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ETF Listing Rules Finalized Soon
March 2, 2012--Rules on listing exchange-traded funds in the Philippines will be finalized this quarter, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said yesterday, helping attract overseas investors to one of Asia's smallest equity markets.
“We have received a lot of interest from banks and fund managers,” SEC Chairperson Teresita Herbosa said in an interview yesterday. “This will help expand the market.”
Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. President Hans Sicat had said that the introduction of ETFs was one of the initiatives the bourse was pursuing to boost trading. The exchange this year added a noon-to-3:30 p.m. session to its trading day, after extending its morning session by an hour on Oct. 3. Trading value averaged $158 million a day from Oct. 3 through Feb. 20, 21 percent more than in the same period a year earlier.
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Source: MB.com
ETF License Application and Coverage Area for TOPIX Leveraged (2x) Index and TOPIX Inverse (-1x) Index
March 1, 2012--The TSE has been accepting ETF license applications for the TOPIX Leveraged (2x) and TOPIX Inverse (-1x) Indexes from February 6th to February 17th, 2012, and will continue to accept applications for those indices for an extended period.
Furthermore, the TSE will begin accepting license applications for products located in Europe (including UK) beginning March 2nd, 2012.
Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
RP Data, Rismark and ASX introduce world-first daily home value index
March 1, 2012--The Australian Securities Exchange in conjunction with national property data and analytics group RP Data and property research group Rismark International announce the launch of the RP Data-Rismark Daily Home Value index, available from 1st March.
Designed to be a tradable index, the RP Data-Rismark Daily Home Value index will replace the current monthly RP Data-Rismark Home Value index, and provide the most up-to-date and sophisticated measure of value movements across the Australian housing market
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Source: The Financial
Addition of TOPIX-17 Series to "Market Values" on Index Data page
March 1, 2012--Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) publishes end of month "Market Values" data for the TOPIX index and its sub-indices, including free-float adjusted market capitalization and base market value on the Index Data page.
We expanded the coverage of "Market Values" data to include the TOPIX-17 Series as of the end of Feb. 2012.
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
TSE publish the index value of TSE Home Price Index for December.
February 28, 2012--TSE has published the index value of TSE Home Price Index for December on February 28, 2012.
The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Composite of Tokyo Metro Area) is 78.31 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Tokyo) is 81.82 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Kanagawa) is 78.2 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Chiba) is 67.3. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Saitama) is 69.55 points.
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
DB-Equity Research-Asia-Pac ETF Market Weekly Review:ETP AUM keeps on adding and remains above $100bn
February 28, 2012--Market Review
Asia-Pacific market had mixed markets last week. In all, Japan (Nikkei 225) gained 2.80%, Korea (KOSPI2) fell by 0.23%, China (CSI 300) grew by 4.37%, Hong Kong (HSI) lost 0.39%, Singapore (FSSTI) declined by 0.75%, and Australia (S&P/ASX 200) advanced by 2.64% over the previous week.
New Launch Review
Seven new products were launched in the Asia-Pacific ETP market during last week. Enhanced Investment Products Ltd listed three equity ETFs on Hong Kong Exchange offering exposure to country benchmarks of Philippines, Indonesia and India, respectively. Samsung Asset Management launched one fixed Income ETF on Korea Exchange tracking KRW Cash TR Index, while Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management listed one equity ETF on Tokyo Stock Exchange tracking S&P Topix Daily Risk Control 5% TR Index. Further, Lyxor listed two emerging country equity ETFs in Singapore Exchange offering exposure to Thailand and Indonesia. (See Figure 4 for further details.)
Turnover Review
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $5.8bn for last week, 7.6% down from the previous week’s total. South Korea continues to be on top of the turnover ranking with $1.8bn, followed by China ($1.7bn), Hong Kong ($1.2bn), Japan ($0.7bn), and Taiwan ($0.2bn). Among Equity ETFs, Emerging Country, Asia Pac Developed Country, Leveraged Strategy, and Short Strategy ETFs had total turnover of $2.9bn, $0.9bn, $0.9bn and $0.5bn respectively. Under the Commodity asset class, turnover in Gold ETPs totaled $187m for the last week.
Assets Under Management Review
Last week, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM added $1bn and ended at $101.9bn. On a year to date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by $10.4bn or 11.4% above last year’s closing.
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Source: Deutsche Bank - Equity Research - Asia Pacific
Osaka Stock Exchange:Today, in Nikkei 225 Options, orders with validity period conditions from the previous business day are not reflected in the system.
February 28, 2012--Today, in Nikkei 225 Options, orders with validity period conditions from the previous business day are not reflected in the system.
However, we will continue trading as usual since this issue will not directly affect trading in the trading platform.
We are currently investigating.
Source: Osaka Stock Exchange (OSE)
India growth slips to 6.1% in Oct-Dec
February 28, 2012--India's economic growth slowed to a worse-than-expected 6.1 percent in the final three months of 2011, latest data showed, hit by a string of interest rate hikes and a sluggish global economy.
The figure for the financial third quarter was below market expectations of 6.3 percent expansion and comes on the back of 13 rate rises since March 2010 that have sapped demand and slowed manufacturing activity.
"India's economy was battered from all angles through the second half of 2011 -- from rising interest rates, falling stock prices, a plunging rupee and weaker global demand," said Moody's Analytics economist Glenn Levine before the data came out.
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Source: Yahoo News
China: The Case for Change On the Road to 2030
New research report calls for a shift of China's development and growth model
February 27, 2012--China should complete its transition to a market economy--through enterprise, land, labor, and financial sector reforms-- strengthen its private sector, open its markets to greater competition and innovation, and ensure equality of opportunity to help achieve its goal of a new structure for economic growth.
These are some of the key findings of a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, which lays out the case for a new development strategy for China to rebalance the role of government and market, private sector and society, to reach the goal of a high income country by 2030.
The report, "China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society", recommends steps to deal with the risks facing China over the next 20 years, including the risk of a hard landing in the short term, as well as challenges posed by an ageing and shrinking workforce, rising inequality, environmental stresses, and external imbalances.
view report-China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society
Source: World Bank
Indian gold ETF investment doubled last year- and set to surge this
As investors in India look to bolster their investment portfolio and look for options outside the stock market, demand for ETFs that invest in gold doubled in 2011 and is forecast to rise further in 2012.
February 27, 2012--Banks dealing in bullion and importing houses in India might have put the brakes on importing gold in the country, but Indian investors just cannot keep away from gold.
If not in the physical form in terms of jewellery, gold biscuits or gold coins, small investors, corporate houses in India and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have decided to go the a stage further and invest in paper gold.
The country's purchase of gold electronic traded funds (ETFs) doubled in 2011 as corporates and SMEs invested heavily in what has been termed by retailers a traditional favourite of wealthy individuals and higher middle class households in India.
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