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People's Bank of China Cuts Interest Rates
Central bank also cuts reserve requirements for agricultural and small business lending
June 27, 2015--After more than a week of a brutal selloff in Chinese stocks, the country's central bank on Saturday took a rare easing step, cutting both its benchmark interest rates and the amount of reserves certain banks are required to hold.
In a statement, the People's Bank of China said both steps were aimed at lowering borrowing costs and "stabilizing growth" in the world's second-largest economy.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Van Eck lists first A-shares ETF
June 25, 2015--Van Eck Global launched Australia's first exchange traded fund (ETF) that gives investors direct exposure to the Chinese A-share market.
The Market Vectors China ETF (CETF) tracks China's CSI 300 Index which represents the largest and most liquid shares listed on the two stock exchanges in China's mainland, Shanghai and Shenzhen
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Source: Financial Standard
Private PF trusts allowed to invest in stock market
June 25, 2015--Private provident fund trusts, which manage their workers' PF as well as accounts, have been allowed to invest up to 15 per cent of their incremental deposits in equity or equity-related investments.
In April, the Labour Ministry had allowed retirement fund body EPFO to park a portion of its funds in stock markets.
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Source: The Hindu Business Line
Singapore regulator gets tough with SGX
June 24, 2015--The Singapore Exchange has been heavily criticised for its communications with market participants over a technical outage last year,
with its main regulator ruling that it cannot increase customer fees until S$20m of technology improvements are implemented.
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Source: FT.com
BetaShares Using ETFs to generate efficient after-tax outcomes
June 24, 2015--At this time of the year many investors and their advisers are focused on ensuring they implement the most tax efficient strategies in order to take advantage of any benefits or deductions before the end of the financial year.
This post details an important but often underappreciated benefit that exchange traded funds (ETFs) can offer investors-tax efficiency. Tax-efficiency is, perhaps, a less visible benefit for investors, as, in the Australian financial market, fund manager performance is more often assessed on pre-tax returns, meaning investors may not be fully appreciative of this ETF related benefit.
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Source: BetaShares
Japan Exchange Group-New Products and Trading Rule Revisions
June 24, 2015--We are pleased to announce trading rule revisions and new products that will be introduced with
the launch of the Next Generation Derivatives Trading System (Next J-GATE) scheduled for the
middle of 2016.
JPX's vision is to become "The most preferred exchange in Asia," and one of the key strategies
toward attaining the goal is “expansion of the derivatives market.”
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Source: Japan Exchange Group (JPX)
IMF-Australia: Concluding Statement of the 2015 Article IV Mission
June 24, 2015--Re-Energizing Growth
Australians have enjoyed exceptionally strong income growth for the last couple of decades. But the waning of the resource investment boom and the recent sharp fall in the terms of trade have brought this to a halt. Incomes should start rising again as the terms of trade stabilize, but likely more slowly than in the past.
Improving this outlook requires policymakers being on the front foot to enable Australia to make the most of its considerable potential. This means supporting aggregate demand in the shorter term and boosting productivity in the longer term. And ensuring banks are unquestionably strong would reduce vulnerabilities. Such an ambitious reform agenda would require strong and sustained commitment.
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Source: IMF
Forward Markets Commission to merge with Sebi by September
June 23, 2015--Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday said it expects the proposed merger of commodities regulator FMC with it to be completed by September-end.
"We are evaluating the gaps which are there (in Sebi-FMC merger). We will be able to take over the responsibility by end of September," Sebi chairman U K Sinha told reporters after its board meeting.
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Source: The Times of India
HKEx faces uphill battle with China commodities 'connect' plan
June 23, 2015--HKEx wants to be gateway to China's vast commodities markets
HKEx bought the London Metal Exchange in 2012
Analysts say emulating "Stock Connect"" success will be tough
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEx) is eager to wring value from its $2.2 billion purchase of the London Metal Exchange but the chances of it emulating in metals its success in connecting with stock traders on the mainland may be slipping away.
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Source: Reuters
Asian investors seek global exposure, says Deutsche AWM
June 23, 2015--Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) says that it is seeking to tap demand from Asian asset owners for higher global investment allocations.
Ravi Raju, the firm's Asia-Pacific head, told Asia Asset Management that sovereign wealth funds, pensions and insurance companies in Asia are increasingly looking to construct global portfolios, given the larger volume of assets at their disposal combined with ongoing deregulation.
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Source: Asia Asset Management
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