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ICI Global Welcomes the Announcement of More Stock Connects in Asia Pacific
By Qiumei Yang
April 22, 2015
In response to the announcement about a launch date for the Taiwan Stock Exchange and Singapore Exchange trading link, and recent reports of a possible Shenzhen–Hong Kong Stock Connect, ICI Global’s Qiumei Yang offers the following comment:
The announcements are welcome news. The development of new trading links between stock exchanges are important initiatives that will benefit investors and funds around the world. These links promise to create new opportunities for funds and their shareholders. They also promise to provide greater confidence that regulators will work together to protect market integrity and investor interests. We warmly welcome the initiatives and applaud both the regulators and exchanges for their efforts and commitment.
Qiumei Yang is CEO of Asia Pacific for ICI Global.
TOPICS: ICI GlobalInternationalTrading
The IMF Quietly Changes Its Data, but Not Its Views
By Chris Plantier
April 21, 2015
On Friday, April 10, we pointed out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) apparently had vastly overstated the size and growth of bond fund holdings of emerging market bonds in its latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR).
TOPICS: Bond FundBondsEuropeFinancial StabilityFund RegulationICI GlobalInternationalMutual FundTreasury
Federal Reserve Reverse Repo Facility Helps Stabilize Short-Term Money Markets
By Chris Plantier
April 17, 2015
Following a pattern observed at the end of recent quarters, money market fund holdings of European issuers dropped at the end of March, although the decline was not as large as the previous quarter, ending December 2014. As we have noted before, for regulatory reasons European banks have been paring their balance sheets at the end of each quarter, resulting in a temporary decline in their desire to borrow from money market funds.
TOPICS: BondsEuropeFederal ReserveFinancial MarketsFixed IncomeFund RegulationInvestment EducationMoney Market FundsTreasury
More Unfounded Speculation on Bond ETFs and Financial Stability
By Shelly Antoniewicz and Mike McNamee
April 13, 2015
A recent column in the Financial Times warns of “another accident in waiting” in the growth of fixed-income exchange-traded funds (ETFs)—described as “financial alchemy” that converts illiquid bonds into “baskets” that “trade moment to moment on the stock exchanges.” This “illusory” ETF liquidity will disappear, the author warns, when investors “want to move en masse, and quickly, when the going gets less good.”
TOPICS: Bond FundBondsExchange-Traded FundsFinancial MarketsFinancial StabilityFixed IncomeInterest RateTrading
The IMF Is Entitled to Its Opinion, but Not to Its Own Facts
By Sean Collins and Chris Plantier
April 10, 2015
On Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund released its latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), including a chapter on the asset management industry and financial stability.
TOPICS: EuropeFinancial StabilityFund RegulationICI GlobalInternationalMutual FundTreasury
On Fiduciary Rule, New York Times Relies on Fatally Flawed Research
By Paul Schott Stevens
April 8, 2015
Today I submitted the following letter to the editor of the New York Times:
TOPICS: 401(k)Fund RegulationInvestment EducationRetirement PolicySavingsShareholder
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