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IMF-Indonesia: Selected Issues
March 2, 2021--Indonesia has responded with a bold and comprehensive policy package to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The economy rebounded in the third quarter of 2020, and the economic recovery is projected to strengthen in 2021 and 2022.
Strong policy support and an improving global economy will be the main drivers initially, and greater mobility and confidence will follow with the planned vaccination program in 2021. The uncertainty surrounding the growth outlook is larger than usual.
Early completion of a widespread vaccination program is an upside risk, while a protracted pandemic remains a downside risk. The macro-financial fallout of the pandemic and economic downturn could be larger than expected, and credit conditions could be slow to improve. Ongoing reforms aimed at promoting investment are expected to help mitigate the scarring effects from the pandemic and put the economy on a sustained growth path that builds on Indonesia’s favorable demographics.
Hong Kong benchmark to expand to 100 as part of historic overhaul that reflects city's changing role as financial hub
March 1, 2021-The benchmark currently has 55 constituents, following the addition of three stocks after a regular quarterly review last week
Expansion viewed as improving Hang Seng Index's overall coverage and achieving better representation for each industry
Hang Seng Indexes, which compiles Hong Kong’s benchmark index, said on Monday that the number of constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index will rise to 80 by mid 2022, before ultimately rising to 100.
The overhaul, the biggest in the index's 52-year history, reflects the changes in Hong Kong's role as a financial centre. The reforms follow the conclusion of a consultation period in January, which showed strong support for an increase in the number of constituent stocks, as this will improve the benchmark Hang Seng Index's overall coverage and achieve a more reasonable representation for each industry.
IMF Staff County Report-Vietnam: 2020 Article IV Consultation
March 1, 2021-Summary:
Successful containment of COVID-19 and strong policy support have helped contain the health and economic fallout, and a strong recovery is underway. Growth in 2020 reached 2.9 percent, among the highest in the world. However, labor market conditions remain weak. Corporate balance sheets have worsened, potentially hampering private investment and job prospects.
Banks entered the crisis in a stronger position than in previous years, but weaknesses remain. Vietnam's economy remains heavily reliant on external trade and is vulnerable to trade tensions.
Indxx Global Cloud Computing Index Licensed by BetaShares for an Exchange Traded Fund
February 25, 2021--Indxx is pleased to announce that the Indxx Global Cloud Computing Index has been licensed by leading Australian ETF Manager, BetaShares, as the underlying benchmark for the BetaShares Cloud Computing ETF (CLDD). CLDD has commenced trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
This marks the third product globally tracking the Index, cumulatively these funds have over $1.85 billion in assets.
Hong Kong's First Trading Tax Hike Since 1993 Pummels Stocks
February 23, 2021-HKEX shares sink 8.8% at the close, biggest loss since 2015
Mainland-based funds sell record $2.6 billion of city’s shares.
Hong Kong unveiled its first stamp-duty increase on stock trades since 1993, sparking a broad selloff in the $7.6 trillion market and sending shares of the city's exchange to their biggest plunge in more than five years.
The planned trading-tax increase to 0.13% from 0.10% was part of a raft of new measures announced in Hong Kong's budget that included increased spending to help residents weather the pandemic.
Divergent Recoveries in Asia: History is not Destiny
February 23, 2021--Asian economies are performing better than expected. In the IMF's latest World Economic Outlook Update, we upgraded our growth estimate for 2020 by 0.7 percentage point from our previous forecast in October, to a contraction of 1.5 percent-in regional terms, a better outcome than other parts of the world.
This is largely driven by stronger-than-expected performance among advanced economies in the region, as well as some large emerging market economies such as China, India, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Growth outturns in the fourth quarter and higher-frequency economic indicators for industrial, trade, and retail activity point to a strengthening recovery. Output is projected to grow by 7.3 percent in 2021 and 5.3 percent in 2022 but, even if such a reality materializes, output losses from the pandemic will be significant nonetheless.
Greater Innovation Critical to Driving Sustained Economic Recovery in East Asia
February 23, 2021- Innovation is critical to productivity growth and economic progress in developing East Asia in a rapidly changing world, according to a new World Bank report launched today.
Countries in developing East Asia have an impressive record of sustained growth and poverty reduction.
But slowing productivity growth, uncertainties in global trade, and technological advances are increasing the need to transition to new and better modes of production to sustain economic performance.
To support policy makers in meeting this challenge, The Innovation Imperative for Developing East Asia examines the state of innovation in the region, analyzes the key constraints firms face in innovating, and lays out an agenda for action to spur innovation-led growth.
Taiwan's global bond ETF market suffers sharp reversal in 2020
February 23, 2021--Investors withdrew assets and poured them into domestic stock ETFs
February 23, 2021--Taiwan's bond exchange traded fund market ended years of strong growth last year amid disappointing performance and the appreciation of the local currency.
Total assets in Taiwan's locally domiciled foreign bond ETF market fell by NT$81bn ($2.9bn) to NT$1.26tn during 2020, according to data from the Securities Investment Trust & Consulting Association.
Bosera repurposes FTSE China A50 ETF to track SSE STAR 50 Index
February 22, 2021--Bosera Asset Management has repurposed one of its Hong Kong-listed ETFs to provide exposure to companies listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange's innovative STAR Market.
Previously linked to the FTSE China A50 Index, the fund now tracks the SSE Science and Technology Innovation Board 50 Index, an index known informally as the 'SSE STAR 50'.
It is available to trade on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in Hong Kong dollars (2832 HK) and Chinese renminbi (82832 HK).
Japan powers out of coronavirus dip with 3% fourth-quarter development
February 15, 2021--Financial output in Japan grew 3 per cent from the third to the fourth quarter of 2020 because the nation recorded a robust comeback from Covid-19.
The figure for growth in gross home product, printed by the nation's Cupboard Workplace, got here in properly forward of expectations for a 2.3 per cent enlargement.
Stable development within the closing quarter of the yr left output simply 1 per cent beneath the identical interval in 2019, highlighting the pace of the bounce again from final yr's downturn, and suggesting a "V-shaped" restoration could also be doable.
In contrast, Japan took a number of years to regain an identical stage of GDP after the 2008-09 recession, exhibiting how the dynamics of financial restoration differ when there isn't any monetary disaster to beat.
