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China Bans Stock Sales by Major Shareholders for Six Months
July 8, 2015--China's securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation's $3.5 trillion stock-market rout.
Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must maintain their positions, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a statement. The rule is intended to guard capital-market stability amid an "unreasonable plunge" in share prices, the CSRC said.
Indonesia Economic Quarterly, July 2015: Slower Gains
July 8, 2015--Growth is forecasted at 4.7 percent for 2015, revised down from the previous forecast of 5.2 percent, as real output growth slowed to 4.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015, the slowest pace since 2009.
Subdued fixed investment and more recently weaker consumer spending growth are lowering GDP growth in Indonesia. However, Indonesia is still growing faster than other countries that export commodities to China, such as Brazil and South Africa.
view the Indonesia Economic Quarterly, July 2015: Slower Gains report
Assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reached a record 120 billion US dollars at the end of the first half of 2015 according to ETFGI
July 8, 2015--Assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reached a new record of US$120 billion at the end of the first half of 2015 as well as a record level of US$18 billion in net new assets (NNA).
Net inflows in the first half of 2015 have surpassed the prior record of US$13.5 billion set in the first half of 2014, according to ETFGI's preliminary ETF and ETP global insights report. At the end of June 2015, the Japanese ETF/ETP industry had 157 ETFs/ETPs, with 212 listings, assets of US$120 Bn, from 20 providers on 2 exchanges.
Nearly 25% of Chinese stocks have stopped trading
July 7, 2015--The turmoil in China's stock market is so bad that some companies are calling it quits.
Over 700 Chinese companies have halted trading to 'self preserve," according to the state media. That means about a quarter of the companies listed on China's two big exchanges--the Shanghai and Shenzhen--are no longer trading.
BetaShares-A Greek tragedy: Our Global Market Outlook-July 2015
July 7, 2015--The Month in Review It wasn't a great month! Fears regarding Greece, combined with pre-existing concerns regarding share price overvaluation, weakened Australian equities again last month.
Global equities also fell, but less than in Australia. Rising bond yields-due to ongoing strength in the US economy and Fed tightening fears also hurt bond returns.
China's biggest ETF sees record trading after Beijing unveils rescue plan
July 6, 2015--China's biggest exchange-traded fund (ETF) jumped more than 6 percent on Monday in record turnover, in the clearest sign yet that money from Chinese brokerages, mutual funds and sovereign wealth funds could be flowing into blue chips as part of a rescue package unveiled over the weekend.
The China 50 ETF <510050.SS>, which buys into shares of the 50 biggest companies listed in Shanghai, registered turnover of 24.9 billion yuan ($4.01 billion), more than double the previous session.
China's Mutual Recognition Scheme Draws Applicants
July 6, 2015--Eleven international asset managers have applied to take part in China's mutual recognition of fund scheme as regulations restricting the flow of money between Hong Kong and the mainland are loosened.
Some fourteen Chinese funds have applied to sell their wares in Hong Kong, bringing the total number of applicants to 25, Ashley Alder, the Securities and Futures Commission's chief executive officer, said.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins for ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF and Ping An Insurance Futures
July 6, 2015--Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 8 July 2015,
the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
China to Suspend New Stock Sales to Preserve Liquidity
July 4, 2015--China's top 21 securities brokerages said on Saturday that they would collectively invest at least 120 billion yuan ($19.3 billion to help stabilise the country's stock markets after a slump of nearly 30 percent since mid-June.
A flurry of official policy moves over the past week, including an interest rate cut and a relaxation of margin lending rules, has failed to arrest the sell-off
China to Suspend New Stock Sales to Preserve Liquidity
World's second-largest economy also plans to establish fund to stabilize markets
July 4, 2015--China decided to suspend new stock sales and, in a first, establish a fund to stabilize the country's share markets, making clear the increasing concern among China's leadership that the stock panic could spread to other parts of the world's second-largest economy.
Senior officials from the State Council, China's cabinet, the central bank, its top securities regulatory agency and other financial agencies held a meeting...
