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BetaShares launches Managed Risk Global Share Fund
February 12, 2016--We are pleased to announce the expansion of our Managed Risk Series with the launch of the BetaShares Managed Risk Global Share Fund (managed fund) ASX: WRLD.
BetaShares Managed Risk Global Share Fund joins HVST and AUST in the Managed Risk line-up, enabling advisers, SMSFs and individual investors to create diversified, risk managed equities portfolios with convenience and ease.
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Source: BetaShares
Infographic-The World is Turning Japanese
February 12, 2016--Negative rates, Kuroda's "Peter Pan" analogy, and gold's surge.
Nearly a year ago, Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda described the unlikely inspiration behind Japan's unprecedented monetary stimulus: Peter Pan.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect set to be delayed for longer due to market volatility
February 11, 2016--Scheme would represent further capital account opening for mainland China.
The plan to connect the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges looks set to be delayed until at least the second half of this year, with the launch of the new cross-border scheme not possible until volatile markets turned stable, the heads of the local bourse said on Thursday.
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Source: South China Morning Post
Exchange traded funds set Japan record
February 2, 2016--Japanese trading in exchange traded funds soared to an all-time high last month as retail investors bet heavily against the global market sell-off and attempted to second-guess purchases by the Bank of Japan.
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Source: FT.com
China's Leaders Project 6.5-7.0 Percent Growth Target Range
January 31, 2016--China's leaders are expected to target economic growth in a range of 6.5 percent to 7 percent this year, sources familiar with their thinking said, setting a range for the first time because policymakers are uncertain on the economy's prospects, Reuters reports.
China, the world's second-largest economy grew 6.9 percent in 2015, which is the ...
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Source: emergingequity.org
Growth in Asian institutional ETF usage set to accelerate
January 28, 2016--Institutional investors and fund houses in Asia are using ETFs more for multi-asset and smart-beta strategies and for replacing futures exposure, with growth tipped to accelerate.
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Source: asianinvestor.net
Bank of Japan surprises with negative interest rate
January 29, 2016--The Bank of Japan on Friday introduced a negative interest rate policy, a move aimed at boosting a stumbling economic recovery and warding off deflation.
Markets jumped on the intervention.
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Source: USA Today
Chinese investors still shy of A-shares
January 29, 2016--Even after recent falls, shares still seen as too expensive, survey finds.
Despite the sharp falls of recent months-continued with this week's lurches-A-share prices still look expensive and Chinese retail punters aren't keen to get back into the market.
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Source: FT.com
Chinese Stocks Fall Sharply, Leading Asian Markets Lower
January 28, 2016--China's stock market sank on Tuesday amid accumulating evidence of the Chinese economy's deeply rooted troubles and as the central bank pushed huge sums of money into the banking system.
The drop took Chinese stocks to their lowest level in 13 months. It followed a sell-off in the United States on Monday that was caused by a fall in the price of oil, an indicator of global economic health.
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Source: NY Times
IMF Staff Completes 2015 Article IV Mission to Malaysia
January 27, 2016--"Despite challenging external and domestic conditions in 2015, the authorities have been able to maintain macroeconomic and financial stability, while making significant progress in improving the foundations for sustained economic growth over the medium term.
Malaysia's economy has been affected by multiple shocks since late 2014, including a sharp fall in commodity prices, weak external demand, political developments and capital outflows.
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Source: IMF
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