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DB Index Research -- Weekly ETF Market Review -- Asia-Pacific

March 11, 2010--Highlights
Market Overview
There are 205 equity based ETFs in the Asia Pacific region with 281 listings across 12 countries and 15 exchanges. Japan has the largest market share by AUM accounting for 41.06% of the whole market, whilst China has the largest market share by turnover with 37.41%.

There was one new listing in the last week. Deutsche Bank AG listed one new ETF on Singapore Stock Exchange. The listing was cross listing.

Turnover Monthly average daily turnover declined 7.7% in the last week. Turnover for the previous week was USD 744m. The largest ETF by turnover was the China 50 ETF issued by China Asset Management with USD 159m accounting for 21.4% of total turnover.

Assets Under Management
AUM rose 1.6% in the previous week. AUM as of March 8th were USD 59.8bn.
The largest ETF by AUM is the TOPIX ETF managed by Nomura Asset Management with AUM of USD 6.2bn.

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Source: Aram Flores and Shan Lan -DB Index Research


- Overseas Investor Participation in HKEx's Securities Market Remains High

March 11, 2010--Overseas investor participation in the securities market of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) remained high despite the market downturn during the global financial crisis, according to HKEx's Cash Market Transaction Survey 2008/09 (covering HKEx's securities market turnover from October 2008 to September 2009).

The survey found that the contribution of overseas investors to total market turnover value remained at a relatively high level of more than 40 per cent for the fourth consecutive year (42 per cent in 2008/09, compared to 41 per cent in 2007/08) while local investors' contribution fell to a record low of 50 per cent. The contribution of institutional investors decreased somewhat from its peak of 65 per cent in 2006/07 and 2007/08 to 62 per cent in 2008/09. The contribution of retail investors was 30 per cent, similar to the all-time low of 29 per cent in 2007/08.

Some other key findings of the 2008/09 survey

Overseas institutional investors, the largest contributors among all investor types, contributed 38 per cent to total market turnover, similar to the level in 2007/08.

Local retail investors' contribution to total market turnover was a record low of 25 per cent in 2008/09, compared to 26 per cent in 2007/08. (Figure 1)

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Source: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx)


SGX Widens Global Network, Rolls Out New Commodity And Derivative Products

Extends membership to 7 key global players, including first Indian brokerage
Launches gold deferred settlement contract, Nifty options, STOXX futures & options on futures contracts
Deepens collaboration with India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE)
March 11, 2010--Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announces additions to its membership network and fast-growing product suite, tapping on the rising global interest in Asian equities, derivatives and commodities.

The new members given in-principle approval are:
Securities Trading and Clearing
1. Goldman Sachs Futures Pte Ltd
2. Standard Chartered Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd
3. IIFL Securities Pte Ltd (subsidiary of India Infoline, one of the leading financial services firms in India) Securities Trading

1. MF Global Singapore Pte Limited
2. Cantor Fitzgerald (Singapore) Capital Markets Limited

Securities Clearing
1. Deutsche Bank AG Derivatives Trading

Visit www.sgx.com for more information.

Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)


India aims to be world's fastest growing economy

March 11, 2010--Just how fast can India grow? Ask Manal Farooq, who can't make gloves quickly enough.

"We are facing a major problem," said Farooq, a senior executive at Marvel Gloves Industries, which produces 3 million pairs of gloves a month, most used in industrial production in India. "Despite importing gloves we are not able to meet demand."

The run on gloves began five months ago, said Farooq, whose customers include Ford and Nissan.

It's been driven by a record rebound in manufacturing, spurred in part by government stimulus, which has led India out of the Great Recession faster than many imagined possible.

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Source: The Washington Post


Singapore Exchange To Offer Nifty Options, Related Products

March 10, 2010--The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced that it expects to offer options on the S&P CNX Nifty Index (Nifty) and related products in the coming year.

This follows SGX’s obtaining of licensing rights from India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL) for the product range including derivative contracts on the CNX Nifty Junior, CNX 100 and CNX Midcap indices. The addition of these products is subject to relevant regulatory approvals. The new India-based products aim to provide market participants with increased trading opportunities and enhanced means for risk management.

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Source: Automated Trader


National Stock Exchange Of India And Singapore Exchange To Explore Listing More India-Linked Products On SGX

March 10, 2010--National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the development of a market for India-linked products.

Under the MOU, both exchanges aim to explore future collaboration in the expansion, development and promotion of India-linked products and services to be listed on SGX.

Subject to regulatory approval, these products may include equity products and other asset classes. The two exchanges also will look into a bilateral securities trading link to enable investors in one country to seamlessly trade on the other country’s exchange.

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Source: The Edge


14 Foreign Commodity ETFs to be Listed (ETF Securities Limited)

March 9, 2010--The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) approved today the listing of 14 foreign commodity ETFs. These foreign ETFs are managed by ETF Securities Limited and their main market is the London Stock Exchange. The 14 ETFs are scheduled to be listed on Friday, March 19, 2010.

New Listings

Code ISIN Code Name
1684 GB00B15KY989 ETFS All Commodities DJ-UBSCI(SM)
1685 GB00B15KYB02 ETFS Energy DJ-UBSCI(SM)
1686 GB00B15KYG56 ETFS Industrial Metals DJ-UBSCI(SM)
1687 GB00B15KYH63 ETFS Agriculture DJ-UBSCI(SM)
1688 GB00B15KYL00 ETFS Grains DJ-UBSCI(SM)
1689 GB00B15KY104 ETFS Natural Gas
1690 GB00B15KXV33 ETFS Crude Oil
1691 GB00B15KXW40 ETFS Gasoline
1692 GB00B15KXN58 ETFS Aluminum
1693 GB00B15KXQ89 ETFS Copper
1694 GB00B15KY211 ETFS Nickel
1695 GB00B15KY765 ETFS Wheat
1696 GB00B15KXS04 ETFS Corn
1697 GB00B15KY542 ETFS Soybeans
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Source: Tokyo Stock Exchange

Shanghai exchange completes draft rules for global board

March 8, 2010--The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has completed draft rules governing the listing and trading of overseas-based companies, chairman Geng Liang said yesterday, as China moves closer to the international board launch.

The new so-called international board would allow foreign-domiciled companies to make initial public offerings in China.

The draft rules are subject to change and public opinion will be sought in due course, but there's no official timetable for the launch of the new board, Geng told a news briefing on the sidelines of the National People's Congress in Beijing.

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Source: Business Times


China’s Foreign ETF Plan Signals Market Reform, West China Says

March 8, 2010--China’s plan to introduce exchange- traded funds that track overseas stock indexes signals a push to create more opportunities for investors as the market matures, according to West China Securities Co.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange will try to introduce exchange- traded funds that track foreign indexes this year, Chairman Geng Liang said at a briefing in Beijing yesterday, without disclosing the indexes.

“This is the way China is gradually relaxing control over overseas investment and the first destination for overseas ETF funds will probably be the Hong Kong market, because of familiarity,” said Wei Wei, an analyst at West China Securities in Shanghai. “Investors will have more options to invest overseas.”

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Source: Bloomberg


China cautions against expecting fast yuan rise

March 8, 2010--Any rise in the yuan’s exchange rate will be gradual, China’s trade chief said on Monday in comments that underline the competing interests at the heart of Chinese policy-making.

Commerce Minister Chen Deming said a halt to the yuan’s appreciation since mid-2008 was part of a panoply of pro-growth policies to prop up the economy during the global credit crunch.

China has effectively re-pegged its exchange rate at around 6.83 yuan per dollar since mid-2008 to help its exporters during the global financial crisis and is under intense pressure from the United States and Europe to abandon the peg.

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Source: Todays Zaman


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