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Statistics on Als

Als

Of which:

LBs

RLBS

DTCs

Local branches of Als

Total deposits ($ billion)

Total loans and advances ($ billion)

Total assets ($ billion)

4

Financial and Monetary Affairs

2013

2014

2015

201

203

199

156

159

157

21

21

24

24

23

18

1,384

1,370

1,319

9,178

10,073.9

10,749.8

6,457.4

7,276

7,534.5

16,943.5

18,435.9

19,180.4

The HKMA continued to keep a vigilant watch over the property mortgage business of Als. It introduced a seventh round of macroprudential measures in February to strengthen Als' resilience against a possible downturn in the property market. These measures included lowering the loan-to-value ratio cap for self-use residential properties of lower value and tightening the debt servicing ratio requirement for second self-use residential properties.

Securities and Futures

Hong Kong's securities market is operated by the SEHK and its futures market by the HKFE, both being wholly owned subsidiaries of the HKEX. At the end of 2015, 1,866 companies were listed on the Main Board and the Growth Enterprises Market (GEM) of the SEHK, with a total market capitalisation of about $24.7 trillion. With improved financial market conditions, the total equity funds raised increased 18.3 per cent in 2015 to $1,116 billion, while the securities market's total turnover increased 52.1 per cent to $26.1 trillion, with 53.7 trillion shares traded.

In 2015, 13 new ETFs were authorised, bringing the total number of SEHK-listed ETFs to 133. These funds offer a wide range of investment exposures to world, regional and Mainland indices and commodities for investors. Issuance of ETFs with dual HKD and RMB trading counters also increased significantly, tracking a variety of onshore equity and bond indices as well as commodities. Turnover of ETFs reached $2.2 trillion.

Statistics on Securities Market (Main Board and GEM)

2013

2014

2015

Number of listed companies (year end)

1,643

1,752

1,866

Total market capitalisation (year end) ($ billion)

24,043

25,072

24,684

Total equity funds raised ($ billion)

379

943

1,116

Total securities market turnover ($ billion)

15,265

17,156

26,091

Total number of shares traded (billion)

34,440

34,287

53,694

Number of derivative warrants (DWs)

4,715

4,938

4,590

listed (year end)

Turnover of DWS ($ billion)

1,783

2,045

4,504

Number of callable bull/

1,620

1,579

1,630

bear contracts (CBBCs) listed (year end)

Turnover of CBBCs ($ billion)

1,269

1,230

1,837

Number of ETFs listed (year end)

116

122

133

Turnover of ETFs ($ billion)

903

1,168

2,171

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