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BRIEF-China Merchants Securities gets approval for the commencement of SSE 50 ETF options market making business and stock options proprietary trading business

February 3, 2015--Merchants Securities Co Ltd
Says gets Shanghai Stock Exchange's approval for the commencement of the SSE 50 ETF options market making business

Says gets Shanghai Stock Exchange's approval for the commencement of the stock options proprietary trading business

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Source: Reuters


India to raise 50 billion rupees through ETF sale before end March

February 3, 2015--India plans to raise 50 billion rupees ($809 million) by selling additional units of a fund made up of shares in public sector companies, a source involved in the discussions told Reuters, a move which would boost government efforts to trim its deficit.

The previous government had set up the exchange traded fund (ETF) last year as a way of selling shares in 10 state-owned companies. It raised 30 billion rupees in an oversubscribed offering as investors welcomed access to a basket of firms.

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Source: Reuters


S&P Dow Jones Indices-Asia Fixed Income Index Dashboard

February 2, 2015--The S&P Pan Asia Bond Index, which tracks the local currency bonds in 10 countries and is calculated in U.S. dollars, ended on a positive note in the first month of 2015.

Total return rose to 0.95%, while yield-to-maturity stood at 4.14%. The S&P Pan Asia Government Bond Index continued to outperform the S&P Pan Asia Corporate Bond Index and gained 1.11% for the month.

The S&P Indonesia Bond Index jumped 6% in January, buoyed by strong inflows. The index's yield-to-worst was tightened to 7.33%.

The S&P China Bond Index added 0.98% last month, while the index's yield-to-worst was tightened to 4.12%. The S&P China Composite Select Bond Index, which covers investable Chinese sovereigns, policy banks, and Central State-Owned Enterprises, also rose 0.98% in the same period, while its U.S. dollar version climbed only 0.19% due to currency weakness. The Chinese offshore market, represented by the S&P/DB ORBIT Index, declined 0.56% in the same period.

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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices


China shadow bank regulation shows results

February 2, 2015--Beijing has declared a partial victory over shadow banking, which has loomed large over China's $30tn banking system in recent years, enabling it to pursue looser monetary policy without exacerbating risks.

The explosive growth of non-bank lending-known as shadow banking-since 2010 created a thick tier of riskier borrowers paying higher rates to a new, lightly regulated sector...

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Source: FT.com


NZX looks at conflict after buy

Sharemarket regulator reviews structure in light of SuperLife's active investments
February 2, 2015--Sharemarket operator NZX is reviewing its governance structures to ensure conflicts of interest-or the perception they exist-do not arise from growth in the company's funds management business.

The Wellington-based firm last month announced the completion of its up to $35 million acquisition of New Zealand fund manager SuperLife, which it says will help transform its Smartshares division into the country's leading passive funds manager and provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs).

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Source: The New Zealand Herald


S&P Dow Jones Indices-India Index Dashboard

January 30, 2015--After a superb 2014, the New Year began with further strong performances from Indian equities. The S&P SENSEX index of blue-chip equities rose by 6% to finish the month at 29,183.

The Indian Rupee strengthened against the U.S. Dollar in January, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.75% from 8%, ahead of its February 3, 2015 policy review meeting. The RBI affirmed that inflation has fallen significantly below its target of 8%.

Among BSE SENSEX sectors, Realty proved the clear winner, gaining by over 16%, while Metal proved the laggard and the only sector to post a loss for the month. Oil and Gas came second from the bottom, reflecting the poor performance of commodities-including industrial metals and energy – that has continued into the New Year.

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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices


S&P Dow Jones Indices-Asia Pacific Index Dashboard

January 30, 2015--There was a bright start for the Asian equity markets in 2015 as the S&P Pan Asia BMI posted a gain of 1.9%.

The majority of regional indices finished in positive territory with Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, India, India and the Philippines each recording gains above 3% for the month.

The major exception to the rule was China, where the S&P CITIC index of A-Shares fell by 7.5%. China reported its slowest pace of GDP growth in more than two decades (i.e. since 1990), recording year-on-year figures of 7.4% in December 2014.

Japan's S&P TOPIX 150 registered a small gain of 0.2%. A weakening Yen (currently 117.6 to the U.S. Dollar) has boosted exports.

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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices


Market Capitalization and KOSDAQ Index Hit a Record High

January 30, 2015--The market capitalization of the KOSDAQ set a new record of KRW 157.4 trillion on January 28, 2015, an increase of KRW 14.3 trillion (up 10%) from that of 2014.

With a sharp rise of the KOSDAQ index recording the highest level in six years and seven months, the market capitalization has also expanded since the beginning of 2015.

In addition, an increment in the market capitalization of the KOSDAQ in January was the highest ever reached since the opening of the KOSDAQ. In detail, the market capitalization grew KRW 14.3 trillion during the period from January 2nd to January 28, 2015. This marks the biggest monthly increase followed by KRW 13.4 trillion posted in November 2005.

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Source: KRX Korea Exchange


ChinaAMC Licenses MSCI China A Index for New China A Shares ETF

January 29, 2015--MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, has licensed the MSCI China A Index to China Asset Management Co., Limited (ChinaAMC) for a new ETF, the ChinaAMC MSCI China A ETF, to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in March.

With over USD 50 billion in assets under management1, ChinaAMC is one of the largest asset managers in Mainland China, and launched the first ever ETF there in 2005. The ChinaAMC MSCI China A ETF is the first ETF to be listed in Mainland China that tracks a China A index from an international index provider.

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Source: MSCI


FTSE RAFI Index selected for first Australian ETF based on US fundamental factors

January 29, 2015--Index weighted by the fundamental factors of a company rather than market capitalisation
Top 1,000 US stocks measured by these factors captured in ASX-traded ETF
FTSE RAFI has 10 year track record providing alternatively weighted indices
January 29, 2015--FTSE Group ('FTSE'), the global index provider, announces that BetaShares, one of Australia's leading providers of exchange traded products, has chosen the FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index for its latest Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).

The index was developed in association with Research Affiliates(R), LLC and is the basis for the first US fundamental equity index ETF issued to the Australian market.

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Source: FTSE


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