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IMF-Malaysia: Selected Issues

March 14, 2014--A MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL STRATEGY 1
Malaysia has embarked upon an ambitious consolidateion strategy: the authorities aim to reduce the federal fiscal deficit from about 4.0 percent of GDP in 2013 to about 3 percent in 2015, and about zero by 2020.

Under staff's baseline projections, this medium-term fiscal consolidation would lower the federal debt-to-GDP ratio to about 40 percent by 202 0, consistent with staff's recommended medium-term debt target. Several measures have been announced in recent months, including gradual subsidy rationalization starting in September 2013 and the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax (GST) in April 2015. Implementation of these measures will play a key role in faciitating near-term fiscal adjustment.

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Source: IMF


Goldman Sachs unveils central public sector ETF today

March 13, 2014--The Government will now have another route to divest its holdings in 10 public sector enterprises with the launch of the CPSE ETF (Central Public Sector Enterprises Exchange Traded Fund) by Goldman Sachs AMC, here on Friday.

On May 2, 2013, as part of the disinvestment programme, the Government had approved the setting up of a CPSE ETF comprising equity shares of CPSEs, to be launched as a CPSE ETF mutual fund scheme.

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Source: The Hindu Business Line


MSCI's China Index Proposal Seen Luring $4 Billion to A Shares

March 13, 2014--MSCI Inc.'s proposal to include China's mainland-traded shares in its emerging-market indexes may lure $4.4 billion in funds, with China Merchants Bank Co. (3968) and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. among the top beneficiaries.

The estimate of inflows into China's so-called A shares by analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. compares with the $52 billion of approved quotas through China's Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors program. China Merchants Bank, AgBank and Ping,An Insurance Group Co. (2318) would probably receive the most inflows under MSCI's proposal, Societe Generale SA wrote in a report dated yesterday.

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Source: Bloomberg


DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac Monthly ETF Market Review-Japan focused ETFs attracted $3.3bn inflows

March 13, 2014--Data in this report is as of 28th February 2014
Global Summary
Global equity markets rebounds in February as economic situation continue to improve in developed markets while emerging markets still struggling with their adverse macro economic factors. Global ETP assets increased by $46bn (2%) YTD and closed the month at $2.3 trillion. Asia-Pacific ETPs assets reached to $168.7bn at the end of February.

Overall cash flows for the global ETP industry were positive recording inflows of +$30bn in February. US domiciled ETPs experienced the largest inflows (+$18.9bn) followed by ETPs in Europe (+$6.8bn) and Asia-Pac (+$4.3bn) regions. Globally, fixed income lead the tally with the inflows of +$19.8bn, followed by equities (+$8.8bn) and commodities (+$1.1bn).

Monthly Trends-Asia Pacific
Market Review
Last month, Asia-Pacific region had mixed markets. Compared to the month before, from north to south:
Japan (Nikkei 225) -0.49%
Korea (KOSPI2) +2.18%
China (CSI 300) -1.07%
Hong Kong (HSI) +3.64%
Singapore (FSSTI) +2.76%
Australia (S&P/ASX 200) +4.14%

ETP flows: Inflows into Japan and China ETFs
Asia-Pacific ETP market continued the positive trend and registered +$4.3bn of inflows in February (+$3.3bn in Jan’14). Total inflows were primarily contributed by equity ETFs collecting +$4.1bn in new money.

Within equity, developed market benchmarked ETFs led the tally receiving inflows of +$3.5bn, primarily driven by Japan focused ETFs (+$3.3bn). Within EM benchmarked ETFs, China focused ETFs recorded inflows of +$0.2bn while South Korea ETFs experienced outflows of -$0.1bn. On a sub-segment level, leveraged long strategy ETFs collected inflows of +$0.3bn.

Winners and losers: At ETP level, largest inflows were received by Daiwa ETF - Nikkei 225 (1320 JP), Nomura Nikkei 225 ETF (1321 JP) and Topix ETF (1306 JP) collecting +$1.2bn, +$0.6bn and +$0.6bn respectively. Largest redemptions were experienced by Daiwa ETF – Topix (1305 JP), Bosera FTSE China A50 Index ETF (2832 HK) and Mirae Assets MAPS TIGER 200 ETF (102110 KS) with outflows of -$0.3bn, -$0.2bn and -$0.2bn respectively.

Turnover: Floor activity down by 8.5% on a month-over-month basis
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $55.2bn for February, 8.5% down from the previous month’s total. On a country level, stock exchanges in Japan topped the turnover ranking with aggregate turnover of $25.3bn (-5.1%), followed by South Korea ($13bn, -12.5%), China ($8.6bn, -7.8%) and Hong Kong ($6.4bn, -17.4%). Among equity ETFs, leveraged long strategy, emerging country, Asia-Pacific developed country, and short strategy ETFs were the most traded products recording total turnovers of $23.6bn, $16.2bn, $7.3bn and $3.4bn respectively. Within fixed income, turnover for money market ETFs totaled $1.2bn, while among commodity ETPs, gold ETPs recorded $0.3bn of monthly turnover.

AUM: ETPs attracted $4.5bn assets in February
Last month, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM added $4.5bn and closed the month at $168.7bn. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is down by $0.4bn or -0.2% below last year’s closing.

New ETP launches -Equities lead the tally
In February, Asia-Pacific ETP market saw five new product launches-four within equity and one in fixed income asset class.

Equity: Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management listed one country (1593 JP) and one sector ETF (1597 JP) on Tokyo Stock Exchange tracking JPX Nikkei Index 400 and Tokyo Stock Exchange REIT Index respectively. Kyobo AXA Investment Management (192720 KS) and Mirae Asset MAPS Global Investments (192090 KS) listed one equity ETF each on Korea Stock Exchange benchmarked to KOSPI 200 LVHD Index and CSI 300 Index respectively.

Fixed Income: CSOP Asset management listed one RQFII fixed income ETF (83199 HK) on Hong Kong Stock Exchange tracking performance of medium term Chinese treasury bonds.

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Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia


Big China ETF Seen Hitting 'Great Recession' Lows

March 13, 2014--China's economy is reforming and most investors are not willing to place big bets on success.

The hotly traded iShares FTSE China (FXI) exchange traded fund is under pressure to fall below $31 a share, which would take another 10% decline to get there. If more weaker-than-expected data comes out of Beijing in the months ahead, then FXI will hit lows not seen since May 2009 when the U.S. was mired in its "Great Recession" and China export-dependent economy suffered as a result.

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Source: Forbes


ETFs woo Mrs. Watanabe with foreign stocks

March 13, 2014--Providers of exchange traded funds, or ETFs, are wooing Japanese retail investors with opportunities to invest in foreign stocks amid expectations the market will soon see a flood of fresh funds.

"Here in Japan, it is very clear the non-domestic equity share of investments in this market is significantly lower compared to Europe or to the U.S., so there is much more need for diversification in general," said Harmut Graff, CEO of index provider Stoxx.

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Source: CNBC


STOXX Asean-Five Select Dividend 50 Index Licensed to Nomura to Underlie Exchange-Traded Note

First exchange-traded product based on a STOXX Index listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange
March 12, 2014--STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced that the STOXX ASEAN-Five Select Dividend 50 Index was licensed to Nomura Asset Management to serve as the basis for an exchange-traded note (ETN) available today on Tokyo Stock Exchange.

This is the first time that the STOXX ASEAN-Five Select Dividend 50 Index, which selects the 50 highest dividend paying companies from five member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), will be used as an underlying for a ETN.

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Source: STOXX Limited


Magazine-Indo Premier gets Deutsche Bank as custodian, fund administrator for new ETF

March 12, 2014--Deutsche Bank will provide custody and fund administration services to PT Indo Premier Investment Management for its newly launched stock-based exchange traded fund (ETF) -Premier ETF SMinfra18 Mutual Fund. Deutsche Bank already provides the same services to Indo Premier Investment Management for two other ETFs.

Established in 2003, Indo Premier Investment Management is a subsidiary of Indonesia-based Indo Premier Securities. Premier ETF SMinfra18 Mutual Fund is Indo Premier Investment Management's fifth ETF, and it is set up in cooperation with PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (Persero) as the owner of the SMinfra18 Index. The SMinfra18 Index is a collection of 18 stocks selected from the infrastructure sector.

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Source: The Asset


SGX to launch options on China A shares futures, Asian currency futures

March 12, 2014--Singapore Exchange (SGX) plans to introduce options on China A shares futures as well as futures contracts on the Chinese renminbi, Japanese yen and Thai baht in the third quarter of this year.

The Singapore bourse operator, which saw a sharp fall in stocks trading last month, said it aims to launch SGX FTSE China A50 Index options to cater to the risk management needs of global investors.

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Source: Chaanel News Asia


PSU ETF awaits Election Commission nod for launch

Launch requires EC's permission as model code of conduct has been in place since announcement of general election dates
March 11, 2014--Having worked out all the modalities to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) to divest its stake in select state-run companies, the government is now waiting for the Election Commission's (EC's) green light to start the scheme.

As the model code of conduct has been in place since the announcement of general election dates on 5 March, the launch requires the EC’s permission.

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Source: livemint.com


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