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China announces new rules for banks issuing bonds to replenish capital

February 27, 2018--China's central bank on Tuesday announced new rules for banks' issuance of bonds to replenish capital, aiming to help banks better absorb capital losses and better protect investors' rights.

The rules would allow the bond issuer to write-off the bonds or convert them into equity under certain conditions, the People's Bank of China said in a notice published on its website.

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Source: Reuters


BetaShares opens Queensland office

February 27, 2018--BetaShares has continued its expansion with an opening of a new Queensland office, followed by a number of key appointments, which included Tamas Calderwood joining the firm as new national manager, adviser services.

Calderwood, who joined from MSCI where he was vice president, client coverage, has 20 years' experience in financial services and would be based in Sydney.

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Source: moneymanagement.com.au


ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reach record high of US$295 billion at the end of January 2018

February 23, 2018--According to ETFGI's January 2018 Japan ETF and ETP industry insights report, a monthly report included in an annual paid-for research subscription service, assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reached a record high of US$295 billion at the end of January 2018, shattering the previous record of US$276 billion set at the end of 2017. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights
Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan increased by $18.8 Bn during January to reach a new record high of $295 Bn
In January 2018, ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan saw net inflows of $6.80 billion
Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$6.55 Bn, followed by leveraged ETFs/ETPs with US$144 Mn

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Source: ETFGI


IMF-A Digital-Savvy Indonesia

February 22, 2018--With the third largest youth population in the world and 130 million active social media users, Indonesia is poised to become the biggest digital economy country in Southeast Asia. To fully embrace the digital opportunity, Indonesia must enhance its infrastructure and increase internet penetration to lift economic growth and productivity.

According to a McKinsey report, digitization could expand Indonesia's economy by 10 percent of GDP and add 3.7 million jobs by 2025.

As the figure shows, Indonesia's digital landscape has expanded in recent years—ranging from increased use of big data and mobile internet, to the rise of digital financial services and e-commerce. The use of big data and advanced analytics increased by 60 percent between 2014 and 2015, while the number of mobile internet users grew by 13 million (more than 20 percent) between 2015 and 2017.

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Source: IMF


About 70 HFT traders to be registered in Japan-JPX

February 22, 2018--About 70 firms are expected to be registered as high frequency traders (HFTs) in Japan, the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) said on Wednesday, ahead of the start of new regulations in April that require HFTs to register with the government.

Japan has introduced the requirement as trading by HFTs comes under scrutiny globally as a potential source of flash crashes and other sharp, volatile moves in financial markets.

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Source: Reuters


ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) reach record high of US$184 billion at the end of January 2018

February 22, 2018--According to ETFGI's January 2018 Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF and ETP industry insights report, a monthly report included in an annual paid-for research subscription service, assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) reached a record high of US$184 billion at the end of January 2018, shattering the previous record of US$170 billion set at the end of 2017. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights
Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) increased by a record $14.0 Bn during January to reach a new high of $184 Bn

In January 2018, ETFs and ETPs listed in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) saw net inflows of $2.72 Bn

Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$1.6 Bn, followed by mixed asset class ETFs/ETPs with US$922 Mn.

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Source: ETFGI


BetaShares and Legg Mason launch two Active ETFs (ASX: EINC and ASX: RINC)

February 20, 2018--BetaShares is please to announce the launch of two new Active ETFs on the ASX, under a strategic partnership with global asset manager Legg Mason.

BetaShares Legg Mason Equity Income Fund (managed fund) (ASX: EINC)
BetaShares Legg Mason Real Income Fund (managed fund) (ASX: RINC)

Based on award-winning strategies by Legg Mason's affiliate, Martin Currie Australia, both funds aim to deliver attractive income by investing in high-quality Australian securities.

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Source: betashares.com.au


IMF Staff Country Reports-Australia: Selected Issues

February 20, 2018--AUSTRALIA'S LINKAGES WITH CHINA: PROSPECTS AND RAMIFICATIONS OF CHINA'S ECONOMIC TRANSITION1
China and Australia have increasingly strong linkages, especially through trade and commodity channels. These are driven by China's demand for commodities such as coal and iron ore, and services such as tourism and education, of which Australia is a major supplier.

These links are important for China's transition to a services-driven, consumer-led economy from a manufacturing-driven, export-led one. The work below considers risks to China during this transition, focusing on spillovers to Australia.

The analysis uses ANZIMF (Australia-New Zealand Integrated Monetary and Fiscal model), a version of the IMF's GIMF (Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal model). ANZIMF is a micro-founded, overlapping generations dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model with a detailed bilateral trade flows structure. Two sectors for services (tourism and education) and for metals and coal are added to better track the evolving structure of the Chinese economy and changing economic relationship with Australia.

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Source: IMF


$500 Million Deal-Mirae Asset Takes Over US-based Fund Management Company Global X

February 19, 2018--Mirae Asset Global Investments announced on February 19 that the company signed an agreement for the acquisition of Global X, an exchange traded funds (EFT) company in New York of the US. It took US$488 million in total to take over a 100-percent stake in Global X.

Earlier, Mirae Asset Global Investments acquired Horizon, a Canadian ETF management company in 2011, and Beta Shares in Australia. Currently, the company ranks 21st in the world while managing US$20 billion in net assets such as eight trillion won in TIGER ETF, 7.8 trillion won in Horizon ETF in Canada, 4.3 trillion won (US$3.8 billion) in Beta Share ETF in Australia and ETFs in Hong Kong, Colombia and the US.

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Source: businesskorea.co.kr


World's largest pension scheme turns up heat on fund manager pay

February 17, 2018--Fund managers' bumper bonuses are being scrutinised by the world's largest pension fund over fears investment professionals are being incentivised to generate short-term performance rather than long-term returns. .

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, which oversees $1.4tn in assets, has..

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Source: FT.com


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