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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
Fidelity Heeds Clients' Call for Indexing
Fidelity Investments is happy to serve up passive as well as active funds, says executive Jacques Perold
September 4, 2013--In 1986, Jacques Perold joined Fidelity Investments to help build computerized trading and portfolio management systems.
Today, he's president and chief operating officer of Fidelity Management & Research Co., running the product-development and business side of Fidelity's giant money-management arm.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
New ETF to be Listed on Sep. 26, 2013(Thu.)-Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. "Listed Index Fund TOPIX Ex-Financials"
September 4, 2013--Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listings of a new ETF managed by "Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.". The ETF will be listed on Thursday, September 26, 2013.
Code: 1586 (ISIN JP3047630003)
Name: Listed Index Fund TOPIX Ex-Financials
Fund Administrator: Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Listing Date: Sep. 26, 2013(Scheduled)
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE)
China 2012 growth revised down to 7.7 percent
September 2, 2013--September China's statistics authority on Monday lowered the country's growth rate for 2012 to 7.7 percent based on its preliminary verification.
The revised gross domestic product (GDP) came in at 51.89 trillion yuan (8.41 trillion U.S. dollars), down 38 billion yuan from the preliminary calculation figure that put the annual rate at 7.8 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement.
Primary industries took up a 10.1-percent share in the GDP structure, while the secondary and tertiary sectors accounted for 45.3 percent and 44.6 percent, respectively, remaining unchanged from the preliminary calculation.
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Source: Information Office of China's State Council
UBS hires Yip to build Asian ETF business
August 30, 2013--UBS Global Asset Management has appointed exchange-traded funds veteran Sammy Yip
in a newly created role as it seeks to build out its ETF business.
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Source: Asian Investor
India quarterly growth slumps to four-year low of 4.4%
August 30, 2013--India's economy grew by 4.4 percent in the first three months of the fiscal year, the slowest quarterly expansion since 2009, data Friday showed, deepening the challenge facing policymakers to arrest a sliding rupee.
Analysts blamed slumping investment, stubbornly elevated inflation, high interest rates and muted export demand for the grim performance, which undershot market expectations of 4.7 percent year-on-year growth in the first financial quarter.
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Source: Globalpost.com
Thai Bourse Lowers Minimum Volume For Block Trade, Effective September 2, 2013
August 29, 2013--The Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX), under The
Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, has decreased the minimum size required
for block trade transaction of high notional-valued contracts, effective from September 2, 2013.
TFEX Managing Director Kesara Manchusree said: "From September 2 onwards, minimum volume for block trade will be reduced to 25 contracts, down from 100 contracts, for block trades of 10-Baht gold futures, 50-Baht gold futures, and 20 stock futures with high notional value. Block trading of silver, oil, and sector futures will now also be allowed from that date with a minimum volume of 25 contracts.
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Source: Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac Weekly - Japan focused ETFs bring $0.7bn inflows while EM ETFs saw $0.5bn outflows
August 28, 2013--Data in this report is as of 23 August 2013.
Market Review
Last week, Asia-Pacific region had mixed markets. Compared to the week before, from north to south:
Japan (Nikkei 225) +0.08%
South Korea (KOSPI2) -2.35%
China (CSI 300) -0.75%
Hong Kong (HSI) -2.91%
Singapore (FSSTI) -3.40%
Australia (S&P/ASX 200) +0.19%
New Product Launch Review
There was no new ETP listing in the last week.
ETP Weekly Cash Flows- Mild weekly inflows
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP market recorded moderate cash inflows of +$0.2bn vs. +$0.5bn of inflows for the previous week, setting the YTD weekly flows average at +$0.4bn (+$13.3bn YTD in total cash flows). Developed markets equity ETFs collected largest weekly cash inflows of +$595mn while emerging markets ETFs lost -$552mn in cash outflows over the last week. On a country level, ETFs benchmarked to Japan received +$682mn of cash inflows while China and South Korea experienced weekly outflows of -$328mn and -$183mn respectively.
At ETP level, Nomura Nikkei 225 ETF (1321 JP), Nikko Exchange Traded Index 225 (1330 JP) and Daiwa Topix ETF (1305 JP) were the largest cash flow receiver of the week collecting +$232mn, +$158mn and +$112mn respectively. Over the same period, biggest outflows were experienced by Harvest Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index ETF (159919 CH), Samsung KODEX Leverage ETF (122630 KS) and Samsung KODEX 200 (069500 KS) recording -$183mn, -$134mn and -$128mn of outflows.
Turnover Review- Floor activity up by 5.5%
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $12.5bn for the last week, 5.5% up from the previous week’s total. South Korea took the lead in the turnover ranking with $3.9bn turnover, followed by Japan ($3.2bn), China ($3bn) and Hong Kong ($1.8bn). Among equity ETFs, Emerging country, leveraged long, Asia-Pacific developed country and short ETFs had total turnover of $5.1bn, $3.2bn, $1.7bn and $1.2bn respectively. Within the commodity asset class, turnover in gold ETPs totaled $140mn.
Assets under Management Review- Assets reduces by $1.8bn
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM decreased by $1.8bn, and ended the week at $154.7bn. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by $18.8bn or 13.8% above last year’s closing.
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Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia
SSgA, Deutsche sizing up Hong Kong's yuan ETF scheme
August 28, 2013--Mounting competition is seen within Hong Kong's exchange traded fund space as products under the mainland's renminbi-denominated exchange traded fund scheme continue to proliferate.
While a number of Chinese managers are lining up to jump on the bandwagon, some foreign players such as State Street Global Advisors and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management also say they are considering getting in on the action.
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Source: FT.com
Indian gold ETF redemptions slow
As the price of gold soars to new heights in rupee terms, gold ETF redemptions halve in July as compared to June.
August 27, 2013--
Redemptions of Indian gold ETFs, which track the price of physical gold, have eased off with net outflow in July halving as compared to the outflows seen in June.
Net outflow at the end of July stood at $15 million (Rs 1.07 billion), while the June net outflows amounted $30 million (Rs 2.06 billion), according to data from the Association of Mutual Fund Industry.
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Source: MineWeb
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