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FSA outlines concerns about firms' handling of clients' money and assets

January 21, 2010--The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has sent a letter and report to the chief executive officers (CEOs) of major insurance brokers and investment firms which are able to hold money or assets on behalf of clients. The letter draws attention to the FSA’s concerns over the handling of clients’ money and assets

It follows a letter sent to firms in March 2009, which explained the obligations a firm has to protect clients’ money and assets and set out the FSA’s intention to conduct further firm visits during 2009.

Subsequently the FSA visited a range of firms and found a number of failings. As a result, the FSA took the decision to write to chief executives with an accompanying report containing details of visit findings, and highlighting some of the weaknesses discovered.

These included:

poor management oversight and control; lack of establishment of trust status for segregated accounts;
unclear arrangements for the segregation and diversification of clients’ money; and incomplete or inaccurate records, accounts and reconciliations.
The FSA has already taken measures against a number of the firms that it visited, including referring two firms to enforcement, freezing a firm’s assets and commissioning skilled persons reports.

Sally Dewar, managing director of risk, said:
"The client asset rules are a key protection for consumers. It is simply unacceptable that firms are not ensuring that consumers get the appropriate protection. We have pointed out our concerns to firms and will be following up these concerns with further visits this year."

The report also includes examples of how firms should meet FSA expectations in relation to compliance with its requirements. Over the course of the year, the FSA will be increasing its visits to firms to assess how well these are being met.

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Source: FSA.org


World Bank Turkey Country Director Ulrich Zachau has spoken highly of the Turkish economy’s outlook for 2010, noting that it is undergoing a process of recovery.

January 20, 2010--World Bank Turkey Country Director Ulrich Zachau has spoken highly of the Turkish economy’s outlook for 2010, noting that it is undergoing a process of recovery.

The recovery started last year, Zachau said and went on: “Even though the official numbers haven’t been disclosed yet, the growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2009 seems to be on the positive side compared to the same period a year ago. The fundamentals of the Turkish economy are still sturdy.”

Speaking to the Anatolia news agency on Wednesday, the World Bank official shared his remarks regarding the Turkish economy’s performance in 2009 and its possible course this year. Zachau reiterated the World Bank’s official expectation of around a 3 to 4 percent growth rate in 2010 for Turkey, especially fueled by a reinvigoration in domestic consumption.

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Source: Todays Zaman


Index Linked Notes, New Investment Product On The Spanish Stock Exchange

Three issues by Barclays Bank to start trading
January 20, 2010-- The Spanish Stock Exchange today begins trading the first 3 issues of INDEX LINKED NOTES by Barclays Bank, namely: Bono Europa 3, Bono Europa 5 and Bono Memoria. The first two are linked to the Euro Stoxx 50 underlying asset and the third is linked to a basket made up of the S&P 500 and the Euro Stoxx 50 indices.

The INDEX LINKED NOTES, a new investment product launched on the Spanish Stock Exchange, are a type of structured bonds that can deliver a return if certain conditions set depending on the trends followed by the underlying indices are met.

The INDEX LINKED NOTES are traded on the SMART-Warrants platform in accordance with the regulations of the Warrants, Certificates and Other Products trading segment.

RENTA 4 Sociedad de Valores will act as the specialist intermediary.

Source: Bolsa de Madrid


Another ETF Securities Gold ETC Launched on Xetra

January 20, 2010--A further ETC (exchange traded commodity) issued by ETFS Metal Securities Limited has been tradable on Xetra® since Wednesday.
ETC name: ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Securities
Asset class: Commodities

ISIN: DE000A1DCTL3
Management fee: 0.39 percent
Benchmark: Gold PM Fixing

The new ETC from ETFS Metal Securities Limited gives investors a further opportunity to participate in the performance of gold. The ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Securities ETC is an exchange-traded bond backed by gold physically deposited in Switzerland. The holders of this security are entitled to payment of its value in cash or in gold.

Deutsche Börse’s ETC segment product range currently comprises 142 products. The monthly trading volume of ETCs on Xetra averages around 400 million euros.

Source: Deutsche Börse


ETF Landscape: European DJ STOXX 600 Sector ETF Net Flows week ending 15-Jan-10

January 20, 2010-Highlights
Last week saw US$117.2 Mn net outflows from DJ STOXX 600 sector ETFs. The largest sector ETF inflows last week were in Technology with US$30.2 Mn and Industrial Goods & Services with US$21.9 Mn while Automobiles & Parts experienced net outflows of US$59.9 Mn.

Year-to-date, Basic Resources has been the most popular sector with US$83.7 Mn net new assets, followed by Technology with US$26.7 Mn net inflows. Food & Beverage ETFs have been the least popular with US$98.7 Mn net outflows YTD

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Source: ETF Research and Implementation Strategy Team, Blackrock


Productivity slumps in eurozone, rises in US: institute

January 20, 2010--Productivity in the 16 euro nations fell last year due to the recession but continued to rise in the United States, narrowing the transatlantic gap, the Conference Board economic institute said Wednesday.

In the single currency bloc in 2009, productivity -- in terms of output per hour -- fell 1.0 percent, yet remained strong in the United States, growing 2.5 percent.

"These are unusually large differences in productivity growth between the United States and Europe," said Conference Board chief economist Bart van Ark.

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Source: EU Business


EU Emission Trading: benchmarks must not lead to carbon leakage

January 20, 2010--BUSINESSEUROPE has just adopted a position paper on benchmarks and other methods for free allocation of allowances under the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2013 onwards. This position was approved together with the European sectoral federations whose industries are covered under the EU ETS.

European business has always been in favour of setting benchmarks to ensure that industrial installations under the ETS which are cleaner than others also receive relatively more free allowances because this creates incentives for further low-carbon investments. It is important, however, that these benchmarks are realistically achievable for EU industry by 2020 so that the resulting free allowances are sufficient to prevent carbon leakage.

view the position paper-COMMUNITY-WIDE BENCHMARKS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES FOR ALLOCATION OF ALLOWANCES UNDER THE REVISED EU EMISSION TRADING SCHEME (ETS)- DELIVERING THE 21% REDUCTION TARGET

Source: BUSINESSEUROPE


EU to examine US-style bank tax

January 19, 2010- Europe will examine a Swedish proposal to introduce a Europe-wide tax on banks similar to a new US scheme, in a bid to fix broken public finances and build a buffer against future financial crises.

Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado, chairing a Brussels meeting of counterparts from the 27 European Union members, told reporters that the idea was "already on the agenda for an informal meeting" in Madrid in April.

Finance Minister Anders Borg had earlier presented in a letter to peers his plans to impose a bloc-wide levy which he said would "pay for the impact (financial sector) rescue measures have had on our public finances."

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Source: EU Business


Two New db x-trackers II Bond Index ETFs Launched on Xetra

January 17, 2010--Since Tuesday, two additional db x-trackers II bond index funds from Deutsche Bank’s ETF offering have been tradable on Xetra®.
ETF name: db x-trackers II iBoxx € Germany Total Return Index ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF

ISIN: LU0468896575
Management fee: 0.05 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: iBoxx € Germany Index

ETF name: db x-trackers II iBoxx € Germany 1-3 Total Return Index ETF
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: LU0468897110
Management fee: 0.05 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: iBoxx € Germany 1-3 Index

The two new ETFs track the performance of the iBoxx € Germany Index and the iBoxx € Germany 1-3 Index. The iBoxx € Germany index contains government bonds denominated in euros or a legacy currency issued by the German government. The iBoxx € Germany 1-3 Index is limited to bonds with maturities of one to three years.

The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently comprises 554 exchange-listed index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges. With this offering and an average monthly trading volume of 11 billion euros, Xetra is the leading trading venue for ETFs in Europe.

Source: Deutsche Börse


Admission of Irish ETFs to trading on the London Stock Exchange

January 19, 2010--One of the main objectives in structuring Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) is accessing large capital markets. Many ETFs consider a main market listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as the best means of accessing liquidity and increasing their profile. However an LSE listing involves significant time and financial considerations.

There is now an alternative way to access the Main Market of the LSE, reducing costs and time significantly.

The introduction of EU Directives has resulted in a distinction between the concepts of being “listed” and “admitted to trading”. A security that is “listed” on an exchange has been vetted by the relevant exchange and is compliant with the suitability standards and conditions for listing laid down by that exchange. A security that is “admitted to trading” has been approved by a competent authority in another EU jurisdiction and must be recognised by the “host” exchange, with the relevant securities being allowed to trade on the host exchange.

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Source: Dillon Eustace


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