Asia-Pacific Financial Markets: Integration, Innovation and Challenges

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Asia Pacific

scholarly journals Do Cash Holdings Differ in Europe and Asia Pacific?

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Ummar Aftab ◽  
Waseem Akhter Qureshi ◽  
Attiya Yasmin Javid
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Cash Holdings ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Cash Holding ◽  
Financial Assets ◽  
Dividend Payment ◽  
Financial Strength ◽  
Cash Reserves

This paper identifies the determinants that contribute towards the variation in financial assets that make up a firm’s total cash reserves, specifically in two important regions of the world i.e. Asia Pacific and Europe. The findings of the research reveal that firms in the region of Asia Pacific have slightly higher cash holdings, as compared to firms in Europe. Moreover, the study also identifies that the elevated cash holdings in Asia Pacific are not a result of the agency problem, as is generally viewed, rather, the shareholder power hypothesis is a more appropriate measure to elucidate this elevation in the level of cash holdings in the region. When shedding light on to the firm specific cash holding determinants, the findings of the research reveal that leverage, dividend payment, profitability, growth and net working capital, cash flows and financial strength, influence cash reserves in both the regions, exactly in the same manner. This shows the application of transaction, and precautionary motives in both the regions. The study further identifies that size, and investments have a varying effect in both the regions that are taken into consideration. Again, this difference may be attributed to Shareholders’ Power Hypothesis, specifically for Asia Pacific and the Agency View, specifically for Europe. Shareholders’ Right Index influences cash reserves in Asia Pacific in a positive manner, while in Europe, the same index shows a negative influence. The development in the financial markets has a negative negatively influence on cash holdings in Asia Pacific, and a positive one in Europe.

An Analysis of Long Memory in Volatility for Asian Stock Markets

2000 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 309-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huimin Chung ◽  
William T. Lin ◽  
Soushan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
Long Memory ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Size Distortion ◽  
Asset Return ◽  
Semiparametric Method ◽  
Aggregation Size ◽  
And Shifts

One of the important questions in studies of asset return and volatility has been how long the effects of shocks persist. In this article, the modified R/S statistic of Lo (1991) and the robust semiparametric method of Lobato and Robinson (1997) are applied to investigate the long memory properties in return and volatility of Asian financial markets. For the return series, we find little evidence of long memory, while the empirical results support the hypothesis of long memory in volatility for Asia-Pacific stock markets. We also discuss the possible causes of spurious long memory effect in volatility, namely aggregation, size distortion, and shifts in variance. Our empirical evidence shows that spurious long memory effect in volatility might occur as a result of shifts in variance for some Asian stock markets.

Why Don't Asians Invest in Asia? The Determinants of Cross-Border Portfolio Holdings

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia García-Herrero ◽  
Philip Wooldridge ◽  
Doo Yong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Portfolio Holdings ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Advanced Industrial Economies ◽  
European Economies ◽  
Source Countries

This paper seeks to understand why Asian foreign investment is concentrated in financial markets outside of the region instead of in Asian markets. We analyze empirically the geographical composition of the cross-border portfolio holdings of more than 40 source countries. We compare these benchmark results with those of four subgroups: advanced industrial economies, emerging market economies, European economies, and Asia-Pacific economies. The lack of liquidity in Asian financial markets turns out to be one reason why Asian capital is invested predominantly outside the region, notwithstanding the short distances and large trade flows between Asian economies. Initiatives to improve the liquidity of Asian financial markets, therefore, may be a useful way to stimulate financial integration within the region.

scholarly journals The Australian stock market development: Prospects and challenges

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
Sheilla Nyasha ◽  
Nicholas M. Odhiambo
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Stock Exchanges ◽  
Stock Market Development ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Market Capitalisation ◽  
Development Prospects

This paper highlights the origin and development of the Australian stock market. The country has three major stock exchanges, namely: the Australian Securities Exchange Group, the National Stock Exchange of Australia, and the Asia-Pacific Stock Exchange. These stock exchanges were born out of a string of stock exchanges that merged over time. Stock-market reforms have been implemented since the period of deregulation, during the 1980s; and the Exchanges responded largely positively to these reforms. As a result of the reforms, the Australian stock market has developed in terms of the number of listed companies, the market capitalisation, the total value of stocks traded, and the turnover ratio. Although the stock market in Australia has developed remarkably over the years, and was spared by the global financial crisis of the late 2000s, it still faces some challenges. These include the increased economic uncertainty overseas, the downtrend in global financial markets, and the restrained consumer confidence in Australia.

scholarly journals Volatility and causality in Asia Pacific financial markets

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 1269-1292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enzo Weber
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Asia Pacific

Adaptive market hypothesis and investor sentiments: global evidence

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1407-1436
Author(s):  
Abhinava Tripathi ◽  
Vipul Vipul ◽  
Alok Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Market Efficiency ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Momentum Effect ◽  
Return Distribution ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reversal Effect ◽  
Global Evidence

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the adaptive market hypothesis (AMH) for 21 major global market indices for the period 1998–2018. These market indices cover the 16 largest global financial markets.Design/methodology/approachQuantile-regression methodology is employed to examine the market efficiency of a large number of financial markets from America, Europe and the Asia–Pacific region.FindingsThe results show that the returns in higher quantiles are negatively autocorrelated, and those in lower quantiles are positively autocorrelated. This evidence is stronger for the tails of return distribution. The positive autocorrelation (momentum effect) suggests market underreaction, and the negative autocorrelation (reversal effect) suggests overreaction. Overall, market efficiency appears to be time-varying and conditioned to the state of the market.Originality/valueThis study offers considerable evidence in favor of the AMH, for a large number of financial markets. These markets are substantially different from each other in terms of geography, nature of operation and size of the economy. The results from this study would be helpful to the academics, regulators and practitioners interested in financial markets.

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