1. Asian Markets Brad Hurvitz

2. Agenda 1.History of the Markets in Asia 2.Early 1970’s 3.Asian Miracle 4.Asian Crisis 5.Stock Exchange Hong Kong 6.Market Capitalization 7.HKSE Indices 8.Conclusion

3. History of the Markets in Asia Stock and securities trading dates back to 1866 Hong Kong started with 2 exchanges in 1891 Merged into 1 after WWII to become the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HGSE) HGSE dominated until 1969

4. Early 1970’s new exchanges Far East Exchange Kam Ngan Stock Exchange Ltd Kowloon Stock Exchange Ltd Hong Kong Stock Holders Association Ltd Merged in 1986 to become the current Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK)

5. Asian Miracle Foreign Capital began to flow through the Asian countries in the Pacific Rim – Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia From 1985 – 1995, the Thai economy grew at a rate of 9% per year

6. Asian Crisis Unsound real estate deals lead to speculation from the West Asian Markets plummet Asian Markets became associated with bad news – Investors confidence decreased dramatically – Money pulled from the market Over the top video

7. Stock Exchange Hong Kong 1999 – budget speech – Comprehensive market reform for securities and futures market SEHK and Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited were merged with the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited to form a single company, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited – HKECL is the holding company for Hong Kong Stock Exchange

8. Hong Kong Stock Exchange Ranks 9 th by market capitalization – 2 nd largest in Asia, behind Japan’s Tokyo Stock Exchange – As of 2010, HKSE had 1,413 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of more than $2.3 trillion – 2 Indices Hang Seng Index Hang Seng Composite Index

9. Market Capitalization Public Opinion of Net Wealth Share price x number of shares outstanding Total value of a company’s shares

10. Hang Seng Index – started in 1964 Used to record and monitor daily changes of the top 33 companies of the HKSE – Represents 70% of the total capitalization Divided into 4 sub-indexes – Commerce and Industry – Finance – Utilities – Properties Weighted mostly in Finance, Banking, and Property Sectors…not very diversified

11. Hang Seng Trading History

12. Comparison to USA

13. Hang Seng Composite Index – started in 2001 Holds top 200 listed companies which is composed of 97% of the total capitalization According to the economist, 15 families control more than 2/3 of the market Broader spectrum of industries than HIS – More diversified

14. Conclusion

15. Refrences