed down in the April-June period.
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Source: chinadaily.com.cn
HKEX to put planned LME-HK clearing link on hold due to Brexit-CEO
July 20, 2016--Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) will put on hold a planned commodities clearing link with its London Metal Exchange (LME) subsidiary due to uncertainty created by Britain's vote last month to leave the European Union, the bourse's CEO said.
In his personal blog published on Wednesday, Charles Li said the project, which was designed to clear and settle LME trades in Hong Kong, would have been subject to regulatory authorities in Hong Kong, Britain and the European Union.
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Source: Reuters
Vietnam's growth moderates amidst severe drought, slow industrial growth
July 19, 2016--After accelerating strongly last year, Vietnam's economic activity moderated in the first half of 2016, with GDP expanding by 5.5 percent during the first half of 2016, compared to 6.3 percent growth in the same period last year.
A report released today by the World Bank in Vietnam, the biannual Taking Stock, attributes the slower growth to the impact of a severe drought on agricultural production and slower industrial growth.
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Source: World Bank
ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reach a new record high of 148 billion US dollars at the end of June 2016
July 19, 2016--ETFGI the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, today reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reach a new record high of 148 billion US dollars at the end of June 2016, according to ETFGI's June 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report.
Record levels of assets were also reached at the end of June for ETFs/ETPs listed globally at US$3.177 trillion, in the United States at US$2.256 trillion, and in Canada with US$79.42 billion.
ETFGI reports ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex Japan gathered 3 billion US dollars in net new assets in June 2016
July 18, 2016--ETFGI the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, today reported ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex Japan gathered US$3 billion in net new assets in June 2016, according to preliminary data from ETFGI's June 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report.
Record levels of assets were also reached at the end of June for ETFs/ETPs listed globally at US$3.177 trillion, in the United States at US$2.256 trillion, in Japan which reached US$147.67 billion and in Canada with US$79.42 billion.
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Source: ETFGI
WisdomTree Announces Ten Additional ETFs have Filed Notification with the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA)
Expanding the Suite of Innovative Smart Beta ETF Strategies to Japanese Retail Investors
July 7, 2016--WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced that ten additional ETFs have recently filed notification with the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA).
With these additions, WisdomTree now has available a total of 27 ETFs for sale in Japan through Japanese securities companies.
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SourceP: WisdomTree
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