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Vanguard offers investors greater choice with suite of ethically conscious funds
August 30, 2018--Vanguard Australia has announced the launch of a range of Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) funds, providing greater choice for investors who wish to reflect their values in their investment holdings.
The Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index Fund and Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund will offer investors access to broadly diversified international equities and international fixed income exposures that exclude fossil fuel reserves, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons, nuclear power and adult entertainment. The new funds will also be offered as exchange traded funds (ETFs) from September 2018.
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Source: Vanguard
South Asia's Transport Corridors Can Become Engines of Growth
August 28, 2018--Transport corridors offer enormous potential to boost South Asia's economic growth, reduce poverty, and spur job creation, provided the new trade routes spread their benefits broadly and limit negative environmental impacts, says a new World Bank report.
The report The Web of Transport Corridors in South Asia--jointly produced with the Asian Development Bank, the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency-argues that the many transport corridors proposed across Asia would cost trillions of dollars to implement, far exceeding the financing resources available.
view the World Bank Report-The Web of Transport Corridors in South Asia
Source: World Bank
China banking sector's assets up 7.5 pct
August 27, 2018--Chinese banks held 254.3 trillion yuan (37 trillion U.S. dollars) in assets as of the end of July, according to data released Monday by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.
The volume marked an increase of 7.5 percent year on year, the regulator said.
By the end of last month, lenders' liabilities rose 7.1 percent to reach 233.8 trillion yuan.
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Source: xinhuanet.com
Korea in Focus: Last Month's Recap & Outlook
August 27, 2018--By Korea Investment Management, portfolio manager of the AdvisorShares KIM Korea Equity ETF (Ticker: KOR)
In July, global stock markets rebounded as US dollar (USD) appreciation, which caused emerging markets to plunge from May-June, wound down. However, the Korean market underperformed both developed and emerging, failing to join the global upturn.
With the US and China bracing for a protracted trade war, Korea's economic structure that features a heavy export weighting and companies relying much on overseas sales was exposed for its weakness. We believe the Korean market was also weighed down by investor sentiment souring due to the debate about semiconductors peaking and the Kosdaq's sharp pullback led by pharmaceuticals/biotech stocks
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Source: AlphaBaskets
SGX welcomes the listing of Nikko AM SGD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, the first-of-its-kind in Singapore
August 27, 2018--Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of Nikko AM SGD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) that offers investors easy access to a basket of Singapore Dollar-denominated, investment grade corporate bonds in affordable units.
This ETF is launched by Nikko Asset Management ("Nikko AM"), one of the largest ETF managers in Singapore and the issuer of the Nikko AM Singapore STI ETF, ABF Singapore Bond Index and NikkoAM-StraitsTrading Asia ex-Japan REIT ETF.
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Source: SGX
Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Chooses Itiviti's Technology for ETF Options Market Making
August 21, 2018--Itiviti services a substantial and diversified client base in China
Itiviti, the leading global provider of multi-asset trading technology and financial infrastructure, today announced that Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Limited (Shenwan Hongyuan), one of China's leading securities firms has selected Itiviti's market making solution to support its ETF options market making business.
Itiviti currently services 25 buy-side and sell-side clients in mainland China, including large asset managers, securities houses, trading firms and brokerages.
Despite most young people in China being broadly optimistic and looking forward to retirement, a survey from Fidelity International and mobile wealth platform Ant Fortune found that more than half have not prepared for it.
view more ETFGI reports that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reached a record high of US$313 billion at the end of July 2018 14 August 2018 view more World Bank Mandates Commonwealth Bank of Australia to Issue Bond Using Blockchain Tech view more
Source: International Adviser
August 14, 2018--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reached a record high of US$313 billion at the end of July 2018, surpassing the previous record of US$312 billion set at the end of June 2018. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Source: ETFGI
August 10, 2018--Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the largest bank in the country, has been mandated by the World Bank to arrange a bond issue exclusively on a blockchain. according to a press release Aug. 10.
CBA will reportedly arrange the first bond globally to be "created, allocated, transferred, and managed using blockchain technology." The Blockchain Offered New Debt Instrument (bond-i) will be issued and distributed on a blockchain platform under the operation of the World Bank in Washington, and CBA in Sydney.
Source: cointelegraph.com