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Indexing Strategies Asia
November 2007
Fran Thompson
Director, FTSE Asia Pacific
INDEXING IN ASIA
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•Growth of institutional assets in Asia
•Investment Strategy indexing takes hold
•Unique asset classes - real estate and infrastructure
•Emerging markets
•Development of Asian exchange indices
•2008 outlook in Asian indexing
OVERVIEW
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Growth of Institutional Assets in Asia
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Asian Pension Assets Growing
Pension Assets as a Share of GDP
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
2005 2010 2015
Australia Japan Asia
* CLSA, Dec. 2005
Pension Assets as a Share of GDP
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2005 2010 2015
Korea Malaysia China
Taiwan Singapore Thailand
India Hong Kong Indonesia
Philippines
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Indexing: Investment Strategy Indices taking hold
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Cap-Weighted vs Wealth-Weighted
Cap-weighted
• Macro-consistent
• Recognise future earnings growth expectations
• Occupy prime place in the benchmark hierarchy
• Highly transparent and uniquely specified
Wealth-weighted• Consistent with long-
term investment principles
• Don’t recognise future earnings growth
• No current standing in the benchmark hierarchy
• Opaque and non-unique
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Cap-Weighted vs Wealth-Weighted
Cap-weighted
• Very limited rebalancing
• Subject to market bubbles
• No rebalancing effects
• Concentration in positions
• No diversity to strategies
Wealth-weighted• Rebalancing is part of
the alpha strategy • Value and anti-
momentum biases• Growth from
rebalancing• Less concentration in
positions• Diversity to strategies
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FTSE/RAFI Country Weightings in Cap-Weighted World Index
Source: Research Affiliates, LLC.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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100%
Jan-88 Jan-90 Jan-92 Jan-94 Jan-96 Jan-98 Jan-00 Jan-02 Jan-04 Jan-06
US Canada UK Germany France Italy Other Europe Asia Pacific ex Japan Japan
Japan
US
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FTSE/RAFI Country Weightings in Fundamentally Weighted World Index
Source: Research Affiliates, LLC.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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90%
100%
Jan-88 Jan-90 Jan-92 Jan-94 Jan-96 Jan-98 Jan-00 Jan-02 Jan-04 Jan-06
US Canada UK Germany France Italy Other Europe Asia Pacific ex Japan Japan
Japan
US
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Mkt Cap Earnings Cashflow Dividends Book
Prices Follow Wealth: Developed Markets
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Indexing: Unique Asset Classes
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Unique Asset Classes – Real Estate
FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia 33 Index vs. FTSE All-World Index
Price Performance in U.S. Dollars from 18 February 2005 to 14 September 2007
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Feb-05 May-05 Aug-05 Nov-05 Feb-06 May-06 Aug-06 Nov-06 Feb-07 May-07 Aug-07
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FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia 33 Index FTSE All-World Index
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Unique Asset Classes – Infrastructure
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Indexing: Emerging markets
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China – FTSE Xinhua Index
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Vietnam
Source: The World Bank
80%2,254,4871,183,815China
68%51,55630,726Vietnam
Growth20052000
GNI (current US$) (millions)
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Indexing: Development of exchanges and their domestic benchmarks
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Classification of financial markets
FTSE Country Classification introduced in 2004 and reviews markets based on:
•Market & regulatory environment
•Custody and settlement
•Dealing landscape
•Derivatives market
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Development of Asian Exchanges
Philippines
Thailand
PakistanJapan
MalaysiaHong Kong
IndonesiaSingapore
IndiaTaiwanNew Zealand
China (A share only)
South KoreaAustralia
Secondary Emerging
Advanced Emerging
Developed
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Case Study 1: TSEC Taiwan
FTSE TSEC Index Series
TSEC Taiwan
50 Index
TSEC Taiwan
Mid-Cap 100 Index
TSEC Taiwan
Eight Industries Index
TSEC Taiwan
Dividend+ Index
TSEC Taiwan
Technology Index
(Small Cap)
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Case Study 2: Malaysia
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ysia
Main
Board
Fledgling
EMAS
Large Cap Mid Cap Small Cap
EMAS Shariah
Hijrah Shariah
MESDAQ
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Second B
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& M
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Mark
et
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Case Study 3: Singapore
Straits Times Index
(30 Stocks)
FTSE ST Mid Cap Index
FTSE ST Small Cap Index
FTSE ST Fledgling Index
FTSE STAll-ShareIndex(98% of
SGX Main
Board)
13
FTSE ST
All-Share
Sector
Indices
New FTSE ST Index Family
Straits Times Index
(50 Stocks)
Current ST Index Family
FTSE STChinaIndex
7 All-Share Sector Indices
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Case Study 4: Thailand
The new series is likely to be similar to other exchange indices with:
•Large cap
•Mid Cap
•Small Cap
•Fledgling
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Indexing: 2008 Outlook in Asian Indexing
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Global Developments
New approaches to weighting:
• Capping
• Dividends
• Fundamental factors
• Wealth weights
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Asian Developments
• Emerging market institutions beginning international investment with various investment mandates. In Asia:
• China NSSF
• Taiwan Bureau of Labor Insurance
• Korea Investment Corporation
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Shariah Investment
(2 indices) (6 indices) (9 indices) (4 indices) (10 indices)(16 indices)
95 global indices in total: (36 x Global Developed); (31 x Global Emerging); (28 x Global Rest of World)
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Fran Thompson
Director – Asia Pacific
FTSE Group
Tel No: (852) 2230 5800
Email: [email protected]
Index assistance: [email protected]
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