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DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy- Asia-Pac Weekly ETF Market Review - Inflows to China and Japan, and outflow from Korea

January 21, 2014--Data in this report is as of 17 January 2014
Market Review
Last week, Asia-Pacific region had mixed markets. Compared to the week before, from north to south:
Japan (Nikkei 225) -1.12%
South Korea (KOSPI2) +0.39%
China (CSI 300) -1.20%
Hong Kong (HSI) +1.26%
Singapore (FSSTI) +0.11%
Australia (S&P/ASX 200) -0.12%

New Product Launch Review
Last week, one new product was launched in the Asia-Pacific ETP market. UBS listed one equity ETF (DIV AU) on Australian Securities Exchange providing exposure to highest dividend yielding companies within the UBS Research Preferred Dividend Index.

ETP Weekly Flows - Weekly outflows from South Korea, while China and Japan see inflows
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP market recorded inflows of +$0.4bn vs. +$0.7bn for the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +$0.5bn (+$1.3bn YTD in total flows). Developed markets equity ETFs collected weekly inflows of +$204mn while emerging markets equity ETFs experienced outflows of -$405mn over the last week. On a country level, ETFs benchmarked to China and Japan received inflows of +$234mn and +$225mn respectively, while South Korea benchmarked ETFs saw outflows of -$0.6bn. On sub segment level, leveraged long strategy ETFs collected inflows of +$0.6bn.

Winners and losers: At ETP level, Next Funds Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index ETF (1570 JP) and Samsung KODEX Leverage ETF (122630 KS) were the largest flows receivers of the week collecting +$359mn and +$184mn respectively. Over the same period, biggest outflows were experienced by Mirae Asset MAPS TIGER 200 ETF (102110 KS) and Samsung KODEX 200 (069500 KS) recording -$370mn and -$177mn of outflows respectively.

Turnover Review-Floor activity down by 21.5%
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $12.9bn for the last week, 21.5% down from the previous week’s total. Stock exchanges in Japan remained on the top of the turnover ranking with $5.9bn turnover, followed by South Korea ($2.8bn), China ($2.2bn) and Hong Kong ($1.6bn). Among equity ETFs, leveraged long strategy, emerging country, Asia-Pac developed country and short strategy ETFs had total turnover of $5.2bn, $4.3bn, $1.9bn and $0.7bn respectively. Within fixed income asset class, money market ETFs recorded turnover of $0.2bn over the last week.

Assets under Management Review- Assets decreased marginally
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM decreased marginally by $0.4bn and ended the week at $164.6bn. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is down by $3.2bn or 1.9% below last year’s closing.

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


Index-tracking ETFs grow in appeal for S'pore investors

January 20, 2014--Going forward, some financial analysts expect the local exchange-traded funds market to expand as investors shift their asset allocation to favour equities over bonds.

Singapore investors are moving away from gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to placing their bets on ETFs that track equity indices.

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Source: Channel News Asia


New ETF to be Listed on Feb. 6, 2014(Thu.-Mitsubishi UFJ AM "MAXIS JPX-Nikkei Index 400 ETF"

January 20, 2014--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of a new ETF managed by Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd, (Mitsubishi UFJ AM).

The ETF will be listed on Thursday, February 6, 2014.
Code: 1593

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Source: TSE


UBS launches second ETF in Australia

January 17, 2014--UBS Global Management has launched the UBS IQ Research Preferred Australian Dividend Fund (DIV) in response to demand for a higher yielding ETF from financial advisers.

The fund has been designed to generate sustainable income through the distribution of dividends and franking credits from around 40 Australian equity securities.

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Source: IFA.com.au


TSE ETF/ETN Monthly Report for Dec 2013

January 17, 2014--Trading value record high renewed for the second consecutive month!
In December 2013, the ETF/ETN market renewed record highs with monthly trading value of approximately JPY 2.8 trillion and daily average trading value of about JPY 140 billion.

Trading of leveraged and inverse ETFs remained active, with NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index Exchange Traded Fund (1570) accounted for the majority of trading value for the second month in a row, while activity in leveraged issues boosted overall trading value. Nikkei 225 and TOPIX-linked issues also saw moderate growth in trading value.

Trading in TSE Mothers Core ETF (1563) rose sharply as it rose to 12th in trading value.

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Source: TSE


China Credit Trust Warns Shadow Bank Loans may Not Repay: Newspaper

Repayment of the 3-billion yuan ($496 million) product sold through the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest lender by assets, will probably be simply delayed.
January 17, 2014--A Chinese trust company warned investors that it may not repay investors of a high-yield product when it matures on January 31, state media said, promoting speculations whether it would become the precedent-setting first default of a shadow banking loan.

Repayment of the 3-billion yuan ($496 million) product sold through the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest lender by assets, will probably be simply delayed to avoid any possible contagion risks, reported by the China Securities Journal, quoting analysts.

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Source: caijing.com


Growth-hungry bourses beat a path to Singapore

January 16, 2014--Since it was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819, Singapore has been known as a commodity trading centre in Asia, first in rubber and tin.

Now exchanges are beating a path to the city-state as they tap the region’s fast-growing commodity and energy markets.

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Source: FT.com


DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Asia-Pac ETF+ Quarterly Directory -Q4 2013 ETPs

January 16, 2014--The Deutsche Bank Asia-Pac ETF+ Quarterly Directory -Q4 2013 ETPs is now available. This document includes all Asia-Pacific listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs).

The directory is organized by country and asset-class-related sub sections. Within each sub section it has been sorted by ETP issuer by alphabetical order and by AUM in descending order. A number of key information points per product have been included in order to enable the reader to get an overview in their own area of interest. Among the key numeric information we include avg. daily turnover, assets under management, and cash flows (all in $US).

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


Publication of the draft of the "Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors"-Japan's Stewardship Code

To promote sustainable growth of companies through investment and dialogue
January 15, 2014--The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Hiroyuki Kansaku, Professor of Graduate Schools for Law and Politics/Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo) has now published the draft of "Japan's Stewardship Code" and started to call for public comments in English.

1. Subject Document of the Call for Public Comments
The draft of the "Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors" Japan’s Stewardship Code (PDF396KB)

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Source: FSA.go.jp


IMF Working paper-Fiscal Vulnerabilities and Risks from Local Government Finance in China

January 15, 2014--Summary: China weathered the global financial crisis better than most, thanks to a large and timely stimulus. This stimulus, however, was mainly in the form of off-budget infrastructure spending and thus not visible in the headline fiscal data. We construct a time series for the augmented fiscal deficit and debt-augmented to include off-budget activity-that better illustrates the counter-cyclical role of fiscal policy.

The results also show that the augmented fiscal deficit and debt are both considerably higher than the headline government data suggest. Nonetheless, at around 45 percent of GDP, the augmented debt is still at a manageable level.

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Source: World Bank


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