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Bassanese's Market Insights: RBA still has easing bias

May 5, 2015--*The RBA cut official interest rates to the historic low of 2% today. As in February, the decision to cut rates came just after another relatively benign quarterly inflation report, and just before its next Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy (due Friday)-which is likely to downgrade the economic growth outlook further.

Will the RBA cut again?

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Source: BetaShares


Citi Launches Unique Solution to Strengthen the SPSA Solution

May 5, 2015-As the leading provider of Stock Connect trading, clearing and settlement solution, Citi is pleased to announce the launch of Citi SPSA+ solution to enable true RVP/DVP settlements between investors and their brokers using the SPSA solution and minimize risk of fail trades.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) recently launched the enhanced pre-trade checking model, also known as Special Segregated Accounts (SPSA) for the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program.

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Source: Citi


Anil firm inks pact

April 24, 2015--Anil Ambani's Reliance Capital Asset Management Company (RCAM) today joined hands with Samsung Asset Management Company to manage, market and distribute each other's investment products in India and South Korea.

Samsung AMC, which manages assets worth over $165.8 billion and is part of Samsung Group, is also looking to explore opportunities in the exchange traded funds (ETF) market in India through this partnership.

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Source: The Telegraph


Taiwan, Japan to cross-list ETFs

May 3, 2015--Bourse operators in Taiwan and Japan will "soon" allow exchange traded funds to cross-list between the two markets, while also working together on a trading link,

says Yang Chao-jung, Taipei-based vice chairman at the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

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Source: FT.com


S. Korean firms' derivatives trading falls in 2014

April 30, 3025--South Korean financial companies' derivatives trading fell 16.3 percent in 2014 from a year earlier due to a protracted market slump, the financial watchdog said Thursday.

The combined trading volume of derivatives such as stock options and futures reached 43,649 trillion won (US$40.6 trillion) last year, compared with 52,145 trillion won tallied a year earlier, according to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS). view more

Source: YonHap News


BIS-Working paper-Prolonged reserves accumulation, credit booms, asset prices and monetary policy in Asia

April 30, 2015--This paper examines past evidence of prolonged periods of foreign exchange reserves accumulation in the Asia-Pacific region.

One empirical challenge is to identify periods of reserve accumulation that are sufficiently large and persistent to be categorised as prolonged. Several proxies for prolonged episodes are considered, including a newly proposed one based on a factor model.

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Source: BIS


Easier Access to Simpler Funds for Retail Investors

April 29, 2015--From today, retail investors can expect easier access to a wider range of investment funds, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs)1.

This enhancement is part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) broader effort to expand the range of simple, low-cost investment options available to retail investors.

Previously, all investment funds which used derivatives were classified as Specified Investment Products (SIPs). SIPs are more complex products and can only be sold to retail investors with enhanced safeguards, including an assessment of these investors' investment knowledge or experience.

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Source: MAS


BetaShares-Thoughts on the Active vs. Passive Debate

April 29, 2015--With the strong growth in index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the Australian marketplace in recent years, debate is again swirling on the benefits of active vs. passive investment management.

Some commentators have suggested that index-oriented investments are merely for "dumb" investors, who have no real skills in picking mispriced securities likely to outperm the market. If this were to be true, it would follow that these investors are leaving money on the table as by either investing in the development of these skills-or hiring talented active managers – they could produce better returns. It has been suggested that over the very long run, "sensible investing" in "quality" stocks "will beat an index". How true is this?

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Source: BetaShares


8 Securities Launches Asia's First Robo-investing Service

April 29, 2015--Leading online investment solution 8 Securities announced the launch of Asia's very first robo-investing service 8 Now!.

8 Now! is a simple way for anybody to create and automate a professionally designed global portfolio at a fraction of the cost of banks and investment advisors.

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Source: 8 Securities


TOPIX Approved by Taiwan Stock Exchange for Listing of TOPIX ETFs in Taiwan

April 28, 2015--Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) is pleased to announce that, today, TOPIX has been approved as an underlying index for ETFs by Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE).

The approval follows an asset management company's submission to TWSE for examining the eligibility of TOPIX as an underlying index for ETFs. TOPIX ETF will be listed on the TWSE market when the product is approved by the Taiwanese authorities and TWSE.

JPX has worked together with TWSE toward cross listing ETFs and mutually promoting each other's markets. We welcome this positive development toward listing TOPIX ETFs on overseas markets and will continue to work together with TWSE and to promote the products.

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Source: Japan Exchange Group


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