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ICICI Prudential AMC likely to manage Suuti ETF

The government is expected to raise up to Rs 7,000 cr through the Suuti ETF
November 13. 2014--India's second largest fund house, ICICI Prudential AMC, has emerged as the front runner for managing the exchange-traded fund (ETF) the government plans to float for disinvesting part of its holdings under the Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India (Suuti).

It had bid to manage Suuti's corpus for 13 basis points (0.13 per cent of the total assets under management). The government had bids from seven asset management companies to act as manager to the ETF.

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Source: Business Standard


BetaShares-Bassanese's Market Insights: Fed to hike earlier than expected

November 11, 2014--With the United States Federal Reserve having officially ended its quantitative easing program, thoughts naturally turn to the outlook for US interest rates.

When will the Fed start raising the Federal funds rate from current near-zero levels, and what will this do to share prices?

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Source: BetaShares


Three paths to sustained economic growth in Southeast Asia

November 11, 2014-- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) encompasses ten countries with a multitude of ethnicities and languages, as well as wide economic disparities. But these nations-Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam-are not only tied together by multiple threads of history and culture but also increasingly linked by business networks, trade relationships, migration, and shared resources.

Today, almost five decades after ASEAN's founding, it is pursuing a more ambitious form of economic integration as a tool for achieving broader prosperity and greater global competiveness.

The region has enjoyed remarkable economic progress in recent years; millions have been lifted out of poverty. Viewed as a single entity, ASEAN would rank as the world's seventh-largest economy.

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view the McKinsey Global Institute report: Southeast Asia at the crossroads: Three paths to prosperity

Source: McKinsey & Company


Canada's BMO launching trio of ETFs in HK

First-of-their-kind bond, bank funds among the rollouts
November 10, 2014--Toronto-headquartered BMO Global Asset Management is listing in Hong Kong three locally domiciled exchange traded funds that it believes are tailored to the market.

The BMO Asia High Dividend ETF, BMO Asia USD Investment Grade Bond ETF and BMO Hong Kong Banks ETF, which will all pay regular dividends, received approvals from Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission on October 30.

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Source: FT.com


Hong Kong, Shanghai stock link to start November 17

November 9, 2014--A delayed trading link between Hong Kong and Shanghai's stock exchanges will start on November 17, the Hong Kong exchange announced Monday.

The bourse connection--which is expected to allow the equivalent of US$3.8 billion a day in cross-border transactions--had originally been slated for last month, but was unexpectedly delayed as pro-democracy protesters continued to shut down sections of Hong Kong.

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Source: Yahoo News


New ETF to be Listed on Dec. 2, 2014(Tue.) -BlackRock Japan="iShares JPX-Nikkei 400 ETF"

November 6, 2014--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of a new ETF managed by "BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd."
The ETF will be listed on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.
Code: 1364
Name: iShares JPX-Nikkei 400 ETF Listing Date:2. December, 2014 (Scheduled)

Trading Unit: 1 unit
Indicator: JPX-Nikkei Index 400

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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)


Hong Kong asset managers seek alternatives as China investment quotas dry up

November 5, 2014--Asset managers in Hong Kong are scrambling to figure out how to meet growing demand for yuan assets after they were hit by a double blow-a shortage of China investment quotas and the delay of a scheme linking the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges.

Money managers in the world's biggest offshore yuan hub are still waiting for new quotas after they were nearly exhausted in late September, even as Beijing is accelerating its pace of granting quotas to London, Singapore and Paris under its RQFII (Renminbi Qualified Institutional Investor) programme.

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Source: Reuters


India Stands to Lose More than $4.58 Trillion to Non-Communicable Diseases

November 5, 2014--New report from the World Economic Forum and Harvard School of Public Health finds that India stands to lose $4.58 trillion to non-communicable diseases, an amount more than double India's annual GDP
Five key interventions reduce incidence of the diseases, and potentially provide a 15% return on investment

A new report released today by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that India stands to lose $4.58 trillion due to non-communicable diseases and mental disorders between 2012 and 2030, an amount more than double India’s annual GDP. The Economics of Non-Communicable Diseases Report provides an account of the forces driving this economic burden and an assessment of interventions that, if implemented, can reverse this trend with a return on investment of at least 15%.

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view the report-Economics of Non-Communicable Diseases in Indi

Source: World Economic Forum (WEF)


BetaShares launches Australian Dividend Harvester Fund for SMSF & Retiree Market

November 5, 2014--November Fund specifically designed for SMSFs & Retirees
BetaShares has today announced the launch of a new ASX-traded fund developed specifically with the needs of SMSFs and retirees in mind.
BetaShares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (managed fund) trades under the ASX Code "HVST".

The Fund's 'dividend harvest' strategy seeks to maximise exposure to large capitalisation dividend paying Australian shares, aimed at delivering a tax-effective, franked monthly income stream that is at least double the annual income yield of the Australian sharemarket.

visit www.betashares.com.au for more info.

Source: BetaShares


Bankers question Asean passport demand

November 4, 2014--Some distributors in Southeast Asia are unsure what the recently launched Asean fund passport will offer them in the near term

that they do not already have.

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Source:Asian Investor


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