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Eurozone needs tighter economic coordination: IMF head

March 30, 2010--The eurozone's woes have exposed a glaring lack of coordination and enforcement in the 16-nation currency union, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Monday.

"This is certainly a very important test of the viability of the eurozone," Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a debate with an audience of government and financial officials during a visit to Poland.

"But I'm optimistic. My view is that there is no way that the European Union will not overcome this crisis. Of course overcoming a crisis is not enough," he said at the debate in the plush ballroom of Warsaw's historic Royal Castle.

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Source: EUbusiness


IMF report says Turkey GDP more than doubled in 1992-2009 period

March 29, 2010--Turkey's gross domestic product with current prices soared to $869.1 billion as of 2009 from $330.3 billion in 1992, marking a 163.12 percent increase on purchasing power parity, an IMF report said Monday.

The report estimated that Turkey's GDP would increase to $710.833 billion in 2014.

The figure pointed to a narrowing gap between Turkey and European countries as the change was 125.74 percent in Spain, 115.8 percent in Great Britain, 89.64 percent in France, 81.6 percent in Russia, 71.4 percent in Germany, and 66.06 percent in Italy.

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Source: Todays Zaman


Greece issues seven-year bond: debt office

March 29, 2010--Greece on Monday issued a seven-year bond to raise billions of euros, the government debt office said, four days after the European Union agreed on a financial safety net for the debt-laden country.

"Quote logically, Greece is testing its access to the markets" after the backing received from Brussels, noted Valerie Plagnol, a bond strategist at CM-CIC Securities.

"The question is at which point the country no longer has access... for that is when the crisis will strike," she told AFP.

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Source: EUbusiness


Euro economic sentiment back rising in March

March 29, 2010--In March, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) improved significantly, reaching 99.6 (+2.0 points) in the EU and 97.7 (+1.8) in the euro area. After the pause recorded in February, the upward trend appears to have regained its momentum. The ESI is now close to its long-term average, albeit it will still require further improvement for the economic activity to reach its pre-crisis level.

The majority of the Member States reported a general improvement in sentiment. Among the largest Member States, Germany (+3.4 points) reported the most significant increase, followed by Poland (+2.7), the UK (+2.6) and the Netherlands (+2.4). The improvements were less marked in France (+1.4) and Spain (+1.4). Sentiment in Italy deteriorated moderately (-1.5).

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Source: European Commission


NASDAQ Unveils Financial Advisor Center on www.nasdaq.com

March 29, 2010-March 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has announced the launch of the Financial Advisor Center on www.nasdaq.com. The Financial Advisor Center offers a myriad of resources tailored to the professional interests of financial planners. In a centralized location, financial planners use these resources to develop their careers, stay up-to-date on industry developments and interact with peers.

The Financial Advisor Center gives financial planners access to news, commentary, educational tools, job listings, advisor calculators and more.

"NASDAQ's introduction of the Financial Advisor Center is consistent with our commitment to promote financial awareness, investor education and greater market transparency," said John Jacobs, Executive Vice President, NASDAQ. "A well-informed financial planner begets greater investor satisfaction and NASDAQ believes the Financial Advisor Center helps achieve those objectives."

The Financial Advisor Center is accessible at www.nasdaq.com/advisor/.

NASDAQ.com is the world's most popular stock exchange web site, drawing about 2.4 million unique visitors per month. Please follow www.nasdaq.com on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQcom/13881287428) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/nasdaq).

Content on the Financial Advisor Center is provided by bankinvestmentconsultant.com, Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., eFinancialCareers.com, Financial Advisor magazine, Financial Planning Association®, financialplanning.com, Institutional Investor News, Learning Markets, and onwallstreet.com.

Source: NASDAQ OMX


FSA publishes rules on adviser charging

March 26, 2010--The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published new rules that will remove commission bias from advice on retail investment products, helping to restore consumer confidence in this market.

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) aims to put the customer in charge by providing them with vital information about the cost and nature of the advice they are receiving. They will be able agree the cost of that advice with their adviser, rather than it being decided by the provider of the product. From the end of 2012, firms will have to be upfront about how much they charge for their services, and no longer hide the cost of their advice behind the cost of a product.

In addition, firms will not be able to accept commission in return for recommending specific products. Consumers will know what they are buying upfront, how much it will cost them and also have the peace of mind that it was recommended to suit their needs.

The changes also mean firms offering independent advice will have to demonstrate that their recommendations are based on a comprehensive and unbiased analysis of the market, and that any product selection is made in their clients’ best interests. However, if a firm chooses to limit it's product range to certain investments or strategies, then the services it offers are restricted, and this should be clearly set out for customers.

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Source: FSA.gov.uk


FSA introduces additional guidance for building societies

March 26, 2010--The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today introduced additional handbook guidance to ensure that building societies diversifying from traditional business models have the risk management systems and skills necessary to operate safely.

The FSA expects building societies to re-examine their risk management and business models in the areas of liquidity, wholesale funding and lending to ensure that they are aligned. Societies that demonstrate appropriate risk management and skills will have complete flexibility to run their own business within the statutory limits set out by the Building Societies Act. Those that cannot, will be steered to either introduce more appropriate risk management or to move to a simpler business model so that they only carry out activities they can safely undertake.

Recent experience has shown that some building societies diversified without having the necessary skills and systems to manage the risks they were undertaking. Today’s changes will not limit a society’s freedom to diversify but sets out clearly the skills, systems and controls a building society needs in order to manage more complex business models. The more risky the diversification, the higher the levels of required management skills and controls expected from the firm.

Next steps

These changes will come into effect on 1 April 2010 and building societies will have until 30 September to identify any possible mismatches between their risk management and their business model and agree with the FSA what actions, if any, are needed to address these. Timescales for the actions will also be agreed.

As part of its more intensive supervisory regime the FSA consulted on these changes last June in consultation paper 09/17 ‘A specialist sourcebook for building societies: enhanced supervisory guidance on financial and credit risk management’. Today’s policy statement also summarises the feedback received to the consultation;. 37 responses were received in total.

A specialist sourcebook for building societies: Enhanced supervisory guidance on financial and credit risk management

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Source: FSA.gov.uk


UK hedge funds gain from bets on sterling

March 26, 2010--Some of the UK’s biggest hedge funds have made hundreds of millions of pounds by betting on a decline in the value of sterling this year in trades that suggest rising expectations of further falls over the next few months.

Flagship funds of Man Group, Winton Capital and BlueCrest have profited from big positions speculating on the drop in sterling, which has come under pressure over worries over the UK national debt, electoral uncertainty and the sluggish state of the economy.

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Source: FT.com


Europe still split over carbon tax at border

March 26, 2010--European leaders remained divided over whether or not to slap a carbon tax at EU borders at a two-day EU summit that wound up Friday.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged European Union leaders to agree to such a tax following the collapse of the Copenhagen climate summit.

But EU sources said some of the 27 heads of state and government remained sceptical, with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann notably arguing that "it wouldn't be a good negotiating tactic" in efforts to force carbon offenders such as China or India to take a clean environmental stance.

NASDAQ OMX Starts Trading In Euro STOXX50 Index ETF From Deutsche Bank

March 26, 2010--NASDAQ OMX today starts trading in the db x-trackers DJ Euro STOXX50 Index ETF, an exchange traded fund (ETF) from Deutsche Bank. The ETF is based on the EURO STOXX 50 Index, Europe's leading Blue-chip index for the Eurozone, and will be traded at NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. This is the first product in a broad portfolio of ETFs that Deutsche Bank will launch at NASDAQ OMX Stockholm over the following weeks.

"Jenny Rosberg, Senior Vice President NASDAQ OMX said, "Deutsche Bank is one of Europe's leading issuers of ETF products and we are very pleased to now be able to offer trading in one of their flagship products. Deutsche Bank's entry into the Nordic ETF market will enable our investor community to trade a wide variety of internationally recognized indices in local currency, and thus help grow the popularity of ETFs in the region."

Additional ETFs from Deutsche Bank will track developed market indices such as MSCI World, MSCI Europe, MSCI Japan, DAX and emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. The range will be complemented by a range of ETFs tracking daily short indices - ShortDAX, DJ Euro STOXX50 Short Daily Index and DJ STOXX 600 Banks Short Daily Index. For all db x-trackers ETFs, Deutsche Bank will act as a market maker to provide liquidity.

Thorsten Michalik, Head of db x-trackers ETFs at Deutsche Bank commented, "With today's listing at NASDAQ OMX Deutsche Bank marks the opening of its ETF supermarket in the Nordics. We are seeing a significant demand increase in ETFs from both private and professional investors across Europe, and as a result want to broaden the choice of products available to Nordic investors."

Source: NASDAQ OMX


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