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Inquiry on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)

February 5, 2010-The Sub-Committee will publish its report on the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers on Wednesday 10 February 2010.

The Directive proposes an EU-wide range of new regulations for Alternative Investment Fund Managers including the managers of hedge funds and private equity funds. The Commission aim to both increase the stability of the European financial system and facilitate the single market in Alternative Investment Funds.

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Source: www.parliment.uk


Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15 Index

February 5, 2010--Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15 Index. Volvo AB Series B (Sweden, Industrial Goods & Services, VOLV-B.SK) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15 Index and replaced by Industrivarden AB Series A (Sweden, Financial Services, INDU-A.SK).

Volvo AB Series B (Sweden, Industrial Goods & Services, VOLV-B.SK) is being removed due to the cancellation of its dividend payment. The changes in the Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15 Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Wednesday, February 10, 2010.

The Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15 Index represents the country's top 15 stocks by dividend yield. Further information on the Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15 Index can be found on http://www.djindexes.com.

Source: Dow Jones Indexes


Component Changes Made To Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index

February 5, 2010--STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indices, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index.
Volvo AB (Sweden, Industrial Goods & Services, VOLV-B.SK) will be deleted from the index due to the cancellation of its dividend payments.

It will be replaced by Industrivarden AB (Sweden, Financial Services, INDU-A.SK).

The changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Wednesday, February 10, 2010.

Source: STOXX


ComStage ETF, has listed its first three ETFs on the NYSE Euronext

February 4, 2010--NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that a new issuer, ComStage ETF, has listed its first three ETFs on the NYSE Euronext European markets today. They are
ComStage ETF CAC40
ISIN:LU0419740799
Symbol:Z40

ComStage ETF CAC40 Short
ISIN:LU0419740955

Symbol:Z4S

ComStage ETF CAC40 Leverage

ISIN:LU0419741094

Symbol:Z4L

With these new listings, the number of ETF issuers on NYSE Euronext’s European markets has now grown to 16, while NYSE Euronext currently has a total of 517 listings of 469 ETFs. So far this year 20 new ETFs have already been listed on our European markets.

Source: NYSE Euronext


Deutsche Börse Welcomes First IPO in the Prime Standard in 2010

Helikos S.E. to be first investment vehicle listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
February 4, 2010--The Frankfurt Stock Exchange has seen this year’s first IPO of a company listed on the Prime Standard. The Luxembourg company Helikos S.E. carried out its initial public offering on 4 February. Helikos is also the first investment vehicle, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), to be listed at Deutsche Börse.

SPACs are shell companies newly formed for the purpose of acquiring companies or shares in companies within a specified period of time, thereby bringing the target companies to the stock exchange. The capital raised with the IPO is paid into a trust account and in the event that the transaction is not concluded, it can be paid back to the investors with interest.

According to the company, Helikos was formed for the purpose of acquiring one or more operating businesses with principal business operations in Germany. By effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with its target, Helikos will allow its target to raise capital and become a publicly traded company.

ISIN LU0472835155

Type of admission to trading: Initial Public Offering (IPO)

First trading day: 4 February 2010

Market segment: Prime Standard (Regulated Market)

Sector/Sub-sector: Financial Services/Private Equity Venture Capital

Issue price (per share+option in €): 10.00

Placement volume in shares: 20,000,000

First quoted price (per share in €): 9.50

Lead manager: Deutsche Bank AG (Sole Bookrunner, Manager and Designated Sponsor) HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt
AG Co-Bookrunner)

Lead broker: bid & ask Financial Services GmbH



Source: Deutsche Börse


Cyber fraudsters attack EU's carbon trading system

February 4, 2010--Online fraudsters have carried out a "widepread" cyber attack on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the EU commission said Thursday, promising a security review.

The scam involved fake emails asking users of the carbon trading registries to log on to a malicious website and disclose their user identification code and password, the commission said.

With this data the cyber attackers could carry out fraudulent transactions at their victims' expense, for example by stealing carbon emissions trading certificates.

Some fraudulent transactions were carried out," but the security of the Community Registry and transaction log "has not been compromised," the EU executive assured.

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Source: EU Business


Sales of SRI funds drop again, green fund sales hold steady

February 4, 2010--Retail sales of European SRI funds continued to slide in November last year when €121m was withdrawn from the sector, according to the latest available figures compiled for Responsible Investor by Lipper FMI, the investment data group.

The outflows were far lower than October, however, when €977m was wiped off the value of the sector in one month. Conversely, November sales of green themed funds (labelled by Lipper FMI as ‘RI Extended’ which includes funds with multiple exclusions, those following a norms-based strategy and themed climate change and microfinance funds) stayed positive with total sector inflows of €184.5m. That followed October 2009’s net asset increase of €512.7m, which suggested greater investor interest as the Copenhagen climate change summit approached. SRI funds or ‘RI Screened’ as they are labelled by Lipper FMI, are those that have undergone an ‘extra-financial’ ESG (environment, social and governance) screen in their stock selection process.

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Source: Responsible Investor


Preqin Research Report-Private Equity Investor Survey

February 4, 2010--There is no doubt that 2009 was a challenging year for fund managers seeking to raise new funds. Fundraising over the course of 2009 was 61% down on the year before and 62% down on 2007. Competition for commitments from investors is set to remain intense over the course of 2010, with 1,561 funds on the road seeking an aggregate $698.5bn.

During December 2009, in order to assess LP appetite for private equity in the year ahead, we surveyed a representative sample of 106 significant institutional investors selected from Preqin’s Investor Intelligence database of 4,000 investors in private equity. A considerable 40% of our sample had not made a commitment to a private equity fund over the course of the year.

Moreover, many of those that had remained active had made commitments at a slower pace than in previous years. Despite this low level of investor activity, as shown in Fig. 2, 45% of respondents to our survey told us they are below their long-term target allocations, demonstrating that a signifi cant amount of capital has the potential to fl ow into the private equity asset class over the coming months and years. A further 42% of respondents to our survey are at their targeted levels of exposure. However, it is worth noting that 13% are currently exceeding their long-term target allocations to private equity.

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Source: Preqin


EEX Power Derivatives/EPEX Spot: Power Trading Results in January 2010

February 4, 2010--Leipzig, Paris 4 February 2010. In the framework of their cooperation European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and the French Powernext SA have integrated their Power Spot and Derivatives Markets.

In January 2010, a total volume of 133.9 TWh was traded on the joint subsidiaries EPEX Spot SE and EEX Power Derivatives.

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Source: European Energy Exchange AG


EEX trading results for Natural Gas and CO2 Emission Rights in January

February 4, 2010--In January, the trading volume on the EEX Spot Market for Natural Gas amounted to 885,696 MWh (Gaspool and NCG market areas) compared to 244,800 MWh in January 2009. On 27 January 2010 a volume of 153,312 MWh was reached, which has been the highest daily volume on the EEX Spot Market so far.

The Spot Market price for the day-ahead delivery of Natural Gas ranged between EUR 11.70 per MWh and EUR 17.25 per MWh.

The volumes on the Derivatives Market for Natural Gas (Gaspool and NCG market areas) amounted to 1,079,750 MWh (January 2009: 1,124,220 MWh). On 29 January 2010, the open interest was 5,916,592 MWh. On 29 January 2010 Natural Gas prices for delivery in 2011 were fixed at EUR 17.85 per MWh (Gaspool) and EUR 17.98 per MWh (NCG), respectively.

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Source: European Energy Exchange AG (EEX)


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