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New Listings of Overseas Commodity and Domestic Strategic ETNs
June 19, 2015--Korea Exchange (KRX) plans to list 4 overseas commodity ETNs and a domestic strategic ETN on June 18, 2015.
Overseas commodity ETNs are issued by Shinhan Investment Co. and domestic strategic ETN is issued by Korea Investment & Securities Co.
Net capital inflows to China increase
June 17, 2015--Net capital inflows to China were about $20 billion in the first five months of the year, the country's foreign exchange regulator reported on Wednesday.
This reversed a downward trend in the previous nine months, which showed capital inflows were falling.
In May, foreign exchange receipts into China's commercial banks reached $1.3 billion, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
India to relax rules preventing corporates selling options
June 17, 2015--New guidelines expected for corporates that want to write options The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is getting ready to issue new guidelines that would allow Indian exporters and importers to hedge their foreign exchange exposure by selling covered calls and puts; currently corporates are only allowed to buy options.
Fearful of the effect that a rise in US interest rates could have on those with heavy dollar exposures, the RBI has repeatedly urged Indian corporates to increase their forex...
BetaShares-Sector Rotation and Fundamental vs. Market-Cap Weighted Indices
June 16, 2015--This note explores how the tendency of individual stocks and industry sectors to both overshoot and undershoot their fundamental values over time can affect the performance of traditional market-cap weighted equity indices (MCWIs) relative to "fundamentally weighted" indices (FWIs).
By seeking to avoid the tendency of MCWIs to overweight stocks that are "overvalued" and underweight stocks that are "undervalued", financial' theory suggests FWI's should be able to achieve superior long-term return performance relative to MCWIs. What's more, Australian and US evidence backs up this proposition.
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong-Shenzhen connect start date not finalised yet-sources
June 16, 2015--Differences over investment quotas, tradable securities
Delay beyond August may risk pushing scheme launch to 2016
May delay inclusion of China A-shares in benchmark indexes
The announcement of the launch date of the landmark Hong Kong-Shenzhen stock market link is on hold due to technical issues, putting at risk China's pledge to have the scheme ready by the year-end, three sources familiar with the situation said.
China's Unsettling Stock Market Boom
June 15, 2015--Something strange is going on in the Chinese stock market.
Even as the country's economy has slowed, stocks have surged about 147 percent in the last 12 months as individual investors have poured their savings and have borrowed money to put into the market.
Chinese investment banks gain clout in Asian bond markets
June 14, 2015--Chinese investment banks are muscling their way into Asia's competitive international bond markets, winning a bigger share of underwriting fees than ever before.
So far this year, Bank of China and its subsidiaries have earned more arranging international bonds for Asian issuers than Goldman Sachs, according to data compiled by Thomson Reuters/Freeman Consulting.
China's hedge fund industry blooms as stocks boom
June 14, 2015--More than 4,000 new Chinese hedge and private equity funds have launched in the last three months, fuelling a mass exodus from traditional investment houses, as ambitious fund
managers seek to profit from the country's booming stock market.
Margin trading regulations revised
Regulator forms working group with global index provider MSCI for inclusion of A shares
June 13, 2015--The rules covering investors' use of margin trading and short selling were relaxed on Friday in a draft document released by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Deng Ge, the CSRC spokesman, told a news conference that the CSRC will drop restrictions that are no longer compatible with the current conditions involving margin trading, a practice that allows investors to borrow money to purchase stocks, and short selling, which allows them to borrow securities to sell.
Thai bourse further promotes investment culture to cope with aging society
June 11, 2015--The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), continues to
focus on financial literacy to promote financial planning among career people
through financial planning project called "Ngern Thong Tong Wang Phan", preparing them to be ready for quality retirement, as the number of Thai senior
citizens is expected to continue to increase in the next 20 years.
This reinforces SET's fifth decade of commitment to create long-term wealth, as such driving sustainable economic growth for Thailand.
