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China's third gold ETF in muted start as consumers prefer physical metal
December 16, 2013--E Fund Management Co Ltd has launched China's third gold-backed exchange-traded fund (ETF) but, like its predecessors, the product has failed to make a splash as investors in the world's biggest bullion user show a preference for physical metal.
E Fund Gold ETF began trading on Monday and saw its market value drop by 0.6 percent on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
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Source: Reuters
Mainland fund industry AUM surpasses 4 trillion RMB
December 16, 2013--The total AUM of China's fund industry broke the 4 trillion RMB (US$634.9 billion) mark in November this year, according to figures released by the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC).
As of the end of November, the size of mutual funds overseen by Mainland asset managers amounted to 2.91 trillion RMB, which represented a growth of 1.8% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the size of the non-public raised funds, which includes enterprise annuities, segregated accounts, and fundamental pension funds, was 1.15 trillion RMB, an increase of 52.5% from 754.1 billion RMB a year earlier.
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Source:Asia Asset Management
SPDJI launches S&P Total China BMI Indices
December 13, 2013--S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) has launched its S&P Total China BMI Indices. An extension to the S&P Global BMI family, the five indices are designed to allow global investors to analyse the Chinese equity market in a robust and efficient manner by including both A-shares and offshore listings in one set of indices.
The indices launched on December 12 include:
S&P China A BMI: A broad market index representing large-, mid-, and small-cap China A-shares;
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Source: ETFIASIA
ETF/ETN Monthly Report for Nov 2013
December 12, 2013--Monthly trading value hit a record high in November!
With monthly trading value reaching approx. JPY 2.4 trillion, the ETF/ETN market in November reached a new record high, surpassing the previous record of approx. JPY 2.1 trillion set in May.
Trading of leveraged and inverse ETFs remained active, with NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index Exchange Traded Fund (1570) occupying more than 50% of the trading value of the entire ETF/ETN market.
ETFs tracking TOPIX and Nikkei 225 also saw steady gains in trading value.
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Source: TSE
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac Weekly ETF Market Review-Inflows across DM and EM ETFs
December 12, 2013--Data in this report is as of 6 December 2013.
Market Review
Last week, all the major markets in the Asia-Pacific region remained in negative territory except China. Compared to the week before, from north to south:
Japan (Nikkei 225) -2.31%
South Korea (KOSPI2) -3.29%
China (CSI 300) +0.55%
Hong Kong (HSI) -0.58%
Singapore (FSSTI) -1.96%
Australia (S&P/ASX 200) -2.52%
New Product Launch Review
Last week, two new products were launched in the Asia-Pacific ETP market. First Metro Asset Management listed one equity ETF (FMETF PM) on the Philippine Stock Exchange providing exposure to the equity market of Philippines. This is the first ETF launch in the Philippines Stock Exchange. Wanjia Asset Management listed its first ETF tracking SSE 380 Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
ETP Weekly Flows-Inflows across DM and EM ETFs
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP market recorded inflows of +$0.7bn vs. +$1.0bn of inflows for the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +$0.3bn (+$14.8bn YTD in total flows). Developed markets equity ETFs collected weekly inflows of +$396mn while emerging markets equity ETFs collected +$312mn of inflows over the last week. On a country level, ETFs benchmarked to Japan and South Korea received inflows of +$400mn and +$244mn respectively.
Winners and losers: At ETP level, Maxis Nikkei 225 ETF (1346 JP), CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF (82822 HK) and Mirae Asset MAPS TIGER 200 ETF (102110 KS) were the largest flows receivers of the week collecting +$335mn, +$302mn and +$208mn respectively. Over the same period, biggest outflows were experienced by iShares Nikkei 225 (1329 JP) and Samsung KODEX Leverage ETF (122630 KS) recording -$80mn and -$57mn of outflows respectively.
Turnover Review-Floor activity up by 11.7%
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $17.8bn for the last week, 11.7% up from the previous week’s total. Stock exchanges in Japan remained on the top of the turnover ranking with $7.1bn turnover, followed by South Korea ($4.1bn), China ($4.0bn) and Hong Kong $2.0bn. Among equity ETFs, leveraged long strategy, emerging country, Asia-Pacific developed country and short strategy ETFs had total turnover of $6.5bn, $5.9bn, $2.3bn and $0.9bn respectively. Within fixed income asset class, turnover in sovereign and money market ETFs totaled $1.2bn and $0.2bn respectively.
Assets under Management Review-Assets decreased by $1.8bn
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM decreased by $1.8bn and ended the week at $166bn. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by $30.1bn or 22.1% above last year’s closing.
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Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia
India Poised to be a Global Leader in the Development of Solar Power, Says New World Bank Report
Inadequate finance, lack of shared infrastructure and constraints to supply chain key barriers to scaling up
December 12, 2013--Launched in 2010, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Phase 1 (JNNSM) is well-poised to make India a global leader in the development of solar power. In a span of three years, India has taken a significant step forward in implementing its green growth agenda by increasing its installed capacity of solar power from around 30 MW to more than 2,000 MW, says a new World Bank report.
What is significant is that JNNSM has been instrumental in bringing down the cost of solar power to a level that is competitive across the world, says the report. It has reduced the costs of solar energy to $0.15 per kWh, making India amongst the lowest cost destinations for grid-connected solar Photovoltaic (PV) in the world.
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Lessons from Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Phase
Source: World Bank
China yuan hits new record high against USD
December 11, 2013--The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, rose to a fresh record high against the US dollar for the fourth consecutive trading day on Wednesday.
The yuan rose 14 basis points to reach 6.11 per US dollar,the strongest since July 2005, when the country launched reforms of the exchange rate mechanism, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.
The People's Bank of China on Tuesday set the dollar-yuan central parity rate at 6.1114, stronger than Monday's 6.113 and Friday' s 6.1232. This was in line with broad dollar weakness despite better-than-expected US job data released on Friday and also came after strong Chinese exports data over the weekend.
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Source: China Daily
The retroactive index value of JPX-Nikkei Index 400
December 10, 2013--Japan Exchange Group, Inc. and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and Nikkei Inc. will start to calculate "JPX-Nikkei Index 400" from January 6, 2014.
The index values of JPX-Nikkei Index 400 were calculated retroactively from August 30, 2013 (base date for index calculation) until December 6 on an end-of-day basis, which were published on December 10 as follows.
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange
SGX and Thomson Reuters launch Bond Indices for Benchmarking Investment Performance
December 10, 2013--Comprehensive index series for Singapore bonds supports market participants' need for independently priced investments
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of a suite of Singapore dollar (SGD) bond indices designed to meet the needs of fund managers, asset owners and custodians in benchmarking investment performances.
The new index series is the only complete government, statutory board and corporate bond index series to provide five years of historical data. This offers market participants a powerful barometer of fixed income returns across a multitude of segments.
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Source: Thomson Reuters
HK-China recognition: a Christmas present for HK?
December 10, 2013--The formal signing of the HK-China mutual recognition scheme could be completed this Christmas, believes Citi.
It wouldn't then take long for funds...
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Source: Asian Investor