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Regulatory hurdles bar most funds from HK-Shanghai link-investor group
January 6, 2015--Technical and regulatory hurdles have so far kept most foreign fund managers from using a landmark Hong Kong-Shanghai trading link, forcing many to sit out a sizzling rally in mainland China shares.
Investor group, the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, said on Tuesday that only 13 of 41 asset managers that responded to a survey indicated they had invested through Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect, in the first data on investor participation to emerge since the scheme launched on Nov. 17.
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Source: Reuters
UBS Global AM to beef up product development
The head of its Asian asset management arm, Rene Buehlmann, outlines his views on the key industry drivers and where his firm will be looking to make an impact in the future
January 6, 2015--UBS Global Asset Management is looking to beef up its product development capabilities in Asia Pacific, says its new regional head, Rene Buehlmann.
In his first media interview since taking the helm at the Swiss bank’s Asian asset management business last June, Buehlmann said the unit had been too quiet and that he planned to raise its profile as one of the bank’s core divisions, alongside wealth management and investment banking.
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Source: Asian Investor
S&P Dow Jones Indices-Asia Pacific Index Dashboard-Asia Pacific Index-Decmber 2014
December 31, 2014--Pan-Asian equities fell in December to complete the year largely unchanged; the S&P Pan Asia BMI index has delivered a total return of 0.6% for 2014.
Onshore Chinese equities had a blistering month; the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect accompanied a monthly rise of 36% in S&P CITIC 50 index of A-shares, which finishes the year up by nearly two-thirds. Our equity indices representing India, Indonesia and the Philippines are also to be commended, each gaining more than a quarter during 2014.
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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
Corbat's Quest for Boring Clashes With Citigroup Trading Push
December 31, 2015--Michael Corbat settled into an armchair at Citigroup Inc. (C)'s Park Avenue headquarters in January and shared his strategy to make the bank boring.
The past 11 months have seen him expand in businesses that are far from it.
Corbat, chief executive officer of the New York-based bank, extended his reach into commodities trading as other firms retrenched, kept a proprietary trading desk that takes a looser approach to new rules than some competitors and expanded the company's derivatives business to make it the nation's second-largest.
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Source: Bloomberg
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
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