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China regulator says amending rules on margin trading, short selling
June 6, 2015--China is currently amending rules on margin trading and short selling and will publish them when "time is ripe," the securities regulator said on Friday.
Zhang Xiaojun, a spokesman for the China Securities Regulatory Commission, made the comments at a weekly news conference. He did not elaborate.
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Source: Reuters
FOFA reforms push ETF surge
June 5, 2015--There is a direct link between the FOFA reforms and the growth of the ETF market in Australia, according to the head of iShares Australia, Jonathan Howie.
Speaking at an adviser event in Sydney yesterday, Mr Howie said that regulatory changes at the retail level had led to a shift in capital markets.
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Source: ifa.com.au
China to Revise Margin-Trading Rules
China's securities regulator is amending rules for tools that have helped push the market up 55% this year
June 5, 2015--China's securities regulator said it is amending margin-trading and short-selling rules, as official scrutiny of tools that have helped push the country's stock market to a seven-year high intensifies.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission is revising the rules in a bid to achieve "orderly development" in brokerage firms' margin-trading and short-selling businesses, the regulator said in a brief statement posted on its microblogging Weibo account Friday.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Thailand's economy expected to grow up to 3.5% in 2015-World Bank
Raising Export Competitiveness and Improving Education Quality Are Key Priorities
June 3, 2015--The Thai economy grew by 0.9 percent in 2014, as domestic demand was dampened by political turmoil in the first half of the year and exports fell amid lower demand from China and other large Southeast Asian countries, according to the Thailand Economic Monitor 2015, released today by the World Bank Group.
The country's real GDP is expected to increase by up to 3.5 percent in 2015, primarily due to lower oil prices, increased tourism receipts, and higher public spending. Thai exports are expected to continue growing slowly.
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Source: World Bank
Deutsche Börse to launch Singapore derivatives arm
June 2, 2015--Deutsche Börse, the European exchange operator, plans to launch a derivatives exchange in Singapore next year, marking the latest step by global bourses to establish a physical presence in Asia.
The move is a further sign that Singapore is emerging as a key financial hub in the region, offering risk management hedging in derivatives -such as financial, energy and commodity futures.
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Source: FT.com
Bassanese's Market Insights: The Case for the NASDAQ-100 Index
June 1, 2015--Most Australian investors know that the Australian equity market is top heavy with financial and resources stocks. As a result, if either of these important industries is performing well, there is a decent chance that the Australian equity market will be performing well too.
Meanwhile, however, the Australian equity market is under-represented in one of the most vibrant industries in the world-technology. This note provides a case for why Australian investors may wish to diversify their equity exposure into the US tech sector, such as through the NASDAQ-100 index.
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Source: BetaShares
Dim sum bonds run out of steam
June 1, 2015--One side-effect of China's equity market boom has been to reroute money away from the dim sum bond market, where issuance has halved this year.
In the first five months of the year, the total raised through offshore renminbi debt-known as dim sum bonds-has dropped to $7.6bn, according to Dealogic, compared with $15bn during the same period in 2014.
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Source: FT.com
Korea pension fund poised to invest $40bn overseas
June 1, 2015--South Korea's state-run National Pension Service (NPS) is poised to pour more than $40bn into overseas equities and bonds in the next five years, according to reports from Seoul.
The Won489tn ($438bn) fund is by fair the biggest investor in the Seoul market, owning 8.8 per cent of all Korean equities.
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Source: FT.com
BetaShares launches NASDAQ 100 ETF
June 1, 2015--BetaShares is pleased to announce the launch of our newest product and Australia's first ETF to track the NASDAQ-100 Index-BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ).
NDQ provides Australian investors with a simple and cost effective way to access some of the world's most revolutionary companies.
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Source: BetaShares
HKEx Monthly Market Highlights-May 2015
May 31, 2015--Securities Market
The average daily turnover for the first five months of 2015 was $121,441 million, an increase of 86 per cent when compared with $65,208 million for the same period last year.
The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first five months of 2015 was $10,293 million, an increase of 303 per cent when compared with $2,557 million for the same period last year.
The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first five months of 2015 was $19,783 million, an increase of 188 per cent when compared with $6,862 million for the same period last year.
Total funds raised for the first five months of 2015 was $326,741 million, an increase of 85 per cent when compared with $176,822 million for the same period last year.
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On 26 May 2015, market capitalisation reached a record high of $31,549.9 billion.
Source: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited