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Shanghai's option market launch shadowed by regulatory probes, brokerage suspensions
City's exchange chief wants focus on risk controls for hedging instrument amid rising market volatility and fears for small investors
January 19, 2015--A flurry of reform efforts to make the mainland's capital markets fit for global investors has sent uncertainty sweeping across the equity arena as brokers face probes into trading irregularities and exchanges struggle to get to grips with a fast-evolving marketplace.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange is counting down to next month's launch of the mainland's first stock option market, but bourse chief executive Huang Hongyuan told a financial forum in Shenzhen that more focus should be put on risk controls for the new financial instrument at a time when volatility is on the rise.
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Source: South China Morning Post
China Weighs Allowing Bond Trades on Hong Kong-Shanghai Link
January 20, 2015--"We can offer more diversified products," Huang Hongyuan, president of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, said through a translator at a presentation in Hong Kong on Jan. 20.
"Perhaps we can move to ETFs or bonds; we can perfect further transaction arrangements."
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Source: Bloomberg
China's 2014 economic growth misses target, hits 24-year low
January 20, 2015--China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 24 years in 2014 as property prices cooled and companies and local governments struggled under heavy debt burdens, keeping pressure on Beijing to take aggressive steps to avoid a sharper downturn.
European and Asian shares in fact rose on relief that the news was not worse; the Shanghai Composite index gained 1.85 percent, Japan's Nikkei 225 index saw its biggest one-day gain in a month and European markets rallied.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
New RMB bonds total 11t yuan in 2014
January 20, 2015--The total value of renminbi-denominated bonds issued in China last year hit 11 trillion yuan ($1.8 trillion), up 22.3 percent, the central bank said on Tuesday.
Of the bonds issued in 2014, 10.7 trillion yuan were issued through the inter-bank bond market, according to a report released by the People's Bank of China, including 1.7 trillion yuan of treasury bonds and 2.3 trillion yuan through the three wholly state-owned banks.
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Source: Chinadaily.com
UPDATE 1-Investors to get taste of new China via Shenzhen trading link
January 20, 2015--Foreign investors eager to tap into the next generation of Chinese firms should soon be able to directly trade stocks in Shenzhen, but the high valuations and extreme volatility of the country's second-largest exchange may limit early inflows.
The debut in November of the landmark Stock Connect trading platform between Hong Kong and Shanghai, although marred by technical problems and tepid volume, has been hailed by foreign funds as a positive step forward in the opening-up of China's capital account.
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Source: Reuters
BetaShares Australian ETF Review: Year End 2014
January 20, 2015--In a hallmark year, the Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market saw a number of key metrics reach record levels in 2014.
The industry recorded its highest ever annual growth in 2014, with funds under management increasing by $5 billion (up 50% on 2013) to end the year at a new record high of $15 billion. Records were also broken for net inflows and trading value.
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Source: BetaShares
Nasdaq to Provide Trading Platform for Japan's Biggest Derivatives Exchange
Exchange Operators in Japan Seek More Foreign Investors
January 19, 2015--Nasdaq, the world's largest exchange company, will provide a new trading platform for Japan's largest derivatives bourse,
in a significant deal for a foreign financial technology operator and a step toward internationalizing Japan's financial markets.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
One futures exchange by second half
TFEX-AFET merger to boost crop trading
January 19, 2015--The planned merger of the two local futures exchanges is expected to be completed by the first half this year, enabling investors to trade all futures products at the Thailand Futures Exchange
"If the process can be completed by the first half, all products will traded on the TFEX starting from the second half," said Kesara Manchusree, president of Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).
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Source: Bangkok Post
Hong Kong exchange proposes volatility mechanism
January 16, 2015--HKEx Invites Views on Proposed Volatility Control Mechanism for Securities and Derivatives and Closing Auction Session for Securities
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) published a consultation paper today (Friday) on the proposed introduction of a Volatility Control Mechanism (VCM) in its securities and derivatives markets and a Closing Auction Session (CAS) in its securities market.
view the HKEx Consultation Paper on Proposal for Introduction of Volatility Control Mechanism in the Securities and Derivatives Markets and Closing Auction Session in the Securities Market
Source: HKEx (Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited )
Start of Calculation and Publication of Currency Hedged JPX-Nikkei Index 400
January 16, 2015--Japan Exchange Group, Inc. and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Nikkei Inc. will begin calculating currency hedged indices of the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 to improve convenience for foreign investors.
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Source: TSE
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