Asia ETF News Older Than 1 year-If your looking for specific news, using the search function will narrow down the results
Singapore, China to collaborate on fintech, regulating derivative trades
November 15, 2018--TWO agreements penned between financial agencies will pave the way for China and Singapore to collaborate on fintech innovations and cross-border supervision of futures exchanges and intermediaries.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) concluded and exchanged the cooperation agreements with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) this week during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Singapore.
view more
Source: www.businesstimes.com
iSTOXX FactSet Automation & Robotics Index licensed to BlackRock
November 15, 2018--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group's index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed the iSTOXX(R) FactSet Automation & Robotics Index to BlackRock.
The asset manager is launching an ETF today, which is listed in Tokyo. The index is comprised of companies from selected countries exposed to the themes Automation and Robotics.
"Automation is crucial for the Japanese economy contending with an aging population and a declining workforce. iShares is leveraging the iSTOXX FactSet Automation & Robotics Index to provide investors with a product that captures opportunities automation affords, where a fourth of the companies represented are Japanese," said Jason Miller, Head of iShares Japan at BlackRock.
view more
Source: Stoxx
BetaShares Australian ETF Review-October 2018-Look beyond the headlines & record trading value!
November 14, 2018--Dramatic sharemarket falls caused the Australian ETF industry to fall in value, declining 3.2% ($1.3B) to end the month at $40.8B. That said, observers of the industry need to look beyond the headline AuM figure which was caused entirely by asset value depreciation, as net flows were, in fact, positive, with the industry taking in $760m of new money.
Perhaps even more strikingly, the industry recorded its highest ever trading value in the month of October. Read on for details of the month in ETFs.
Market cap
ASX Exchange Traded Funds Market Cap: $40.8B
Market cap decline for month: -3.2%, -$1,342M
view more
Source: BetaShares
IMF Working Papers -China's Rebalancing: Recent Progress, Prospects and Policies
November 12, 2018--Summary:
While China's growth gathered momentum in 2017, rebalancing was uneven and decelerated along many dimensions reflecting the temporary factors behind the growth pickup.
Going forward, rebalancing is expected to proceed as these temporary factors recede, but elevated income inequality and leverage will remain a challenge. The authorities are already pursuing several pro-rebalancing policies which could be expanded to support each dimension of rebalancing while reducing trade-offs between them.
view more
Source: IMF
SGX reports market statistics for October 2018
November 9, 2018--Growth in market turnover value of ETFs, structured warrants and DLCs, amid market volatility
Derivatives volume reaches all-time high
Securities
Total Securities market turnover value was at S$24.3 billion, up 25% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 1% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 23 trading days. There were 20 trading days in September 2018 and 21 in October 2017.
Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$1.06 billion, up 9% m-o-m and down 7% y-o-y.
Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$245 million, up 31% m-o-m and up 51% y-o-y.
Market turnover value of structured warrants and Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs) was S$1.82 billion, up 27% m-o-m and up 11% y-o-y.
view more
Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
November 2018 Trade Bulletin
November 2, 2018--Highlights of This Month's Edition
Bilateral trade: In Q3 2018, the U.S. goods trade deficit with China grew 12 percent to $115.6 billion on importers rushing orders as tariffs begin to bite; U.S. services exports to China reach a record $20.5 billion.
Bilateral policy issues: The U.S. Department of the Treasury declined to name China a currency manipulator in its October 2018 currency report, but kept China on a monitoring list, citing its significant trade surplus with the United States.
Quarterly review of China's economy: China's GDP grew 6.5 percent in Q3 2018, its slowest pace since 2009; the Chinese government is implementing stimulus measures to support short-term economic growth; Chinese households' falling consumption and rising debt levels prompt worries about China's rebalancing; local governments resurrect share-buying program to placate jittery stock market investors; state-run media ordered to cloak signs of falling consumer confidence; President Xi conjures images of Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour, stresses the need for "self-reliance" in manufacturing and technology.
view more
Source: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
SGX welcomes the listing of income-focused Phillip SING Income ETF
October 29, 2018--Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of Phillip SING Income ETF, an income-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering investors access to a diverse basket of quality Singapore stocks.
Launched by Phillip Capital, who is also the issuer of Phillip SGX APAC Dividend Leaders REIT ETF and Lion-Phillip S-REIT ETF, this fund aims to track and fully replicate the Morningstar Singapore Yield Focus Index. This index comprises 30 blue-chip constituents listed on SGX, from sectors including financials, telecommunications, real estate and industrials.
view more
Source: Singapore Exchange (SGX)
China Hasn't Banned Bitcoin: Shenzhen Court Permits Crypto Transactions
October 26, 2018--When Bitcoin was debuted in October of 2008, the world's first cryptocurrency was slow to garner traction. At the time, only the most eccentric internet users were willing to allocate capital, time, and brain power to bolster the development efforts of the Bitcoin Network, the first true blockchain/decentralized database.
However, as time elapsed, the cryptocurrency found an ally in the Chinese people, many of which were open to utilizing BTC in day-to-day commerce.
view more
Source: newsbtc.com
IMF-Realizing Indonesia's Economic Potential
October 25, 2018--Summary:
Analytical work on Indonesian macroeconomic and financial issues, with an overarching theme on building institutions and policies for prosperity and inclusive growth.
The book begins with a 20-year economic overview by former Finance Minister Chatib Basri, with subsequent chapters covering diverse sectors of the economy as well as Indonesia's place in the global economy.
view the IMF-Realizing Indonesia's Economic Potential
Source: IMF
Renminbi falls to weakest level since 2008
October 25, 2018--China's currency weakened to its lowest level in a decade on Friday, against a backdrop of mounting geopolitical tension and uncertainty over the country's trade impasse with the US.
The onshore renminbi fell as much as 0.22 per cent on Friday morning in Asia trading to Rmb6.9644 against the dollar, representing its weakest value since the global financial crisis in 2008, according to Bloomberg data.
view more
Source: FT.com