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K&L Gates Legal Insight: 2013 Recent Developments in Hong Kong Funds Market
October 22, 2013--The Hong Kong funds industry has faced significant challenges in recent years, having had to deal with the fallout from several financial scandals and a securities regulator that has become more aggressive in an effort to minimize the possibility of future scandals.
Hong Kong also faces increasing competition from Singapore and Taiwan, which have been trying to attract financial business from Hong Kong. However, in 2013, the securities regulators in the People's Republic of China (PRC) announced revisions to the RQFII pilot scheme that it had already introduced in Hong Kong two years ago, as well as an unprecedented mutual funds recognition platform between the PRC and Hong Kong fund market that will insure Hong Kong’s funds market for the immediate future and help it maintain its position at the forefront of Asian investment centres.
RQFII
The Renmimbi (RMB) Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) pilot scheme, announced in December 2011, was intended to be an expansion of the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) program, the key difference being that, whereas QFII quota-holders had to convert foreign currency into RMB in order to invest in PRC securities, RQFII quota-holders could invest directly into PRC domestic capital markets with offshore RMB. The RQFII pilot scheme also allows institutional investors outside the PRC to facilitate investments of offshore RMB deposits back into Chinese capital markets, by enabling them to establish RMB-denominated funds and/or public or private funds or other investment products outside of the PRC and utilising the RMB thereby raised to invest in PRC domestic assets.
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Source: Choo Lye Tan, K&L Insightd
Beyond the City Limits: Report Finds Rapid Suburban Growth in India ,Potential for Sustainable Cities to Reduce Poverty
October 21, 2013--For decades,there has been a widely held view that India's urbanization has been slower than the rest of the developing world. A report from the World Bank turns that theory on its head. Suburban growth is the signature of India's urbanization. Rural areas adjacent to India's major metropolitan cities are witnessing faster economic growth and generating higher employment than the mega-cities.
'Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries' examines the phenomenon of India's rapid suburbanization,looking at its impact on efficiency,inclusion and sustainability. The government of India has included many of the recommendations in its urban plans.
view the World Bank report-Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries: Nurturing Metropolitan Economies and Connecting Peri-Urban Areas in India
Source: World Bank
SSE's New Trading Rules to be Implemented in Dec.: Thresholds For Block Trading Lowered
October 19, 2013--With the growth of the Chinese capital market and the successive launching of innovative business lines and products, the market is increasingly calling for a flexible and diversified trading system. The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), in response to the market need, carries out systematical innovation and platform renovation for the block trading market, in a bid to build it into a wholesale market advancing in line with the bidding-based matching market.
Besides, the SSE continues to diversify and perfect trading products and systems of the bond market. In order to standardize innovative business lines, the SSE has made some amendments to the "SSE Trading Rules". That is,, it has made some complements and adjustments for issues including the systematical innovation of block trading, the relevant arrangement for repayment of bonds on installments, the upper limit of single declared order of bonds, and intraday trading of bond ETF products and others, with the details as follows:
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Source: Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
Philippines SEC Approves First Metro Equity ETF
October 18, 2013--The Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared the application of First Metro Philippine Equity Exchange Traded Fund Inc. to offer its entire capital stock of 30 million shares, paving the way for the introduction of exchange-traded funds into the country.
Each of the First Metro Equity's shares has a par value of PHP100 ($2.32) and a net asset value of PHP98.66 at the end of June.
Last week, the company secured the approval of the Philippine Stock Exchange to list on the bourse.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
IMF Working Paper-Outlook for Interest Rates and Japanese Banks' Risk Exposures under Abenomics
October 18, 2013-- Summary: This paper examines how Japan's long-term interest rates and Japanese banks' interest rate risk exposures may evolve under Abenomics.
Results from a panel regression analysis for major advanced economies shows that long-term government bond yields in Japan are determined to a large extent by growth and inflation outlook, fiscal conditions, demography, and the investor base of government securities. A further deterioration of fiscal conditions would push up long-term rates by about 2 percentage points over the medium term, but the rise is partly offset by higher demand for safe assets amid population aging and increased purchases by the Bank of Japan. At the same time, illustrative scenarios suggest the interest rate risk exposure of Japanese banks could decline substantially over the next two years. However, if structural and fiscal reforms are incomplete, both long-tem yields and interest-risk exposures of Japanese banks could increase over the medium term.
view the IMF Working paper-Outlook for Interest Rates and Japanese Banks' Risk Exposures under Abenomics
Source: IMF
CESC Welcomes 21 October Listing of First ETF Tracking its Cross Border CES 120 Index
October 18, 2013--China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC) welcomes the listing of the first Exchange Traded Fund, or ETF, tracking its cross border CES China 120 (CES 120) Index, which is scheduled for Monday, 21 October 2013.
The E Fund CES China 120 Index ETF to be listed on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited's (HKEx) securities market by E Fund Management (HK) Co, Ltd is a physical ETF that includes A shares and Hong Kong shares, and will be traded and settled in both Hong Kong dollars and renminbi.
The CES 120 Index was introduced by CESC on 10 December 2012. It is the first index tracking the performance of A shares (A shares of 80 large companies listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen) as well as shares of Mainland companies listed in Hong Kong (shares of 40 large Mainland companies listed on HKEx's securities market).
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Source: China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC)
BNY Mellon considers extending clearing operations to Asia
October 18, 2013--BNY Mellon, the global custodian bank, is considering extending its clearing operations to Asia as it looks for opportunities created by upheaval in global derivatives markets.
Sanjay Kannambadi, chief executive of BNY Mellon Clearing, said a proposal at the US-based bank to begin clearing for customers from an Asian entity was "under consideration".
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Source: FT.com
SSgA launches ETF portfolio for advisers
October 17, 2013--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched six exchange traded fund (ETF) model portfolios that advisers will be able to access through OneVue's unified managed account.
The funds include five risk-based models that range from high growth to conservative, as well as an asset allocation model that incorporates a cash-plus approach with a focus on capital preservation when there is volatility.
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Source: Financialstandard.com
Praemium to host 5 more BetaShares ETFs
October 16, 2013--The Praemium SMA platform has agreed to include five more BetaShares exchange traded funds that focus on domestic equities strategies, currencies and commodities.
The new inclusions take to 10 the number of BetaShares ETFs the Praemium SMA will host. The platform also hosts ETFs from ETF Portfolio Solutions, iShares, AltaVista and the State Street SPDR series.
The $1 billion platform now boasts more than 100 model portfolios offered by almost 30 investment managers.
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Source: Financial Standard Online
China securities regulator calls for more retail investor protection
October 16, 2013--China should implement more policies to protect retail stock investors to ensure the healthy development of the country's capital market, the head of the securities regulator said on Wednesday.
Retail investors with less than 500,000 yuan ($81,900) of investment account for about 60 percent of the total market transaction value, but they suffer from inadequate information disclosure by listed companies as well as illegal behavior by some of them, Xiao Gang, the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), wrote in the official People's Daily.
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Source: Reuters
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