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S&P Dow Jones Indices-India Index Dashboard
December 31, 104--A lacklustre December failed to take the shine off a phenomenal year for the Indian Equity markets. The
S&P BSE SENSEX has recorded a total return of 31.9% for the year.
Smaller capitalization stocks have performed superlatively. The S&P BSE SmallCap index gained by over 70% in 2014.
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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
HSBC Plans First ABS Offering in China by Foreign Bank
December 30, 2014--HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) plans to sell the first asset-backed securities in China by a foreign bank as the nation's authorities accelerate development of the market.
The biggest bank in Europe will offer 1.35 billion yuan ($217.8 million) of the notes on Jan. 15, according to a statement on Chinabond website yesterday. The lead underwriters are Citic Securities Co. and Bank of Communications Co.
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Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
New ETF to be Listed on January 15, 2015(Thu.)-DIAM-"DIAM ETF Nikkei225"
December 26, 2014--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of a new ETF managed by "DIAM Co., Ltd.".
The ETF will be listed on Thursday, January 15, 2015.
Code: 1369
Name: DIAM ETF Nikkei225
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Source: TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Nikkei scores a modest increase
December 26, 2014--Stocks bounce back slightly Friday, thanks to buying on dips on expectations of rises ahead.
The Nikkei 225 average finished 10.21 points higher at 17,818.96. On Thursday, the key market gauge sagged 45.48 points.
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Source: Japan Times
Second ETF to list 10.1m papers
December 25, 2014--10.1 million fund certificates of Viet Nam's second exchange-traded fund SSIAM-HNX30 will be listed on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange from next Monday, coded E1SSHN30.
The reference price on the first trading day will be the net asset value per certificate, dated Friday. SSI Asset Management operates the fund.
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Source: Vietnam News
The Less Taxing Way Asia's Rich Invest in ETFs
European-listed ETFs are popular with Asian investors wanting to avoid tax headaches
December 24, 2014--U.S. exchange-traded funds are enormously popular among investors in Asia because of the vast number of products available and the fact they can so easily be bought and sold.
Yet these U.S. instruments that track specific stock and bond indexes come with an unwelcome punch to a non-U.S. investor: an annual 30% withholding tax on income, while also potentially being exposed to U.S. estate taxes.
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Source: Barron's
New ETFs and ETNs Included in Real-Time Dissemination of "TSE Indicative NAV"
December 22, 2014--Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will newly calculate and publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share for the below Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Notes(ETNs) through
the FLEX standard service on January 19, 2015.
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE)
China Investors Look to Index Reshuffle to Fuel Next Rally
Inclusion of Chinese Stocks in Global Equity Indexes Could Bring In Billions
December 19, 2014--As China's stock markets rocket higher, the next breakthrough being closely watched is whether Chinese shares will be included in global equity indexes that influence trillions of dollars of fund flows.
MSCI Inc. and FTSE Inc. will decide in the first half of next year whether to include China in their global benchmarks, potentially fueling the next leg of a rally as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds would need to buy Chinese stocks to rebalance their portfolios and track the index.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
MOVES-BlackRock names Geir Espeskog as iShares head of distribution, Asia Pacific
December 19, 2014--BlackRock Inc, the world's largest asset manager, appointed Geir Espeskog as iShares head of distribution for Asia Pacific.
Espeskog will oversee operations of the company's iShares exchange-traded funds business in Asia Pacific and across all channels, including retail, institutional and asset management.
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Source: Reuters
4 New ETFs to be Listed on January 6, 2015(Tue.)-Daiwa Asset Management-"Daiwa ETF Leveraged/Inverse Series"
December 19, 2014--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of new ETFs managed by "Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.".
These ETFs will be listed on Tuesday, January 6, 2015.
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE)