Asian Market

Asian markets have stock exchanges for more than 100 years but only after World War II these Asian markets started gaining importance. Regi of Asia is divided into economies namely developed and developing. Highly developed countries include Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Other major players include Russia, China, India and Malaysia. Asian stock markets are fastest growing investment destinations for investors all across the world.There are 3 main stock exchanges in Asia, as mentioned below:

1)Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE): This is the largest stock exchange in Asia and fourth largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization. Stocks listed on TSE are separated into three sections first section, for large companies, second section for mid-sized and Mothers (Market of high growth and emerging stocks) section for high growth companies.

2)Bombay Stock Exchange/ National Stock Exchange
3)Hongkong Stock Exchange (HSE): This is the Asia’s third largest stock exchange in the world after TSE and Shanghai Stock Exchange in terms of market capitalization. The stock market was formally set up in 1891, and then got merged with other stock exchanges and currently also provides Clearing and settlement services.

4)Shanghai Stock Exchange: This is the world’s 4^th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. The stock market is not as much open to foreign investors as HSE. The central government of China excercises tight capital account control and it is often manipulated by its decisions. There are 3 types of securities traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, namely, stocks, bonds and funds. There are A stocks which are traded in the local Yuan currency and B stocks which are traded in US Dollars.

Asian stock markets had exchanges for more than 100 years but only after World War II these exchanges started gaining importance. Japan was the first country to emerge with strong central government led development efforts. During early 1960s many other countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam Thailand, India and China were facing rapid industrialization. These countries got a global exposure by exporting their products and over time these countries entered the high-tech arena.

These countries received large amount of foreign investments and grew substantially between 1980s to mid-1990s. the development of Asia and cross-border flow of capital created various investment opportunities for investors. There are various Asia-specific mutual funds as well as exchange-traded funds available for foreign investors. Asian markets are considered to be home to robust financial markets offering interesting investment opportunities.