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HKFE Announces Revised Margins for H-shares Index and Mini H-shares Index Futures
October 10, 2013--Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 10 October 2013, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.
The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
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Source: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx)
Rules pending for new wave of China fund launches
October 9, 2013-- Regulatory detail is expected soon on how sunshine-fund firms can sell traditional mutual funds.
StarRock is among those already planning a new division to tap the retail market.
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Source: Asian Investor
South Asia Economic Focus: Turmoil in Global Capital Markets is a Wake-Up Call for South Asia, World Bank Says
October 9, 2013-Economic growth in South Asia will be modest this year and in 2014. At such a pace, the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 will not be attained.
Governments must work harder on reforms to raise growth in a region where most of the world's poor live, the World Bank said today.
According to the South Asia Economic Focus report, South Asia was the second-fastest growing region in the world in the aftermath of the global crisis. However, its recent performance has been less stellar, and it has been sustained by potentially volatile portfolio inflows. More stable Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the region is low, half that of other regions relative to GDP; inflation is twice that of other regions and fiscal deficits and debt-to-GDP ratios are high.
view the South Asia Economic Focus Fall 2013 report-A Wake-Up Call
Source: World Bank
TSE-ETF/ETN Monthly Report for Sep 2013
October 9, 2013--The ETF/ETN market in September saw a swing in average daily trading value, reaching its third highest level in history.
In September, the daily average trading value at about JPY 76.9 billion, up 14% from August, has hit the third highest level in history following June and May this year, surpassing the July's record of approximately JPY 76 billion.
The trading of leveraged ETFs remained active with ETFs tracking both TOPIX and Nikkei, outperforming the overall ETF/ETN market growth.
Following Tokyo's selection as the host city for the 2020 Olympic Games, trading increased for ETFs tracking "TOPIX-17 CONSTRUCTION & MATERIALS," while ETFs tracking the Tokyo Stock Exchange REIT Index gained popularity with two issues ranking 14th and 20th for trading value.
view the TSE ETF/ETN Monthly Report for Sep 2013
Source: TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange)
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac ETF+ Quarterly Directory-Q3 2013 ETPs
October 8, 2013--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). If you have any questions about any of the products listed, or any suggestions on how to improve the directory going forward, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
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Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia
Constituent Change In TOPIX New Index Series
October 7, 2013--Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will make changes to the constituents of the TOPIX New Index Series, including TOPIX Core30, TOPIX 100, TOPIX 500 and TOPIX 1000, effective on Friday, October 28, 2011.
Indices in the TOPIX New Index Series are free-float adjusted market capitalization-weighted indices based on companies listed on the TSE First Section and are widely used as sub-indices of TOPIX.
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Source: TSE
India Eases Cash Crunch at Banks, Leaves Benchmark Unchanged
October 7, 2013-India's central bank rolled back further an emergency step taken to shore up its currency as the rupee's continued stabilization allowed it to relax liquidity for the nation's banks.
Governor Raghuram Rajan lowered the marginal standing facility rate to 9 percent from 9.5 percent, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement yesterday, the second cut in less than a month. The benchmark for monetary policy, the repurchase rate, was left at 7.5 percent. Rajan raised the repo rate last month to fight elevated inflation.
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Source: Bloomberg
Developing East Asia slows, but continues to lead global growth at 7.1% in 2013
Changing global outlook highlights need for structural reforms to sustain growth and share prosperity
October 7, 2013--Developing East Asia is expanding at a slower pace as China shifts from an export-oriented economy and focuses on domestic demand.
Growth in larger middle income countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand is also softening in light of lower investment, lower global commodity prices and lower than expected growth of exports, says the East Asia Pacific Economic Update released today.
According to the report, the growth forecast for developing countries in the region is 7.1 percent for 2013, and 7.2 percent for 2014. While this is a slight downward revision from World Bank projections in April 2013, developing East Asia is leading other regions.
view the East Asia Pacific Economic Update, October 2013-Rebuilding Policy Buffers, Reinvigorating Growth World Bank report
Source: World Bank
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac Weekly-DM inflows offset by outflows from leveraged long strategy
October 7, 2013--Data in this report is as of 30th September 2013
Global Summary
Markets across the globe reacted positively after Federal Reserve's surprise decision to continue with the $85bn monthly bond buying program. Global ETP AUM was favorably impacted by this and rose by $105bn to $2.1 trillion (+14.1% YTD) last month.
Global ETP industry observed very strong monthly fund flows recording +$34.1bn of inflows in September. US domiciled ETFs remain major contributor receiving +$32.4bn of positive flows, followed by Europe with +$1.6bn and Asia with negligible flows. Inflows were seen across the board, except commodities, primarily in equities (+$28.1bn) and fixed income (+$6.7bn).
Monthly Trends - Asia Pacific
Market Review
Last month, all the major markets rallied in the Asia-Pacific region following Federal Reserve's announcement to continue $85bn-a-month bond buying program. Compared to the month before, from north to south:
Japan (Nikkei 225) +7.97%
Korea (KOSPI2) +3.64%
China (CSI 300) +4.11%
Hong Kong (HSI) +5.19%
Singapore (FSSTI) +4.59%
Australia (S&P/ASX 200) +1.63%
ETPs flows: Overall flat fund flows, Japan and South Korea focused ETFs witness healthy inflows
Last month, Asia-Pacific ETP market observed negligible flows (+$12mn) and the YTD monthly flows average remains at +$1.4bn (+$13bn YTD in total flows). Equity ETFs collected inflows of +$240mn and majority of that offset by outflows from fixed income ETFs (-$224mn).
Within equity, on segment level, developed market (DM) benchmarked ETFs led the tally receiving inflows of +$1.3bn, while strategy based ETFs experienced -$1.2bn of withdrawals. On a sub-segment level, major inflows recorded by ETFs providing exposure to Japan (+$1.4bn), South Korea (+$0.7bn), healthcare sector (+$0.1bn) and financial sector (+$0.1bn). Leveraged long strategy ETFs saw significant outflows (-$1.5bn) followed by ETFs focused on Taiwan (-$0.4bn), China (-$0.4bn) and Hong Kong (-$0.2bn).
Fixed income ETFs recorded -$224mn of outflows in September. Among fixed income ETFs, sovereign ETFs experience largest outflows of -$252mn.
Winners and losers: At ETP level, largest inflows were received by Nikko Topix ETF (1308 JP), Nikko Exchange Traded Index 225 (1330 JP) and Samsung KODEX 200 (069500 KS) collecting +$735mn, +$621mn and +$430mn respectively. Largest redemptions were experienced by Samsung KODEX Leverage ETF (122630 KS), Daiwa Topix ETF (1305 JP) and Daiwa Nikkei 225 ETF (1320 JP) with outflows of -$1.3bn, -$545mn and -$402mn respectively.
Last three months: ETFs focused on Japan & Hong Kong (DM) and China, South Korea and Taiwan (EM) witnessed significant fund flow activity in the last three months. Japan focused ETFs attracted +$3.7bn inflows from July'13 to Sep'13 while ETFs benchmarked to China recorded outflows of -$0.9bn over the same period.
Turnover: Floor activity down by 2.5% on a month-over-month basis
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $51.9bn for September, 2.5% down from the previous month's total. On a country level, stock exchanges in South Korea topped the turnover ranking with aggregate turnover of $15.3bn, followed by Japan ($14.7bn), China ($11.4bn) and Hong Kong ($8.5bn). Among equity ETFs, emerging country, leveraged long, Asia-Pacific developed country, and short ETFs were the most traded products recording total turnovers of $20.4bn, $14.7bn, $7.4bn, and $3.6bn respectively. Within fixed income, turnover for sovereign ETFs totaled $2bn, while among commodity ETPs, gold ETPs recorded $0.3bn of turnover.
AUM - Assets added $9.7bn in September
Last month, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM added $9.7bn and closed the month at $163.6bn. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by $29.6bn or 22.1% above last year's closing.
New ETP launches - Sector ETFs added to the tally
Last month, seven new equity ETPs were launched in the Asia-Pacific ETP market. China Universal Asset Management listed four sector ETFs (159928 CH, 159929 CH, 159930 CH & 159931 CH) on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange focused on China's consumer staples, healthcare, energy and financials sectors respectively. Daiwa Asset Management (1585 JP) and Nikko Asset Management (1586 JP) each listed one equity ETF on the Tokyo Stock Exchange tracking TOPIX ex-Financials Index. Further, CSOP Asset Management listed one RQFII equity ETF (83137 HK) on the Hong Kong Exchange and benchmarked to CES China A80 index. This was the eighth ETF under RQFII program which allows overseas investors to access the China A-share market.
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Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia
China fund rules a 'game changer' for foreign groups
October 6, 2013--Groundbreaking negotiations between Chinese regulators and the Hong Kong authorities are set to transform the way international fund groups access Chinese investors. Commentators are calling it a "game changer".
Until now, the only way foreign fund managers could access local Chinese investors has been to team up with a local partner, resulting in a spike in the number of joint ventures created over the past decade.
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Source: FT.com