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IMF Launches New SDR Basket Including Chinese Renminbi, Determines New Currency Amounts
September 30, 2016--Today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the launch of the new Special Drawing Right (SDR) valuation basket including the Chinese renminbi (RMB), and the new currency amounts that will determine the value of the SDR during the new valuation period.
As approved by the Executive Board of the IMF on November 30, 2015, effective October 1, 2016, the RMB is determined to be a freely usable currency and will be included in the SDR basket as a fifth currency, along with the U.S. dollar, the euro, Japanese yen, and the British pound.
Source: IMF
Global investors eye China debt
September 29, 2016--Foreign fund managers plan to double their allocation to renminbi-denominated debt, survey suggests
Source: FT.com
FTSE Russell: China A shares won't be added to secondary emerging markets index
September 29, 2016--FTSE Russell announced Thursday that China A shares will not yet be included as a secondary emerging market, one of the results of its annual country classification review, a news release said.
The annual review is a formal process to determine country classifications within its FTSE Global Equity index: developed, advanced emerging, secondary emerging and frontier.
Source: pionline.com
Deutsche says hedge fund outflows 'typical' part of prime brokerage business
September 29, 2016--Deutsche Bank told CNBC on Thursday that it has seen outflows, but the prime brokerage business is "still very profitable" for the company.
Earlier on Thursday, U.S.-listed shares of Deutsche Bank hit a new all-time intraday low of $11.19 on the back of a report that a small number of hedge funds that do derivatives business with Deutsche have reduced their exposure.
Source: CNBC.com
IMF Working paper-U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization and Global Interest Rates
September 29, 2016--Summary: As the Federal Reserve continues to normalize its monetary policy, this paper studies the impact of U.S. interest rates on rates in other countries. We find a modest but nontrivial pass-through from U.S. to domestic short-term interest rates on average.
We show that, to a large extent, this comovement reflects synchronized business cycles. However, there is important heterogeneity across countries, and we find evidence of limited monetary autonomy in some cases. The co-movement of longer term interest rates is larger and more pervasive. We distinguish between U.S. interest rate movements that surprise markets versus those that are anticipated, and find that most countries receive greater spillovers from the former. We also distinguish between movements in the U.S. term premium and the expected path of risk-free rates, concluding that countries respond differently to these shocks. Finally, we explore the determinants of monetary autonomy and find strong evidence for the role of exchange rate flexibility, capital account openness, but also for other factors, such as dollarization of financial system liabilities, and the credibility of fiscal and monetary policy.
IMF-Monetary Policy Not Hurt by Rise of Nonbank Finance
September 29, 2016--Impact of monetary policy actions on economic activity has generally strengthened since 2000
Nonbank credit increases the effectiveness of monetary policy
Risk taking by banks, nonbanks responds to monetary policy
The growth in credit by financial institutions that are not banks has, if anything, strengthened the impact of monetary policy on the economy over the past 15 years, according to new research from the International Monetary Fund.
These so-called nonbanks include insurance companies, pension funds, and other financial institutions such as money market mutual funds, hedge funds, and finance companies.
view the Chapter 2: Monetary Policy and the Rise of Nonbank Finance
Source: IMF
Source research points to attractiveness of EM sovereign bond ETFs
September 29, 2016--European exchange-trade fund provider Source has released research revealing the relatively low indebtedness of emerging market countries compared to their developed peers.
Of the world's 20 largest economies, the 10 most indebted countries relative to their economic output in 2015, (including governments, non-financial sector corporates and households) were all from developed markets.
Source: etfstrategy.co.uk
EDHEC-Risk Newsletter September 2016
September 29, 2016--The EDHEC-Risk Newsletter September 2016 is available for viewing.
Source: EDHEC-Risk Institute
After Brexit, will a BRICS-it multilateral financial system be next?
September 28, 2016--There is no doubt that the Central Securities Depositories community has evolved through the various partnerships that have been forged over the decades.
While countries are leaving regional unions, such as Brexit, CSDs belonging to the BRICS nations continue to come together in the spirit of collaborating for the greater benefit of the financial markets.
Source: strate.co.za
WEF-The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017
September 28, 2016--The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017 assesses the competitiveness landscape of 138 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity.
This year's edition highlights that declining openness is threatening growth and prosperity. It also highlights that monetary stimulus measures such as quantitative easing are not enough to sustain growth and must be accompanied by competitiveness reforms. Final key finding points to the fact that updated business practices and investment in innovation are now as important as infrastructure, skills and efficient markets.
view the The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017
Source: WEF (World Economic Forum)
