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삼성증권은 이달 들어 새롭게 선보인 ‘슈퍼스텝다운형 ELS’에 400억이 넘는 자금이 몰리는 등 큰 인기를 얻고 있다고 25일 밝혔다.

‘슈퍼스텝다운형 ELS’는 투자 기간 중 원금손실 조건이 발생되는 주가 수준인 ‘하락배리어’를 없애고, 최종 만기 시 수익 지급 기준을 대폭 완화한 새로운 ELS유형으로 삼성증권이 지난 2월 9일 업계 처음으로 선보였다.

Bosideng and Xinjiang Xinxin Mining price IPOs at the top - China's second largest nickel miner proves more popular with retail investors than the country's leading down jacket designer. [Finance Asia]

China: still a rock of stability in the storm? - China will again ride out the financial ripples emanating from the US credit markets. But it may tire of the game. [Finance Asia]

China finds action better than words - The days when the Chinese government could control the level of the stock market with a well-placed editorial or two are well and truly gone. [Financial Times - Financial Services]

A curious thing happened as China’s renminbi-denominated A-shares tumbled on Wednesday. While they dropped by 6.4 per cent, the alphabet soup of other classes of Chinese company shares fell by sharply differing amounts.

The so-called H-shares, mainland Chinese companies traded in Hong Kong, fell just 2 per cent while mainland-listed, foreign currency-denominated B-shares fell more than 9 per cent......