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DB Global Equity Index & ETF Research : Asia Pacific ETP Market Weekly Review
November 16, 2010--Market Overview
There are 243 equity based ETFs in the Asia Pacific region with 336 listings across 12 countries and 15 exchanges. Japan has the largest market share by AUM accounting for 38.96% of the whole market, whilst China has the largest market share by turnover with 41.70%. There was no new listing last week.
Turnover
Monthly average daily turnover rose 5.5% in the last week. Turnover for the previous week was USD 1,660m. The largest ETF by turnover was the iShares Asia Trust - iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Tracker issued by BlackRock with USD 328m accounting for 19.8% of total turnover.
Assets Under Management
AUM declined 2.8% in the previous week. AUM as of November 12nd was USD 76.5bn. The largest ETF by AUM is the TOPIX ETF managed by Nomura Asset Management with AUM of USD 9.2bn.
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Gold ETF volumes almost double in Oct on yr
November 16, 2010-- India's gold collections under exchange traded funds almost doubled in October to 13.999 tonnes on year, indicating sustained interest in the yellow metal from investors , data from the funds showed
Gold on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) was trading 0.45 per cent lower at RS20,131 per 10 grams on Tuesday, after gaining 16.7 per cent on year.
Though gold collections under ETFs are growing, they remain miniscule against India's imports of about 400-800 tonnes annually.
Japan: improve the environment to boost economic growth, says OECD
November 16, 2010--Japan should do more to fight climate change and protect biodiversity, according to a new OECD review of its environment. Tackling these two problems would improve the environment and help boost long-term growth.
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurrìa commends Japan for addressing environment as part of the response to the economic and financial crisis. Japan has already allocated USD 28 billion – about 16% of the anti-crisis package – to environment related measures.
However, OECD’s Environmental Performance Review of Japan says the stimulus package includes support for agriculture and for the car industry which could have negative effects on the environment and distort competition.
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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Japan 2010
SGX starts OTC derivatives clearing in Asia
November 15, 2010--The Singapore Exchange has begun central clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivatives with the launch of the first such platform in Asia.
Clearing houses take on the risk that a party to a trade defaults, spreading the risk among its members. Most OTC trading is carried out on a bilateral basis, which means much of the risk of default is carried by the financial institution involved.
SSE 380 Index To Be Launched
November 15, 2010--To further enhance the SSE index family as well as to provide investors with the new underlying instrument, SSE and CSI together announced today that the SSE 380 Index would be launched on November 29, 2010.
The base date is December 31, 2003 and the base value is 1000.
Shanghai Stock Market to Welcome New Emerging Blue-chip Index as SSE 380 Index to Be Launched
November 15, 2010--The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI) have recently announced that the SSE 380 Index would be officially launched on November 29, 2010, with the base day on December 31, 2003 and the base point at 1,000 points.
After more than two decades of development, a multi-layer capital market featured with big-cap blue chips and boasting joint growth of small, medium and large sized enterprises has taken shape in Shanghai. Moreover, the ever-improving SSE index system, which at present covers such series as scale, sector, style, strategy and theme, provides investors with tools to analyze the SSE-listed companies in a multi-level and multi-angle manner. To adapt to the SSE's development strategy of blue-chip market, better reflect the market structure and its development, and enrich the SSE index system, the SSE and CSI plan to release the SSE 380 Index.
Different from the SSE 180 Index which focuses on traditional big-cap blue chips in finance, energy, material and industry sectors, the SSE 380 Index puts its spotlight on emerging growing blue chips to mirror the overall performance of an array of medium-sized listed companies with great growth potential and strong profitability which are not traditional blue chips. Most of these companies are in their rapid growth phase or early part of maturity stage and in energy-saving and environmental protection, new-generation information technology, biology, high-end equipment, new energy, new material and other emerging industries and consumption sectors. As they indicate the strategic direction of national economic development and the direction of economic restructuring, they are usually called emerging blue-chip companies. The SSE 380 Index, SSE 180 Index and SSE 50 Index will jointly constitute the major blue-chip indices of Shanghai market.
China and the green energy paradox
The worlds biggest CO2 polluter is also becoming the biggest investor in green solutions.
November 15, 2010--From the purist’s perspective, the notion of sustainability makes for a near-impossible pairing with developing countries like China and India. The chief engine of economic growth – industrialization via conventional coal and gas-fired power generation – runs counter to still- immature renewable energy and efficiency technologies.
But China represents the paradox: the country with the highest annual CO2 emissions and, at the same time, the most willing to mandate, fund and enforce corrective change as national policy. In essence, we are about to witness the efficacy of China’s command-and-control environmentalism against the progress, or lack thereof, of Western democratic environmentalism. With China consistently adding more than 50% of the world’s incremental power capacity since 2000, Western media often singularly highlights issues such as trade protectionism surrounding renewable technology or accusations of government subsidization that violate WTO free-trade rules.
Deutsche Börse launches algo news feed in Australia
New proximity hosting site in Sydney marks expansion of “AlphaFlash” into Asia-Pacific region
November 15, 2010-- Deutsche Börse – Market Data & Analytics is making its algorithmic news feed “AlphaFlash” available in a data center in Sydney as of 15 November. This is the first time that AlphaFlash will be offered in the Asia-Pacific region.
AlphaFlash will be hosted in the Equinix Sydney (SY1) International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center and can be easily accessed by other financial companies and trading firms that currently operate there.
“The Australian market has an active algo trading community with several buy and sell-side firms looking for machine-readable news for their trading applications. This is why we selected Sydney as the starting point for AlphaFlash’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region,” said Georg Gross, Head of Front Office Data & Analytics at Deutsche Börse. “By choosing Equinix Sydney, we will be able to provide AlphaFlash directly to the community of financial services firms and market participants that already use the data center.”
SSE Strengthens Supervision over Securities Issuance, Listing
November 12, 2010-The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has recently published the "Guidelines for Issuing and Listing Securities" to strengthen its supervision over securities issuance and listing. The "Guidelines", constraining the behaviors of securities issuance participants including issuers, sponsors, underwriters and price inquiry institutions, aim to improve the efficiency and transparency of pricing in the process of securities issuance by urging all participants to fulfill their duties.
The "Guidelines" requires sponsors and lead underwriters to be adequately staffed and establish relevant internal management systems to improve the quality of securities issuance and listing, while defining the regulatory and punishment measures against violations of issuers, sponsors, lead underwriters, price inquiry institutions and investors. Two new systems are the highlights of the "Guidelines".
I. "Guidelines": a significant supplementary measure for reform of IPO system
According to an official from the SSE, the "Guidelines" further perfect the existing IPO system from a micro and basic level while carrying on the requirements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission for the reform of IPO system.
Two firms on Thai bourse added to MSCI Index
November 12, 2010--"Two companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) have been added to MSCI Index-- Indorama Ventures PCL (IVL) and Thai Airways International PCL (THAI). The changes will be effective on November 30, 2010," revealed SET President Charamporn Jotikasthira.
The MSCI Index is an underlying index provided for global institutional
investors as a benchmark on investment returns. When adding any given country to the Index, MSCI does not include all of that country's listed firms in the
Index, but only those which pass MSCI's standards.
"Both IVL and THAI are in the SET50 Index, with high liquidity and trading values. They also receive great attention from local and foreign investors, particularly IVL, which has just listed on the SET this year, with a market capitalization (based on its IPO price) of THB44.00 billion (approx. USD1.47 billion). As of November 10, 2010, IVL's market capitalization was at THB182.04 billion (approx. USD6.67 billion). It is a pleasure to congratulate these two firms, which help show that SET-listed firms and the exchange itself have strong fundamentals and promising growth potential," concluded Mr. Charamporn.
