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Australia sets out tax treatment for foreign investors
March 16, 2015--The Australian government has published the latest draft of legislation intended to offer clarity over foreign investors' taxation exemptions.
The move is expected to boost growth in the local fund management industry.
Australia's bid to become a major financial centre will get a boost from changes set to liberalise tax rules for non-resident investors...
Amundi to move into Asia's competitive ETF marketplace
March 16, 2015--The French asset manager will soon make its debut in Asia's ETF market, which its North Asia CEO acknowledges will be a challenge given rising numbers of providers in the popular passive sector.
Amundi is to move into the ETF market in Asia for the first time and is looking for a senior business development executive to spearhead sales.
Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect could see muted response
March 15, 2015--High valuations and vague corporate governance standards look set to dampen foreign institutional investor interest in mainland shares
Foreign institutional investors may be apprehensive about picking up China's high-growth shares in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock trading scheme, given high valuations and vague corporate governance standards.
IMF Working Paper-Pressing the Indian Growth Accelerator: Policy Imperatives
March 11, 2015--Summary: India's real GDP growth slipped substantially after the North Atlantic financial crisis. Return to a sustained high growth trajectory is feasible but it will need much more focused attention to the revival of manufacturing and to the acceleration of investment in transport and infrastructure.
The immediate priority is to achieve the kind of fiscal quality and low inflation levels exhibited during 2003-08, with focused attention to increasing efficiency and compliance in tax revenue collection. Higher tax revenues can facilitate increases in public investment, which then crowd in private investment. The task ahead will be more difficult in view of the protracted slowdown in global growth and trade.
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China mulls granting broker license to banks
March 11, 2015--Chinese securities regulator's recent comments that it was looking into allowing commercial banks to apply for securities brokerage licenses indicate the further slackening of barriers for financial services.
Spokesperson with China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Zhang Xiaojun said during a routine press briefing on Friday that the commission is working to allow banks to apply to do broker business, though no timetable has been set.
IMF-India: Selected Issues Paper
March 11, 2015--Summary: The background papers for the 2015 Article IV explore key issues affecting the Indian economy, and implications for fiscal, monetary, financial sector and other structural policies.
The first chapter examines how surges in global financial market volatility (including those triggered by uncertainties about monetary policy normalization in advanced economies and/or geopolitical tensions) spill over to emerging market economies (EMs) including India. The results suggest that a surge in global financial market volatility is transmitted very strongly to key macroeconomic and financial variables of EMs, and the extent of its pass- through increases with the depth of external balance-sheet linkages between advanced countries and EMs.
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CORRECTED-China to allow local govts to swap 1 trln yuan of expensive debt
March 10, 2015--China will let local governments convert up to 1 trillion yuan ($160 billion) in debt to lower interest bonds as it seeks ways to ease their massive debt burden without crippling the broader economy.
Beijing is struggling to rein in local government debt, estimated around $3 trillion. Local governments rushed to finance infrastructure and real estate projects, especially after the 2008/09 global financial crisis, in efforts to stimulate economic growth.
Low Inflation Helps Boost India Consumer Sentiment BetaShares Australian ETF Review: February 2015 New ETFs and ETNs Included in Real-Time Dissemination of "TSE Indicative NAV"
Inflation Expectations Close to the Lowest in the Series' History
The MNI India Consumer Sentiment Indicator rose to 121.2 in February from 120.4 in January.
March 10, 2014--For the first time in its history, the Australian exchange traded fund industry increased in size by $1 billion in a single month, reaching a new record high of $16.8 billion in funds under management (FUM). February 2015 are detailed below:
Highlights of the BetaShares Australian ETF Review-
Market Cap ASX Exchange Traded Funds Market Cap: $16.8B
New record high Market cap growth for month: +6.6%, +$1,055.4m
Record monthly FuM growth Market cap growth for last twelve months: 60.8%, +$6.4B
New money New unit growth for month (units outstanding by number): 2.2% Net new money (units outstanding by $ value): +$279.9m
March 9, 2015--Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will newly calculate and publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share for the
2 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) through the FLEX standard service on April 13, 2015.
