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China stock market is WORST-PERFORMING of 2018 as US trade war takes toll
December 31, 2018--CHINA has emerged as the biggest loser among global markets for 2018 with Chinese stocks ending the year as the worst performing.
Chinese stocks have been rattled this year by ongoing trade war tensions with the United States and anxieties surrounding an economic slowdown, with the Shanghai Composite Index ending the trading year down almost 25 percent.
India pips China in FDI inflows for the first time in 20 years
December 28, 2019--From Walmart to Schneider Electric and Unilever on the one side and TPG Capital or KKR on the other, a tide of global capital is flooding into India from strategic investors to financial sponsors and consequently changing the pecking order of mega M&A sweepstakes in the prized market of Asia.
For the first time in two decades, India has been getting more foreign investment than its neighbour China. In 2018, India saw more than $38 billion of inbound deals compared with China's $32...
1st Asset Backed Securities Product with Trust Company as Manager Issued on SSE
December 27, 2019--On December 27, "Huaneng Trust-Kaiyuan-Shimao Housing Rental Asset Backed Securities", the 1st asset backed securities product with a trust company as the manager, is successfully issued on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), which symbolizes the further expansion of the participants of the asset securitization business.
It will help to improve the diversity of the asset securitization products and further enhance the asset securitization business' capacity of serving the real economy.
The expansion of the manager scope of asset backed programs to trust companies is a key measure of implementing the policies of strengthening the financial regulatory system reform and the financial regulatory coordination by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, which aims to further intensify regulatory coordination, promote a fair and orderly market competition, increase market vitality and improve the capacity of serving the real economy.
East Asia Must Clear Hurdles to Sustain Growth
December 27, 2018--In the past half-century, East Asia has made extraordinary progress in sustaining economic growth and improving living standards. Some of the region's developing economies are now middle-income countries and have collectively grown more than three-fold.
Some of the economies that moved up from low-to middle-income status in the past quarter-century can realistically aspire to high-income status in the space of the next generation.
The region's sustained growth means more than 1 billion of its people moved out of extreme poverty and, as a result, nearly two-thirds of developing East Asia's population can now be considered economically secure or middle-income earners.
ETFGI reports assets invested in the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETFs and ETPs industry reach a new high of US$191 Bn at the end of November 2018
December 27, 2018--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) gathered net inflows of US$6.17 Bn during November.
Total assets invested in the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF and ETP industry increased 5.69% during November, from US$181 Bn at the end of September, to US$191 Bn, according to ETFGI's November 2018 Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
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Total Assets in ETFs and ETPs listed in the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) increased 5.69% to record high of $191 Bn in November.
China's middle class hit by shadow banking defaults
December 26, 2018-Scale of problem underestimated as investors keep losses under wraps.
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China Pledges to Treat State, Private and Foreign Firms Equally
December 25, 2018--China released new rules promising to treat all firms equally from a regulatory standpoint, whether they are foreign, private Chinese companies or state-owned enterprises.
The new rules, which go into effect immediately, contain a "negative list" of four banned types of business, and a further 147 categories where government permits are needed.
China Reveals Economic Plan in 2019: How It Could Impact the Yuan
December 21, 2018--CHINA'S ECONOMIC PLAN IN 2019- TALKING POINTS:
China will implement a more proactive fiscal policy in 2019, good news for the economy and the Yuan.
China may launch more targeted easing to support private companies; yet it could drag down the Yuan.
An omission in FX policy raises concerns on whether China will defend the Yuan at a key level.
China revealed the top economic policies and targets in 2019 at the annual Central Economic Work Conference, which was held from December 19 to 21. Here are the highlights and how they could impact the Yuan:
MORE PROACTIVE FISCAL POLICY
The policy: China will adopt a more proactive fiscal policy in 2019. This includes larger scale of cuts in taxes and fees.
World Bank Updates Growth Forecasts for the Philippines
December 21, 2018--As part of its forecasting exercise, the World Bank has updated its growth projections for the Philippines to 6.4 percent in 2018 and 6.5 percent in 2019, to reflect recent economic trends.
These new forecast numbers are a slight revisions of the World Bank's growth projections of 6.5 percent for 2018 and 6.7 percent for 2019, released through the Philippines Economic Update in October this year.
view the World Bank Philippines Monthly Economic Developments December 2018
China Economic Update-December 2018
December 20, 2018--Key Messages
China's GDP growth moderated to 6.5 percent year on year in the third quarter from 6.8 percent in the first half of 2018, mainly due to weaker growth in investment and exports.
China's financial markets declined: equity prices lost 20 percent and the renminbi depreciated by 6 percent against the US dollar.
In response to this challenging economic environment, the government announced a series of measures to support growth and investor confidence: increased liquidity provision by the People's Bank of China, infrastructure investment, fiscal incentives for households and firms, and additional support to small businesses.
