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India Raises Gold Import Tax to Moderate Demand
January 25, 2013-- India has raised taxes on gold imports to dampen the country's huge appetite for the yellow metal. The country's massive imports of gold-the highest in the world-are straining India's finances.
Shobha Dhir will marginally cut back on the gold jewelry she plans to make for her daughter’s wedding later this year. Prices of the precious metal jumped by 13 percent last year, and a recent hike in taxes on imported gold will make the earrings, bangles and necklaces she plans to buy even more expensive.
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Source: VOA
China Approves 5 Foreign Banks as First Batch of QFIIs to Trade Stock Index Futures-Sources
January 25, 2013--China has approved five foreign banks as the first batch of international investors to trade the country's stock index futures, people familiar with the situation said Friday, in a widely anticipated move that for the first time offers a tool for such investors to hedge against share price fluctuations.
The five banks, which are members of China's so-called Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors scheme, include Morgan Stanley ( MS ), UBS AG ( UBS ) and BNP Paribas, said the people, who declined to be named.
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Source: NASDAQ OMX
MUTB appointed trustee for Nomura's first ETN-JDR foray
January 24, 2013--Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has publicly announced the listing approval of four new Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) created by Nomura Europe Finance NV (NEF) in the form of Japanese Depositary Receipts (JDRs).
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) has been appointed by NEF as trustee for its JDR programme. According to TSE’s announcement, the ETN-JDRs will be listed on Monday, February 18, 2013.
JDRs are negotiable securities, which indicate ownership of shares issued by foreign companies. They are listed and traded on the Japanese Stock Exchange. JDRs make it easier to distribute foreign stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) within Japan.
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Source: Asia Asset Magazine
PCF files published for new ETFs on the TSE website
January 24, 2013--Beginning Feb 4, 2013, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will calculate and publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share
on the TSE website for the below Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange.
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
TSE to expand its coverage of Real-Time Dissemination of "TSE Indicative NAV" (ETN)
January 24, 2013--Beginning Feb 18, 2013, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will add ETNs below to the list of the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share calculation and publication.
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
HKMEx Adopts 999.9 Purity for Physically Delivered Gold
Move to Asian standard to enhance contract use, market liquidity
January 24, 2013--The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), China's global marketplace, announces today that it will revise its USD gold futures contract to adopt a minimum fineness of 999.9 for physical delivery.
The move to a minimum delivery fineness of 999.9 – from the 995 standard – will apply to all gold delivery months from April 2013 and onward, effective immediately. Contracts with delivery months prior to April are not affected, and other contract specifications will remain unchanged. A fineness of 999.9 indicates a minimum purity of 99.99% pure gold in every kilo-bar, which is the world’s most widely traded small gold bar. Gold kilo-bars conforming to 999.9 are the most common bar in Hong Kong and much of Asia.
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Source: Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx)
South Korea's growth rate hits three-year low
January 23, 2013--South Korea's growth rate has hit a three-year low, hurt by a slowdown in exports and corporate investment.
The economy grew by 2% in 2012, the central bank's initial estimates showed. That is down from 3.6% in 2011.
South Korea's exports, which account for almost half of its overall output, have been hurt by a slowdown in key markets such as the US and eurozone.
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Source: BBC News
India plans to mobilise ETF gold through deposit scheme changes
India's government announces steps to unfreeze gold physically held by mutual funds under gold exchange traded funds (ETF), by allowing them to invest in gold deposit schemes of banks.
January 22, 2013--Even as the Indian government has appealed to the people to moderate their demand for gold, and raised the import duty to 6% from 4% earlier, it has linked the gold deposit and ETF scheme in a bid to unfreeze part of the gold held in exchange traded funds.
The move could prove to be a huge positive for gold ETFs that have been allowed to lend a portion of their gold deposits. Investor sentiment is also bound to increase in gold-linked financial products.
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Source: MoneyWeb
ETF Securities loses Asia-Pac sales head
January 22, 2013--The commodity ETF provider is in the process of replacing Nigel Phelan and plans to make further hires this year.
Nigel Phelan has quit his post as Asia-Pacific head of sales at commodity exchange-traded funds firm ETF Securities and will be on gardening leave until March.
He is moving back to his native Australia, from Hong Kong, for personal reasons, says Fred Jheon, Asia-Pacific head of the business. Phelan had held the role since December 2011, before which he was head of sales for Australia and New Zealand.
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Source: Asian Investor
Samsung launches its first QFII ETF
January 21, 2013--Index provider FTSE Group has licensed the FTSE China A50 Index to Samsung Asset Management Company as the basis of its first Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) ETF, which lists on the Korea Exchange on January 21.
The Samsung KODEX FTSE China A50 ETF is the first cash-based QFII ETF and first ETF listed outside Hong Kong based on the FTSE China A50 Index, offering international investors a direct channel to participate in the China bluechip market. It underlines the credibility of the FTSE China A50 Index as a recognized standard route into the A-share market. FTSE maintains its leadership position in the China ETF marketplace, with a majority of the assets under management (AUM) in China-themed ETFs listed globally - more than 58% - benchmarked to FTSE indices.
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Source: The Asset
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