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India inflation mounts, augurs another rate rise
September 14, 2011--Indian inflation climbed to its highest in more than a year as prices of food and manufactured goods surged, reinforcing the case for another rate hike on Friday despite weakening growth and a worsening global outlook.
The Reserve Bank of India has raised interest rates 11 times in 18 months but inflation remains at more than twice its comfort level, putting it in the awkward position of fighting high prices amid mounting worries about the health of the global economy.
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Deutsche Bank - Equities Research-Asia-Pac ETF+ Monthly Directory : August 2011 ETPs: August 2011 ETPs
September 12, 2011--This document includes all Asia-Pacific listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs).
The directory is organized by country and asset-class-related sub sections. Within each sub section it has been sorted by ETP issuer by alphabetical order and by AUM in descending order. A number of key information per product has been included in order to enable the reader to get an overview in their respective area of interest. Among the key numeric information we include avg. daily turnover, assets under management, and cash flows (all in $US).
DB - Equity Research - Asia Pacific ETF Weekly Review-Market downturn sweeps 2% away from ETP AUM
September 12, 2011--Market Review
After a two-week winning streak, Asian markets went back to the negative territory due to concerns over weakening U.S. economy and European financial crisis.
From north to south, Japan (Nikkei 225) dropped by 2.38%, Korea (KOSPI2) sank by 2.81%, China (CSI 300) decreased by 1.88%, Hong Kong (HSI) retreated by 1.71%, Singapore (FSSTI) declined by 0.63% and Australia (S&P/ASX 200) lost 1.14% over the previous week.
New Launch Review
Last week, only one new product was launched in the Asia-Pacific region. Korea Investment Trust Management listed KINDEX Inverse ETF on Korea Stock Exchange replicating inversed daily performance of the KOSPI 200 Future Index. (See Figure 4 for further details).
Turnover Review: Volatility keeps markets active
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $7.4bn for the last week, 8.8% above previous week’s total and 54.7% up from last year’s weekly average. South Korea continues to be on top of the turnover ranking with $3.8bn (up 12.4%), followed by Hong Kong ($1.1bn, down 5.7%), China ($1.1bn, up 4.4%), Japan ($610m, up 5.6%), and Taiwan ($210m, down 9.2%). Among Equity ETFs, Emerging Country, Short Strategy, Leveraged Strategy and Asia Pac Developed Country ETFs had total turnover of $2.5bn, $1.7bn, $1.5bn and $856m respectively. Under the Commodity asset class, turnover on Gold ETPs totaled $473m, 139.8% up from last week.
Assets Under Management Review
Amid declining markets, Asia-Pacific ETP AUM lost $1.8bn or 2% last week and ended at $90.5bn. However, on a year to date basis, Asia-Pacific ETF assets are $6.4bn or 7.5% above last year’s closing.
Japan economy contracts 2.1%
September 9, 2011--Japan's economy shrank in the second quarter at a faster pace than initially reported as companies held back on capital expenditure due to worries about a rising yen and faltering global growth.
Economists say Japan is likely to resume growing in the third quarter after three consecutive quarters of contraction, boosted by a rapid recovery in supply chains following the March 11 earthquake, but the outlook further ahead looks increasingly in doubt.
China inflation falls to 6.2% from 3-year high
September 9, 2011--Producer prices climbed 7.3% last month from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said today. That compared with a 7.5% jump in July and the 7.2% median estimate
China’s key inflation rate moderated slightly in August from a three-year high, giving some elbow room to the policy makers in fighting the global slowdown led by the US and the eurozone.
Hong Kong faces dollar peg inflation dilemma
September 8, 2011--While Switzerland this week in effect pegged the franc to the euro, a debate is intensifying in Hong Kong over whether to sever the city’s 27-year-old peg to the US dollar.
The mechanism that links the Hong Kong and US dollars at a rate of HK$7.80 to US$1 has served the city well since its introduction in 1983. It has survived the hand-over of sovereignty from Britain to China, the Asian financial crisis and repeated attacks from speculators.
BSE aims to generate investor interest in derivatives
September 8, 2011--The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has launched a market making scheme to generate more investor interest in derivatives, based on its benchmark Sensex and the underlying 30 stocks. The exchange has earmarked a total of Rs 107 crore for the scheme that will be in force for six months.
According to a release issued by the exchange, the Liquidity Enhancement Incentive Programmes (LEIPS) will reward derivative members for building a ‘healthy’ order book with the goal of creating ‘lasting, self-sustaining liquidity in BSE’s derivatives segment.’
Market making liquidity enhancement scheme, in regulatory parlance, is essentially a way in which an exchange can reward entities that generate a certain amount of volume in a segment. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), in June, allowed bourses to introduce such schemes for equity derivatives and any new instruments to be launched.
Indian exchanges seek equity derivatives liquidity boost
September 7, 2011--India’s two major exchanges have released details of liquidity enhancement programme for equity derivatives following a recent circular from national regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India allowing such schemes.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE), which currently accounts for around 80% of Indian equity market share according to Thomson Reuters, will introduce a liquidity enhancement scheme for S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) contracts on 15 September. Meanwhile, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will go live with its own two-stage liquidity enhancement incentive programme for derivatives based on the SENSEX index and its underlyings on 28 September.
DB - Equity Research - Asia Pacific ETF Weekly Review- Record ETP inflows of $4bn in August
September 7, 2011--Market Review
Despite the headwinds coming from the western world markets, most of the eastern world markets had a positive week, except for China. Japan (Nikkei 225) gained 1.74%, Korea (KOSPI2) soared by 4.87%, China (CSI 300) slid by 3.36%, Hong Kong (HSI) climbed by 3.22%, Singapore (FSSTI) rose by 3.45% and Australia (S&P/ASX 200) increased by 1.02% over the previous week.
New ETP launc
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Last week, only one new product was launched in the Asia-Pacific region. China Merchants Fund Management Company listed one Equity ETF on Shenzhen Stock Exchange tracking the SZSE TMT50 TRN Index.
ETP Monthly Flows: Strong flows continue in spite of weak equity markets
Asia-Pacific ETP market witnessed strong cash inflows of $4bn in the month of August which is the highest monthly flows since the start of 2011. With this latter figure, it has been fourth month in a row with cash inflows of over $2bn for the Asia-Pac ETP market. From a market perspective, ETPs in Japan led the inflows with $3.6bn, followed by Korea with $729m and China with $259m, while Taiwan experienced outflows of $804m. Year to date, Asia-Pac ETPs have gathered $13.7bn or 16.3% compared to last year’s closing AUM level.
Total monthly flows were primarily contributed by Equity ETFs with $3.8bn of inflows. Within Equity products, Asia Pac Developed Country ETFs and Strategy ETFs (Leveraged and Short) recorded $3.9bn and $519m of inflows, partially offset by outflows of $591m from Emerging Country ETFs. Amid declining markets Gold ETPs gained traction and collected total net inflows of $167m during the month of August.
Turnover Review: turnover retreats on lower volatility
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totaled $6.8bn for the last week, 14.4% down from previous week’s total and 42.2% up from last year’s weekly average. South Korea continues to be on top of the turnover ranking with $3.4bn (down 5.6%), followed by Hong Kong ($1.2bn, up 2.5%), China ($1bn, up 0.7%), Japan ($578m, down 49%), and Taiwan ($231m, down 13%). Among Equity ETFs, Emerging Country, Short Strategy, Leveraged Strategy and Asia Pac Developed Country ETFs had total turnover of $2.6bn, $1.4bn, $1.3bn and $967m respectively. Under the Commodity asset class, turnover in Gold ETPs totaled $197m, 70.6% down from last week.
Asset Under Management Review
Asia-Pacific ETP AUM ended at $92.3bn with an increase of 1.4% over the previous week. On a year to date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is $8.2bn or 9.7% above last year’s closing.
FTSE China Index Series Quarterly Review
September 7, 2011--The FTSE Asia Pacific Regional Committee announces the following quarterly review changes to the FTSE China 25 Index, FTSE China B35 Index , FTSE China A50 Index, FTSE China A200 and A400 Indices and
FTSE China A Small Cap Index which will become effective after the close of business on Friday, 16 September 2011 (i.e. on Monday, 19 September 2011).
