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Investors Shun China Stock Link on Ownership Concern, Group Says
December 2, 2014--Institutional investors are shying away from the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock link due to uncertainty about ownership rights and complicated trading procedures, according to an industry body.
Most long-term asset managers aren't going to buy mainland shares through the program in the near term, because investors and regulators aren't comfortable with their ability to enforce ownership of the equities, Mark Austen, chief executive officer of the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, said today in Hong Kong. Requirements to deliver shares to a broker before selling them are also sapping interest, he said.
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Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Japan QE is cheap yen policy in disguise
December 2, 2014--Sad choice of tool as it drives up asset prices but is no help to real economy
The yen has been losing value at a more rapid pace against the dollar since the Bank of Japan launched its latest round of quantitative easing a month ago, and was trading at more than Y118 to the greenback at last glance.
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Source: FT.com
BetaShares Whitepaper-Strategies for Managing Investment Risk in Retirement
November 30, 2014--The swelling ranks of Australian pre-retirees and retirees face a significantly more challenging investment environment than in the past, suggesting new strategies may be needed to increase the prospects of a comfortable retirement.
In our recently launched educational whitepaper, Strategies for Managing Investment Risk in Retirement, we describe in detail some of the investment challenges currently facing retirees, including:
Longevity risk
Sequencing risk
Declining yields from traditional retirement assets
Challenges with traditional asset allocation
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Source: BetaShares
China Said to Order Companies to Check Risks in Commodity Trades
November 28, 2014--China asked state-owned companies to investigate risks associated with commodity trading, said people familiar with the matter, as the government seeks to avoid losses amid a price slump for raw materials.
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission ordered companies under its regulation to manage any expected losses in their commodity trading businesses, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the order hasn't been made public.
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Source: Bloomberg
SGX announces launch of bond trading platform
November 28, 2014--Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced its intention to launch a bond trading platform by mid-2015. It will initially trade Asian corporate bonds in G3 currencies, with Asian local currencies to follow.
To drive this initiative, the first of its kind focused on Asian bonds, SGX has formed a new subsidiary, SGX Bond Trading ("SGX BT").
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Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
S&P Dow Jones Indices-India Index Dashboard-November 2014
November 28, 2014--Call it OPEC's perfect gift for Thanksgiving-cheap oil. November was yet another strongly positive month for Indian equities. The S&P BSE SENSEX gained nearly 3% to close at a new all-time high of 28,694.
The S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices posted even larger gains of 4.5% and 3.2%, respectively.
Returns were led by Financials, which contributed to more than three quarters of the overall gains in the SENSEX.
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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices-Asia Pacific Dashboard-November 2014
November 28, 2014--November was a mixed month for Asian equities; China and Japan's markets posted large gains while continued falls in the price of oil weighed on the Australian markets and the energy sector in particular.
Japan's disappointing Q3 GDP fall of -1.6% (ann.) seemed not to worry a market still gorging on a trillion-dollar quantitative easing package announced at the end of October. The TOPIX 150 gained 6% as the Yen fell to ¥118 against the dollar.
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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
Shanghai 180 China A-share leveraged/inverse ETFs debut on TWSE
November 28, 2014--The Taiwan Stock Exchange ("TWSE") this week welcomed the debut of the "Fubon SSE180 Leveraged 2X Index ETF" and "Fubon SSE180 Inversed Index ETF", the first leveraged and inverse Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
tracking the Shanghai Stock Exchange 180 Index available globally.
In the first four days of trading the ETFs together accounted for over 16.3% of the total daily ETF turnover, reflecting strong demand for innovative products.
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Source: FTSE Global Markets
Indi-Stock-based derivative trading gains traction
Analysts concerned about high-leverage in the system
November 26, 2014--Trading in the stock derivative segment is slowly picking up pace as investors get less risk-averse and much more confident about the market direction.
Analysts said that investors were willing to take speculative positions on individual stocks by taking higher leverage, often without adequate hedges in the cash market.
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Source: Business Standard
Results of Discussion on Extension of Trading Hours
November 25, 2014--Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) has today decided not to extend its trading hours.
The background to the decision-making process can be found here
Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
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