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Treasury sets out plans to manage investment bank failures
December 16, 2009--The Treasury has today published proposals to strengthen the UK's ability to deal with any future failure of an investment bank. The proposals will enhance the UK’s reputation as one of the world’s leading centres for conducting investment business.
These proposals are part of the Government’s broader work on reducing the impact of failing firms. They build on the steps the Government took in the Banking Act earlier this year to resolve failing retail banks.
Financial Services Secretary Paul Myners said:
“The collapse of Lehman Brothers last October had a major impact on financial centres across the world. It is important that the Government acts to ensure that any future failure of an investment bank does not cause the same degree of damage to markets or investors.
“Moving quickly to address these issues will be a significant advantage for the City and for the wider UK financial sector. Today’s proposals are about enhancing the UK’s reputation as the world’s premier destination for investment banking services.”
This report builds on ideas outlined by Government in a discussion paper in May this year.
The Government has worked extensively with industry experts, the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to refine its ideas for balanced and proportionate policy response to any future failure of a major investment bank. The latest report considers a package of market, regulatory and legislative policy proposals that aim to improve resolution arrangements.
These proposals look at introducing processes that will allow for the managed wind-down of a future failed investment firm, including resolution plans and a new insolvency regime for investment banks, with special administration objectives.
The consultation paper looks at proposals that will help client assets and money held on trust by an investment firm be returned as quickly as possible, as well as proposals to allow the trades that the failed firm has entered into to be resolved effectively to ensure clarity for affected counterparties and creditors.
Although the Government has powers to lay secondary legislation under the Banking Act 2009 to introduce its proposals, it is seeking market and regulatory solutions wherever possible.
View Establishing resolution
arrangements for investment banks report
Source:HM Treasury
ETF Securities lists Europe’s first Swiss vaulted Gold ETC backed only by LBMA ‘Good Delivery’ Bars on the London Stock Exchange
December 16, 2009-Highlights of the New Offering
London Stock Exchange - ETFS Physical Swiss Gold (SGBS) will list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on 16 December 2009
Gold stored in Switzerland: ETFS Physical Swiss Gold (SGBS) will custody all of its physical gold bullion in vaults in Zurich, Switzerland offering diversification benefits across issuer, custodian and geographies
Physically-backed: ETFS Physical Swiss Gold (SGBS) is backed by allocated physical gold bullion that meets London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) “good delivery” standards. This is the only Swiss vaulted exchange-traded product that follows this global standard
Liquid: ETFS Physical Swiss Gold is the latest Gold offering from ETF Securities which has over $11bn of AUM in physically backed allocated bullion products globally as of December 2009
Transparent: Gold bars underlying: ETFS Physical Swiss Gold (SGBS) will undergo a bi-annual inspection performed by an independent external auditor and all gold bar identification numbers will be published on www.etfsecurities.com
World Gold Council (WGC) - ETFS Physical Swiss Gold is part of the WGC Exchange Traded Gold global stable of Gold ETFs
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Source: ETF Securities
UK Deregulatory Review
December 16, 2009--Following the Government response to the risk sharing consultation paper, an assessment of whether and how collective defined contribution schemes might operate in the UK was published on 15 December 2009.
The assessment is covered in the two following documents and the link to the research report:
view Collective Defined Contribution Schemes report
view Modelling Collective Defined Contribution Schemes report
Source: Department for Work & Pensions (DWP)
ETF Statistics November 2009-London Stock Exchange
December 16, 2009--The ETF Statistics Report from the London Stcok Exchange.
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Source: London Stock Exchange
ETF Landscape: European DJ STOXX 600 Sector ETF Net Flows, week ending 11-Dec-09
December 16, 2009--Highlights
Last week saw US$35.5 Mn net outflows to DJ STOXX 600 sector ETFs. The largest sector ETF inflows last week were in Chemicals with US$19.7 Mn and Automobiles & Parts with US$18.0 Mn while Banks experienced net outflows of US$68.1 Mn.
Year-to-date, Telecommunications has been the most popular sector with US$491.4 Mn net new assets, followed by Basic Resources with US$435.1 Mn net inflows, while Travel & Leisure sector ETFs have been the least popular with US$15.0 Mn net outflows YTD.
The assets invested in the ETFs are greater than the open interest in the corresponding futures contract in 17 out of the 19 sectors.
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Source: ETF Research and Implementation Strategy Team, Blackrock
NYSE Euronext lists Think Capital ETFs- first five ETFs on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam market
November 15, 2009-- NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that another new issuer, Think Capital ETFs, has listed its first five ETFs on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam market:
Think AEX Tracker-ISIN:NL0009272749-Bloomberg Ticker:TDT NA
Think AMX Tracker-ISIN: NL0009272756
;Bloomberg Ticker:TMX NA
Think Total Market Tracker Defensief-ISIN:NL0009272764-Bloomberg Ticker:DTM NA
Think Total Market Tracker Neutraal-ISIN:NL0009272772; Bloomberg Ticker: NTM NA
Think Total Market Tracker Offensief-ISIN: NL0009272780; Bloomberg Ticker: TOF NA
Source: NYSE Euronext
Eurex to Further Expand its Equity Options Offering Covering UK Equities
30 new UK equity options with home market settlement to be introduced in January 2010
December 15, 2009--The international derivatives exchange Eurex announced today that it will launch new equity options based on 30 of the most liquid British stocks on 18 January 2010. With this new product suite, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange for the first time will also offer British pence denominated equity options with home market settlement. The new UK equity options will be physically settled in the Crest system of Euroclear UK & Ireland.
Peter Reitz, member of the Eurex Executive Board, said: “This launch represents an important step in our strategy to continuously expand our product offering with new contracts. The new UK equity options extend our broad coverage of the Dow Jones STOXX 600® index components. We provide our customers with extended cross margining opportunities as we offer trading of all the major European blue chips derivatives on one platform. UK equity options will enable our customers to better hedge their exposure to the UK equity market and will simultaneously offer new trading opportunities.”
The new options will be denominated in GB pence and physically settled in the Crest system of Euroclear UK & Ireland. Eurex and Eurex Clearing have been officially recognized by statutory instruments as financial intermediaries in the UK and will thus be exempted from SDR taxation (stamp duty). Further the customer business of all Eurex Clearing members will also automatically be exempted.
The new suite of options will have maturities of up to two years. To support order book trading, a market making scheme will be initiated to ensure on-screen liquidity. During the first eight months of trading, supporting market makers can qualify for a 50 percent revenue sharing program lasting for two years. Trading hours will be from 9:00 am until 5:30 pm CET.
Source: Eurex
Three New Bond Index ETFs Launched on Xetra
December 15, 2009--Three new bond index ETFs issued by iShares have been tradable on Xetra® since Tuesday.
ETF name: iShares Barclays Euro
Corporate Bond ex-Financials
Asset class: Bond index ETF
ISIN: DE000A0YEEX4
Management fee: 0.2 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: Barclays Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials Index
ETF name: iShares Barclays Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials 1-5
Asset class: Bond index ETF
ISIN: DE000A0YEEY2
Management fee: 0.2 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: Barclays Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials 1-5 Index
ETF name: iShares Barclays Euro Corporate Bond 1-5
Asset class: Bond index ETF
ISIN: DE000A0YEEZ9
Management fee: 0.2 percent
Distribution policy: distributing
Benchmark: Barclays Euro Corporate Bond 1-5 Index
Two of the new ETFs allow investors to participate in the performance of the Barclays Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials indices. These indices track the performance of bonds denominated in euros and issued by companies in the industrial and utilities sectors. The bonds in the Barclays Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials 1-5 index have maturities of between one and five years.
The third ETF allows investors to participate in the performance of the Barclays Euro Corporate Bond 1-5 index. This index tracks the performance of bonds denominated in euros and issued by companies in the industrial, utilities and financial sectors. The bonds have maturities of between one and five years.
The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently comprises 547 exchange-listed index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges. With this offering and an average monthly trading volume of around €11 billion, Xetra is the leading trading venue for ETFs in Europe.
Source: Deutsche Börse
Disclosure to rise for private equity units
December 15, 2009--The number of private equity-owned companies that disclose plc-style accounts is set to rise by almost half next year when the buy-out industry’s voluntary code of conduct is broadened in spite of resistance from some groups.
The change is expected to extend the reach of the code from 45 private equity portfolio companies to at least 65. While the UK has more than 1,000 companies owned by private equity groups, the expanded code will cover more than 90 per cent of firms by value.
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Source: FT.com
Over a decade of 'banana war' between EU, Latin America
December 15, 2009--The 16 year-long legal wrangling over banana tariffs between the EU and Latin American nations was the longest-running dispute in the history of the World Trade Organisation.
Here are key events during the dispute:
- July 1993: The European Union decides to give preferential treatment to bananas from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states and territories, many of which have historic links to EU members. This angers banana-producing countries in Latin America and also the United States, whose multinationals run much of the international trade in bananas.
- February 1996: The United States, in association with Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, lodges a complaint with the WTO, claiming the EU restricted imports of their bananas into the bloc. The United States does not itself export bananas but three of the largest producers with plantations in Latin America are US-based multinationals -- Chiquita, Del Monte and Dole.
- September 1997: The WTO rules in favour of the plaintiffs, stating that the EU system is "inconsistent" with global trade rules.
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Source: EU Business
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