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New cross-border index to be launched
November 28, 2012--CES China 120 Index to track HK & mainland listed-firms' performances
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEx), the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange will introduce the first cross-border equity market index to tap the growing demand of investors seeking exposure to mainland assets.
The CES China 120 Index, the first index in the new CESC Cross Border Index Series, covers 40 HKEx-listed mainland companies as well as 80 companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.
Kimco launches A-share ETF in Korea
November 28, 2012--Exchange (KRX) will list Kindex CSI300 ETF on its exchange today.
This ETF is the first China A-share index ETF to be created in Korea, and it will be managed by Korea Investment Management Company (Kimco). It has an underlying index of CSI300, ...
E Fund eyes RQFII bump
November 28, 2012--Chinese asset management firm E Fund said Tuesday it is considering applying for an additional quota under the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) program, amid increasing demand for yuan-related products due to improved sentiment toward the economy and China's currency.
RQFII is a pilot scheme to allow foreign investors to pursue yuan assets in China's bond and stock markets.
TSE has published the index value of TSE Home Price Index for September
TSE has published the index value of TSE Home Price Index for September on November 27, 2012--The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium,Composite of Tokyo Metro Area) is 76.71 points.
The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Tokyo) is 80.16
points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Kanagawa) is 77.57 points.
The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Chiba) is 65.78. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Saitama) is 66.04 points.
IMF Working paper-Is China Over-Investing and Does it Matter?
November 27, 2012--Summary:
Now close to 50 percent of GDP, this paper assesses the appropriateness of China’s current investment levels. It finds that China's capital-to-output ratio is within the range of other emerging markets, but its economic growth rates stand out, partly due to a surge in investment over the last decade.
Moreover, its investment is significantly higher than suggested by cross-country panel estimation. This deviation has been accumulating over the last decade, and at nearly 10 percent of GDP is now larger and more persistent than experienced by other Asian economies leading up to the Asian crisis. However, because its investment is predominantly financed by domestic savings, a crisis appears unlikely when assessed against dependency on external funding. But this does not mean that the cost is absent. Rather, it is distributed to other sectors of the economy through a hidden transfer of resources, estimated at an average of 4 percent of GDP per year.
view the IMF Working paper-Is China Over-Investing and Does it Matter?
HK warns Asia over financial reforms
November 27, 2012--Asian institutions would be "unbelievably stupid" to ignore the mistakes of western finance in their own regulation, Hong Kong's lead market regulator warned on Tuesday.
Ashley Alder, chief executive of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), said Asian regulators and the finance industry must engage with global regulatory reform to ensure that their own financial systems could develop smoothly and to protect regional interests.
CIC slams US regulation, accuses SEC of blackmail
November 27, 2012--Jin Liqun, chairman of the supervisory board at the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, takes a sledgehammer to the excesses of US financial regulation at a conference in Mumbai.
Jin Liqun, the man at the helm of China’s $410 billion sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation (CIC), has emerged as a standard bearer for libertarian free-market principles.
BetaShares launches Equity Yield Maximiser Fund
November 27, 2012--In a declining interest rate environment, where investors are finding it increasingly difficult to rely upon traditional exposures to cash, to cash, bonds or equities to deliver adequate income with reduced levels of volatility, BetaShares has launched a new managed fund on ASX aimed at filling this gap.
BetaShares Australian Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser Fund (managed fund) trades under the ASX Code “YMAX”.
The Fund is designed to provide investors with exposure to a portfolio of blue-chip Australian shares, while providing an attractive income yield, paid quarterly, that exceeds the dividend yield of the portfolio of underlying shares alone. In addition, the Fund aims to provide lower overall volatility than the underlying share portfolio alone.
First ETFs Tracking Platinum and Silver Prices to Debut at HKEx
November 27, 2012--Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the pending listing tomorrow (Wednesday) of three precious metals-related Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx, including the Exchange's first silver and platinum ETFs.
The ETFs will be the first three launched by ETF Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, or ETFS, on the Exchange. All three ETFs - ETFS Physical Gold ETF (Stock code: 2830), ETFS Physical Silver ETF (Stock code: 3117) and ETFS Physical Platinum ETF (Stock code: 3119) are designed to track the London benchmark prices of the respective metals.
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac Weekly ETF Market Review-ETP AUM added $3bn amid bullish equity markets
November 26, 2012--Market Review
Last week, all the major markets in the Asia-Pacific region remained in positive territory. Compared to the week before, from north to south:
Japan (Nikkei 225) +3.80%
Korea (KOSPI2) +3.28%
China (CSI 300) +0.71%
Hong Kong (HSI) +3.57%
Singapore (FSSTI) +1.48%
Australia (S&P/ASX 200) +1.76%
New Product Launch Review
Last week, one new product was launched in the Asia-Pacific ETP market. Krung Thai Asset Management listed one equity ETF on Thailand Stock Exchange tracking Set Banking Sector Index.
Turnover Review
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $6.8bn last week, 0.7% down from the previous week’s total. South Korea continued to top the turnover ranking with $2.2bn, followed by Hong Kong ($1.9bn), China ($1.4bn), Japan ($0.9bn), and Taiwan ($0.2bn). Among Equity ETFs, the Emerging Country, Asia-Pacific Developed Country, Leveraged Strategy, and Short Strategy ETFs had total turnovers of $3bn, $1.6bn, $1.2bn, and $0.5bn respectively. Among the Commodity asset class, turnover in Gold ETPs totaled $94mn.
Assets under Management Review
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM increased by $3bn and ended at $124.4bn. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by $32.9bn or 35.9% above last year’s closing.
