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BlackRock Appoints Julia Lee as Head of Hong Kong Retail
December 17, 2012--BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that Julia Lee will join the firm as Director and Head of Retail Distribution in Hong Kong.
The appointment comes as BlackRock develops an integrated Asian retail team to lead investors and distributors through the changing investment landscape.
Reporting to Heather Pelant, Head of Retail and Private Bank Distribution for Hong Kong, Singapore and Southeast Asia, Ms Lee will be responsible for growing BlackRock’s Hong Kong retail distribution business, encompassing both mutual funds and ETFs. Ms Lee joins from ING Investment Management where she has been working as Head of Wholesale and Business Development in Hong Kong.
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Source: BlackRock
Harvest becomes first subsidiary of China asset manager to get QFII status
December 17, 2012--Harvest Global Investments has become the first subsidiary of a Chinese fund manager to be awarded QFII status from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).
Harvest Global Investments was among nine international institutions to receive QFII licenses in November, alongside JP Morgan Asset Management Taiwan, AEGON USA Investment Management, CDH Investment Advisory Private, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Greystone Managed Investments, Uni-President Assets Management Corporation, Daiwa SB Investments, and APS Asset Management, CSRC said on its website on December 13.
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Source: Asia Management Management
Australia is in a strong position, but must adapt to take full advantage of rising Asia, OECD says
December 14, 2012--The Australian economy is robust and faces a solid short-term outlook, but it must continue adapting to ensure that its privileged place in the Asia-Pacific region contributes to long-term sustainable growth, according to the OECD's latest Economic Survey of Australia.
The report, published today, recognises the strong performance of the Australian economy and its resilience to the global economic crisis. It notes, however, that activity has moderated with GDP expected to grow by about 3 ¾% in 2012 and by about 3% annually over the 2013-14 period.
“Australia’s long period of uninterrupted economic growth makes it the Iron Man among the OECD countries,” said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said. “The rise of Asia has driven Australian natural resource exports and is providing enormous new opportunities for the agriculture, education and tourism sectors, but it has also imposed significant challenges and strains. The strong Australian dollar resulting from the mining boom is imposing considerable structural changes on the economy,” Mr. Gurría said.
view the Overview-Economic Survey of Australia 2012
Source: OECD
Safe breaks QFII record with $1bn quota to SWF
December 12, 2012--Qatar Investment Authority is awarded $1 billion in QFII quota, beating the previous high of $700 million,
as China’s foreign exchange regulator hands out $2.5 billion to 11 firms in its latest batch.
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Source: Asian Investor
Thailand's SET Index Closes Above 1,350 Points
December 12, 2012--The Stock Exchange of Thailand's (SET) main stock index (SET Index) closed up 13.24 points, or 0.99 percent, at 1,354.57 points today, a new high in the past 16 years and ten months since February 22, 1996, while other Asian main indices rose 0.5-0.8 percent.
SET President Charamporn Jotikasthira said the continued rise of the SET Index has been supported by domestic political stability and external factors, including the recent MSCI review which added four Thai stocks as components of MSCI Global Standard Indices and nine stocks in MSCI Small-Cap Indices, effective end-November. These factors have resulted in continuous net foreign buying since then. Moreover, the market mood has been cheered by improved economic indicators from Europe and the United States, easing global investors’ concerns about U.S. fiscal problems, as well as promoting hopes of more stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
read more AUM Gathered by ETF Securities (HK) Ltd Crosses HK$100M in the First Eight Trading Days Prices of physical precious metals are highly volatile and may fluctuate widely and may be affected by numerous events or factors related to its production and sale and other financial market factors. As the Fund is concentrated in physical precious metal, it is more susceptible to the effects of such price volatility than more diversified funds. Investment in the Fund may therefore be subject to losses and, in the worst case scenario, you may lose all of your investment. read more DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac Weekly ETF Market Review-ETP AUM added $3bn amid bullish equity markets
Turnover Review
Assets under Management Review request report Authorization of the Merger of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. etc. view more
Adjustment Made to the Sample Stocks for SZSE Component Index, SZSE 100 Index and CNINFO 100 Index In the adjustment, SZSE Component Index will adjust 4 sample stocks, taking in Hikvision, Gold Mantis, China Merchants Property and Goertek and removing China Marine Containers, Goldwind, CSG and Angang Steel as sample stocks; SME Indices will adjust 8 sample stocks, taking in stocks including Western Securities, Beingmate, and removing stocks including New Sea Union, Qiming Information as sample stocks; ChiNext Indices will adjust 5 sample stocks, taking in stocks including Hybio Pharmaceutical, Ourpalm, and removing Flush, Avcon and other 3 stocks as sample stocks; SZSE 100 Index will adjust 8 sample stocks, taking in stocks including Kelun Pharmaceutica, Originwater, removing stocks including COFCO, Angang Steel as sample stock. CNINFO 100 Index will adjust 8 sample stocks, taking in stocks including GF Securities, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine, removing stocks including Angang Steel, China Baoan, China COSCO as sample stocks.
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The deal by Hong Kong-based GCS, a low-key private equity firm, includes a distribution agreement with ICBC to offer European-managed fund products to Asian investors.
December 12, 2012-- GCS Capital, a little-known Hong Kong-based private equity firm, has agreed to purchase Dexia Asset Management (DAM) in a €380 million ($496 million) deal which includes a distribution agreement with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).
The share purchase agreement, announced yesterday, includes the full scope of business of Dexia bank’s asset management arm, which has about €80 billion in AUM and 550 staff globally. Reported estimates for the value of DAM have been cited as high as €500 million.
Source: Asian Investor
December 11, 2012--The ETFS Physical Gold ETF, the ETFS Physical Silver ETF and the ETFS Physical Platinum ETF (each the "Fund") are exchange traded funds listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "SEHK").
Each Fund's investment objective is to provide investment results, before fees and expenses, that closely correspond to the performance of the London PM Fix for gold, London Fix for silver and London PM Fix for platinum (the "Benchmark") respectively.
Source: ETF Securities Group
December 11, 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) +0.86%
Korea (KOSPI2) +1.78%
China (CSI 300) +5.01%
Hong Kong (HSI) +0.73%
Singapore (FSSTI) +1.21%
Australia (S&P/ASX 200) +1.01%
New Product Launch Review
Last week, two new products were launched in the Asia-Pacific ETP market. Simplex Asset Management Co Ltd listed two equity ETFs on Tokyo Stock Exchange tracking HSCEI Leveraged Index and HSCEI Short Index.
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $8.5bn last week, 16% up from the previous week’s total. Hong Kong reached top of the turnover ranking with $3.2bn turnover, followed by South Korea ($2.1bn), China ($2.0bn), Japan ($0.6bn), and Taiwan ($0.3bn). Among Equity ETFs, the Emerging Country, Asia-Pacific Developed Country, Leveraged Strategy, and Short Strategy ETFs had total turnovers of $5.1bn, $1.3bn, $1.0bn, and $0.5bn respectively. Among the Commodity asset class, turnover in Gold ETPs totaled $138mn.
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM increased by $3.1bn and ended at $127.7bn. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by $36.2bn or 39.6% above last year’s closing.
Source: Deutsche Bank -Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy --Asia
December 11, 2012--Today (December 11, 2012), the Financial Services Agency (FSA) authorized Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) to merge with Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. (TSEG) and be the surviving company on January 1, 2013, under the provisions of Article 135-1 of the Financial
Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA) (OSE is going to change its trade name to “Japan Exchange Group, Inc.”(JPXG)).
Source: FSA.gov.jp
December 10, 2012--Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. recently jointly announced to implement periodical adjustment to the sample stocks of SZSE Component Index, SZSE SME Index and ChiNext Indices, etc.
Meanwhile, Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. also announced to adjust the sample stocks for trans-market CNINFO Indices, such as CNINFO 100 Index. The adjustment will come into effect as of the 1st trading day of January, 2013.
Source: Shenzhen Stock Exchange
