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India: Further reforms must ensure strong growth is long-lasting and benefits all

June 14, 2011-India’s economy has ranked among the best performers over the past decade, and poverty has been falling faster than in many other emerging economies. India now has the opportunity to move towards sustained and socially inclusive double-digit growth if the right policies are put in place, according to a new OECD report.

Presenting the Economic Survey of India in New Delhi, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said: “Policymakers are to be commended on the remarkable catch-up achieved in recent years, making India one of main driving forces of the global economy.” He added: “The priority given to more socially inclusive economic growth is appropriate and further reforms are needed to achieve it.” Read speech.

To ensure strong growth continues and is sufficiently inclusive, the government needs to target public expenditure better on the poor. Although high growth has reduced poverty, progress could have been faster, the OECD says. Hundreds of millions of people still live below the official poverty line. Malnutrition and poor health are still widespread. Against this backdrop, the report advocates a strengthened welfare system and improved access to health care. Government spending on health is only around 1% of GDP - among the lowest rates in the world. Private health care provision is increasing but quality is highly variable. Better regulation and oversight is needed.

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Source: OECD


JP Morgan and BlackRock have launched a Same Day Settlement platform in Asia Pacific

June 14, 2011--The Asian Same Day Settlement service, which is provided by JP Morgan's transfer agency business, will provide BlackRock's institutional clients based in Asia with the opportunity to process trades during Asian business hours and to receive the same day use of the funds.

The service will initially be available for BlackRock's two key USD cash funds, the ICS Institutional US Dollar Liquidity Fund and the ICS Institutional US Treasury Fund.

BlackRock head of International Cash Mark Stockley said the Asian Same Day Settlement service is intended to provide their institutional clients with greater flexibility.>read more

Source: BBR


IMF Working paper-ASEAN5 Bond Market Development: Where Does it Stand? Where is it Going?

June 13, 2011--Summary: Since the Asian crisis, ASEAN5 countries have expended considerable effort in trying to develop their domestic bond markets. Yet today these markets are not much larger, relative to GDP, than they were a decade before. How can we explain this? And does this mean that domestic markets have not, in fact, developed? The paper argues that bond market growth has been held back by a sharp fall in investment rates, which has left firms with little need for bond borrowing.

Even so, markets have developed in other ways, to such an extent that substantial amounts of foreign portfolio investment have begun to flow into ASEAN5 bonds. These developments have important ramifications. With the investor base growing and infrastructure investment likely to rise, ASEAN5 bond markets could expand rapidly over the next decade, holding out the prospect that the region could finally achieve "twin engine" financial systems.

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Source: IMF


China inflation at 34-month high on rising food prices

June 13, 2011--Inflation in China hit its highest level in 34 months despite the government's efforts to rein in rising prices.

Consumer prices in China rose by 5.5% in May, compared with the same month last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Food prices continued to be the biggest factor as they surged by 11.7%

The rising cost of food and commodities have pushed up the cost of living and become a hot political issue in China.

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Source: BBC.com


Bank of Korea Raises Benchmark Interest Rate to 3.25% to Tame Inflation

June 10, 2011-The Bank of Korea raised interest rates for a third time this year to rein in inflation that has exceeded its target range and curb record household debt.

Governor Kim Choong Soo boosted the benchmark seven-day repurchase rate to 3.25 percent from 3 percent, following quarter-percent increases in January and March, the central bank said in a statement in Seoul today. Kim said the decision was unanimous. Eight of 17 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News predicted the decision with the rest expecting no change.

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Source: Bloomberg


Overview of major banks' financial results as of March 31, 2011

June 10, 2011--Following the announcements by major banks, etc. of their financial results as of March 31, 2011, the FSA has compiled the figures, etc. announced by these banks

view the Overview of major banks' financial results as of March 31, 2011

view the Financial Statements of Major banks; March 31, 2011

Source: FSA Japan


Turf lock on commodity ETFs

June 10, 2011-- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) have reached an understanding that the capital markets regulator will not clear any more commodity asset-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) till they sort out their disagreement over who should regulate the product.

At present, ETFs come under Sebi’s purview.

The FMC, which is the regulator for the commodity futures markets, has argued that it has the right to regulate gold and silver exchange traded funds since the underlying asset is a commodity which comes under its bailiwick.

FMC chairman B.C. Khatua told reporters here today that the two regulators had agreed to resolve their differences through dialogue.

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Source: The Telegraph


SSE Fundamental Indexes to Be Launched(

June 9, 2011--To further enhance the SSE index family as well as to provide new analysis tool and underlying instrument for investors,

Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Co Ltd announced that the SSE Fundamental Indexes are to be launched on July 1, 2011.

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Source: Shanghai Securities News


ASX launches free online ETF courses

June 9, 2011--The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has launched seven new and free online courses designed to help investors understand exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

ETFs and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) invest in a portfolio of securities, providing investors with diversification in a single transaction. They can be bought and sold on exchange just like shares. The expanding range of ETFs and ETCs allows investors to gain exposure to Australian companies, overseas stocks, listed property, currencies and precious metals, including gold.

Tony Hunter, ASX Head of Education, said: “The new ASX courses explain the essentials of investing in ETFs and explain how ETFs traded on ASX work.

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Source: ASX


Developing ASEAN5 Bond Markets: What Still Needs to be Done? IMF Working paper

June 9, 2011--This paper examines a range of issues relating to bond markets in the ASEAN5 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand) - physical infrastructure including trading, clearing and settlement; regulation, supervision and legal underpinnings; and derivatives markets - and finds that the frameworks compare well with other Emerging Markets, following a decade of reform.

A number of areas where further enhancements could be made are highlighted. The paper also examines the interrelationship between central bank management of short-term interest rates and domestic currency liquidity, and development of the wider money and bond markets; and suggests some lessons from the recent crisis in developed country financial markets which may be important for the future development of the ASEAN5 markets.

view the IMF Working paper-Developing ASEAN5 Bond Markets: What Still Needs to be Done?

Source: IMF


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