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HSBC: Singapore is to be next offshore renminbi trading hub
May 26, 2013--Singapore could become the next offshore trading hub for the renminbi, according to new research from HSBC China.
The bank speculated that a deliverable renminbi market in Singapore could be available as early as 2012, setting a template for further expansion of the offshore RMB in other jurisdictions.
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Source: International Adviser
Goldman Sachs to Manage ETF of India State-Run Firms
May 24, 2013--India has appointed Goldman Sachs GS +0.83% Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. to create and launch an exchange-traded fund that will raise money from investors and invest in state-run companies, a senior finance ministry official said Friday.
"The finance minister [P. Chidambaram] has cleared the appointment. We have issued a letter to Goldman Sachs," the finance ministry official told The Wall Street Journal.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
MSCI poaches from Credit Suisse, Pimco
The group has made two new hires – one for its index business and one on the analytics side – to strengthen its Asia operations.
May 24, 2013--Index and analytics/software provider MSCI has expanded its team in Hong Kong and Singapore by luring Rene Veerman from Credit Suisse and Quah Chum-Yong from US asset manager Pimco.
Veerman is on gardening leave and is due to start shortly in a newly created role as managing director and head of portfolio analytics for Asia based in Hong Kong. Quah relocated from Hong Kong to Singapore earlier this month as vice-president of Southeast Asia client coverage for MSCI’s index business.
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Source: Asian Investor
HKEx touts CES Indexes as critical platform
May 24, 2013--Charles Li, chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), identifies the development of the soon-to-be-launched China-linked CES index series as a significant platform for the bourse to expand into the index futures business.
Speaking at a luncheon on Thursday (May 23), Mr. Li explained that the formation of the China Exchange Services Company Limited (CESC), the joint venture between the HKEx, Shanghai exchanges and Shenzhen exchanges, is critical to the bourse in that it facilitates its ETFs and index futures products.
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Source: ETFI Asia
Shanghai Stock Exchange-Notice of Taking ETFs as Underlying Securities of Margin Trading and Securities Lending
May 24, 2013--All member units and fund management companies
According to Articles 25 and 26 in the "SSE Detailed Rules for Implementation of Margin Trading and Securities Lending", the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) hereby makes the following notice for relevant issues of taking ETFs as underlying securities of margin trading and securities lending:
1. Any ETF taking cross-market index or cross-border index as its tracking target which meets the following requirements could be taken as an underlying security of margin trading and securities lending after being traded on the SSE for at least 5 trading days:
a. The average daily asset size is not smaller than RMB2 billion;
b. The number of fund holders is not less than 4,000.
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Source: Shanghai Stock Exchange
Special Report- ETFs in China
May 23, 2013--The China ETF is space is in the midst of a growth spurt with the range of products on offer undergoing a rapid expansion and investor interest in index funds continuing to grow both domestically and abroad.
China's proactive reformist regulators are encouraging innovation on all fronts and view ETFs as a convenient vehicle to bring capital into the market from overseas, while at home providing growth opportunities for the maturing fund management industry and raising the sophistication of retail investors – a problem which has long dogged the domestic investment space. From the point of view of investors meanwhile, ETFs continue to offer an efficient means to tap otherwise inaccessible growth trends as a vehicle for cross-border access or for honing in on specific domestic sectors.
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Source: IP&E
Japan delays cross-border rules amid US and European uncertainty
Equivalence and substituted compliance issues must be resolved quickly, or financial markets will be affected, says Kono at Japan FSA
May 23, 2013--Japan is delaying its cross-border clearing rules to avoid adding to the "tremendous uncertainty" created by the US and Europe over this issue, according to Masamichi Kono, vice-commissioner for international affairs at the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA).
The JFSA wants to establish its own set of cross-border rules, and extend clearing beyond the current interest rate swap and credit default swap remit, but is conscious of inconsistencies in the approaches of global regulators, Kono says.
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Source: Centralbanking.com
US's KraneShares thinking outside the 'ETF in a box'
May 23, 2013--US exchange traded fund manager KraneShares is preparing to launch a suite of funds after cutting ties with ETF incubator Exchange Traded Concepts.
Krane, which is specialising in China investments, has filed registration statements for nine ETFs since April under its own exemptive relief.
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Source: FT.com
Bank of Japan vows market steps to curb bond turbulence
May 22, 2013--The Bank of Japan vowed on Wednesday to take necessary steps to reduce volatility in bond markets that has threatened to jeopardize the government's fight to end deflation and revive growth.
The central bank upgraded its assessment of the economy for a fifth straight month, saying it "has started picking up," as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy prescription of aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus has boosted sentiment and a weaker yen has halted a decline in exports.
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Source: Reuters
BlackRock taps Asia with property deal
May 21, 2013--BlackRock has planted a flag in Asian property by buying MGPA, a Singapore-based private equity firm, in a deal that highlights investor demand for assets that offer steady income and protection against inflation.
The deal for MGPA, which began life as the property investment division of Australia’s Macquarie Group, will almost double the size of BlackRock’s property arm to $25bn in assets under management.
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Source: FT.com
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