Asia ETF News Older Than 1 year-If your looking for specific news, using the search function will narrow down the results
Philippines Growth to Remain Strong Despite Global Uncertainty
July 13, 2018--The World Bank maintains its 6.7 percent growth forecast for 2018 and 2019 despite rising global uncertainty. Considering recent economic data, the composition of expected growth was revised as compared to the April edition of the World Bank Philippines Economic Update.
Given recent fiscal trends, government consumption growth was revised upwards, while private consumption growth is expected to expand at 5.9 percent in 2018 and 6.2 percent in 2019.
Investment growth was slightly upgraded due to higher public capital outlays, including increased infrastructure spending. Overall, it is anticipated that real GDP growth will increase towards the end of 2018 and into the first half of 2019 with higher election-related public spending.
view more
Source: World Bank
IMF Staff Country Reports-Vietnam: Selected Issues
July 10, 2018--POTENTIAL OUTPUT ESTIMATES-A NEW LOOK1
Vietnam has undergone a major transition in the last decade. This paper seeks to assess how this
transformation has affected its growth potential. Employing a range of methodologies, the analysis
concludes that Vietnam's medium-term growth potential has increased from 6.2 percent estimated in
2014 to 6.5 percent.
Acceleration of reforms that have generated productivity gains in the last decade,
including the implementation of agreed free trade agreements, could further boost growth potential.
1. Vietnam has undergone a major transformation in the last decade. A very productive export-oriented sector financed by FDI has boomed, and in 2017, was responsible for more than two-thirds of Vietnamese exports and a third of the ASEAN's tech exports. Urbanization has progressed and, concomitantly, employment has continued to shift away from agriculture toward industry and the service sectors, further boosting productivity. The large state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector, which has historically been a barrier to the development of a vibrant private sector, is undergoing equitization and reforms. These measures are helping to limit state involvement in the economy by restricting SOE operations to core areas. Together, these forces have contributed to increase Vietnam's productivity.
view the IMF Staff Country Reports-Vietnam: Selected Issues
Source: IMF
Japanese pension funds embrace alternative investments
July 8, 2018-- Appetite among Japanese pension funds for alternative investments has hit a new peak at the same time as bond allocations have sunk to a..
view more
Source: FT.com
SGX reports market statistics for June 2018
July 6, 2018--Positive performance in the equity markets, with SDAV up 14% y-o-y and growth in market turnover value of ETFs, structured warrants and DLCs.
SGX USD/CNH Futures volume from January to June 2018 reached US$194 billion, surpassing 2017 full-year volume of US$190 billion.
Securities
Total Securities market turnover value was at S$24.3 billion, down 14% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 9% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 20 trading days. There were 21 trading days in May 2018 and 21 in June 2017.
Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$1.21 billion, down 10% m-o-m and up 14% y-o-y.
Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$231 million, down 2% m-o-m and up 16% y-o-y.
Market turnover value of structured warrants and Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs) was S$1.70 billion, up 22% m-o-m and up 45% y-o-y*.
view more
Source: SGX
Flow Traders gains approval for HFT business in Japan
July 3, 2018--Regulatory approval means Flow Traders can participate in the Japan Exchange Group's ETF market maker scheme.
High-frequency trading (HFT) firm Flow Traders has been handed formal regulatory approval in Japan to operate a high-speed trading business.
view more
Source: Flow Traders
China's yuan continues to fall, sparking comparisons to 2015 rout
July 3, 2018--The yuan continued its slump on Tuesday amid fears of a U.S.-China trade war.
The onshore and offshore yuan crossed the 6.7 per dollar level for the first time since August 2017.
view more
Source: CNBC.com
ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reached record high of US$311 billion at the end of May 2018
July 2, 2018--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reached a record US$311 billion at the end of May 2018. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Highlights
Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reached $311 Bn at the end of May 2018.
In May 2018, ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan gathered net inflows of $1.15 Bn, the second lowest inflows since October 2017.
May 2018 also marked the 7th consecutive month of net inflows into ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan.
view more
Source: ETFGI
ETFGI reports ETFs and ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex-Japan gathered net inflows of US$3.86 billion during May 2018
July 2, 2018--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) gathered US$3.86 billion in net inflows during May 2018; the 7th consecutive month of positive flows.
Year-to-date net inflows for 2018 reached US$17.7 Bn at the end of May, compared to US$4.72 Bn in net outflows at this point last year. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Highlights
Net new assets gathered by ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex-Japan were $3.86 Bn in May.
May 2018 marked the 7th consecutive month of net inflows into ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex-Japan.
Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in in Asia Pacific ex-Japan increased by 1.02%, or $1.85 Bn, during May.
view more
Source: ETFGI
"FIRE!"- Understanding the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement
July 27, 2018--There's this movement I've been hearing a lot about lately called FIRE' which stands for "Financial Independence, Retire Early". The acronym intrigued me and initially I was curious as to whether it was another get rich quick scheme. Far from it, FIRE is a slow burn. For those that haven't read about it yet, I thought I would provide a short intro.
Basically, the movement centres around three lifestyle adjustments in the belief they will assist to achieve 'FIRE'.
Frugality
This is by far the most fundamental aspect of FIRE. The FIRE movement advocates that someone who aspires to retire early must go to great lengths to budget and reduce normal consumption.
view more
Source: BetaShares
AUD/USD-where to from here?
June 27, 2018--The Australian dollar has traded a wide up-trending range against the $US since early 2016, though appears to have broken below this range more recently. This note provides an updated valuation framework to explain recent $A behavior. The model also suggests that, under reasonable assumptions, the $A could test US71c by year-end.
$A-breaking its range
As seen in the chart below, the Australian dollar has tended to push higher since early 2016, touching just over US80c in January this year. Since then the $A has tended to decline, and recently broke below trend-line support around US76c, and is now down to around US74c. What caused this decline, and will it continue?
view more
Source: BetaShares
If you are looking for a particuliar article and can not find it, please feel free to contact us for assistace.
