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Four new EasyETFs investing in BRIC countries!
To exploit the growth of the four fastest-growing emerging countries…
September 24, 2009--Following the launch of these four ETFs investing in BRIC countries, the EasyETF range now includes 14 emerging market ETFs. Despite the recession, this region has, on the whole, continued to outperform most industrialised countries. Today, these 4 ETFs are listed on Euronext Paris.
Guillaume Dolisi, head of BNP Paribas EasyETF, explains that “we were the first bank to launch ETFs investing in Africa and the Middle East, the “Next 11” countries and the United Arab Emirates… in addition to its 10 existing ETFs in the emerging markets, EasyETF now has four new ETFs for BRIC countries. With the four new ETFs, our emerging market range is particularly well suited to investors seeking to diversify their portfolio while exploiting long-term capital appreciation opportunities in high-growth markets”.
“ETFs are an extremely popular tool for investors targeting emerging markets. The development of the ETF range, listed on Euronext markets, contributes to the implementation of various investment strategies. The four new products launched by Easy ETFs are eagerly awaited”, adds Scott Ebner, Senior Vice President, European Exchange Traded Products at NYSE Euronext.
A round-up…
• EasyETF DJ Brazil 15: the Dow Jones Brazil 15 index includes the 15 largest, most liquid companies on the Brazilian stock exchange (Bovespa), representing the Oil and Gas, Finance and Commodity sectors. Stocks are selected on the basis of market capitalisation and liquidity criteria.
• EasyETF DJ Russia Titans 10: the Dow Jones Russia Titans 10 index measures the performance of the 10 main RDRs (Russian Depositary Receipts) listed on the London Stock Exchange, selected on the basis of market capitalisation and liquidity criteria.
• EasyETF DJ India 15: the Dow Jones India 15 index represents the 15 largest companies listed on the Indian Stock Exchange, representing the Oil and Gas, Financial Services, Technology, Telecommunication, Services, Consumer Goods, Raw Materials and Utility sectors.
• EasyETF DJ China 15: the Dow Jones China 15 index includes the 15 largest companies listed on the Chinese Stock Exchange, representing the Financial, Raw Materials, Telecommunications and Oil and Gas sectors. Although these companies are mainly active in China, their shares are quoted on the Hong Kong and American markets, thereby providing substantial liquidity.
“We had already listed an EasyETF BRIC in July 2008. We felt that launching an ETF dedicated to each of the countries was essential in order to offer our investors optimal tactical allocation to this high-growth region. Our EasyETF range therefore includes several toolkits or allocation platforms, on various themes: commodities, credit, sectors, the environment and BRIC countries”, stresses Danièle Tohmé-Adet, head of product development at BNP Paribas EasyETF.
Fund factsheet:
EasyETF DJ Brazil 15
Legal structure: investment fund registered in Luxembourg (UCITS III)
ISIN code: LU0339362906
Investment management company: BNP Paribas Asset Management
Currency: EUR
Dividend: none, reinvested
Annual management fee: 0.65%
Listing: Euronext Paris
Bloomberg code: EEB FP Equity
Fund factsheet:
EasyETF DJ Russia Titans 10
Legal structure: investment fund registered in Luxembourg (UCITS III)
ISIN code: LU0339363110
Investment management company: BNP Paribas Asset Management
Currency: EUR
Dividend: none, reinvested
Annual management fee: 0.65%
Listing: Euronext Paris
Bloomberg code: ERR FP Equity
Fund factsheet:
EasyETF DJ India 15
Legal structure: investment fund registered in Luxembourg (UCITS III)
ISIN code: LU0339363383
Investment management company: BNP Paribas Asset Management
Currency: EUR
Dividend: none, reinvested
Annual management fee: 0.65%
Listing: Euronext Paris
Bloomberg code: EEI FP Equity
Fund factsheet:
EasyETF DJ China 15
Legal structure: investment fund registered in Luxembourg (UCITS III)
ISIN code: LU0339363540
Investment management company: BNP Paribas Asset Management
Currency: EUR
Dividend: none, reinvested
Annual management fee: 0.65%
Listing: Euronext Paris
Bloomberg code: ECC FP Equity
For more information, please go to: www.bnpparibas-am.com
Source: NYSE EURONEXT
NYSE Euronext Announces The Appointment Of Xavier Bommart And Marc Lefèvre
September 24, 2009--NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced the appointment of Xavier Bommart as Head of Business Development Listing Europe and of Marc Lefèvre as Head of European issuer coverage. Mr Lefèvre has also been appointed Head of Listing France and will remain Cash country manager in France.
Before joining the listing management team at Euronext in 2006, Xavier Bommart was in charge of international sales at American Express, ABN Amro and The Chase Manhattan Bank. He is a graduate of Université de Paris Dauphine, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and New York University.
Marc Lefèvre has been Cash country manager in France and Head of European Cash sales programmes for NYSE Euronext since 2005. He was previously Senior Manager with Odyssée management consultants, after working in Société Générale’s Corporate Investment Banking unit. Marc Lefèvre is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord (France).
“We are convinced that Xavier and Marc will be able to draw on their in-depth knowledge of listing and trading operations to meet the needs of all companies – whether already listed or in the process of listing -- offering them the excellent service, liquidity and visibility that listing on NYSE Euronext markets provides,” said Roland Bellegarde, Group Executive Vice President for European listing businesses and European cash trading.
“With our new organisation and enhanced value-added services, we are better positioned to meet companies’ financing needs, especially for small and mid-size businesses, enabling them to take full advantage of the anticipated recovery in listings on NYSE Euronext markets,” said Ronald Kent, Executive Vice President, Head of International Listings, for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia.
Source: NYSE EURONEXT
Mr. Charlie McCreevy European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Derivatives and Risk Allocation Derivatives Conference Speakers' Dinner Brussels
September 24, 2009--Ladies and Gentlemen,
I'm very pleased to welcome you here today, one year and 9 days after the collapse of Lehman sent its shockwaves through the economy. Even though AIG was bailed out the day after, it could not prevent the collapse of the interbank market. More bad news followed by the day. Our economies went deep into recession. Government interventions followed building up enormous liabilities for taxpayers.
Now, thanks to these interventions, the economic forecasts show that there's some light on the horizon. So we have not come here for our last meal. This is not going to be a light meal either, because we're here to talk about "weapons of mass destruction", as derivatives have come to be known.
The idea of a derivative – writing a contract for a simple transfer of risk – is centuries old. But since the last (and much smaller) financial crisis, the burst of the IT-dotcom bubble almost 10 years ago, their use has exploded – ironically because information technology has allowed for ever-more complex risk modelling. So in a way derivatives are the ultimate financial innovation. Designing proper regulation is far more intricate than one would expect for a centuries-old idea.
Some like it simple though: Just "freeze the OTC derivatives market" (I'm quoting George Soros here). Behind this is perhaps the conjecture that, instead of transferring risk, OTC derivatives have become the tool for the financial world to just conceal risks. But on the other hand, many companies have come to love and need derivatives. And they are expressing their worries that a rigorous approach would make their hedging more expensive and thus expose them to more risk.
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When the crisis started, neither the market nor supervisors knew who was bearing what risk in the economy. But now, it has become obvious: It's the taxpayer.
Source: EUROPA
LSE eyes partners and acquisitions
September 24, 2009--Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, said that the exchange would use “partnerships and acquisitions” to expand its business. The company also revealed that cost cutting had resulted in the loss of 12 per cent of its staff over the summer.
Mr Rolet, who took over from Dame Clara Furse in May, on Thursday also said he wanted to find ways of cutting the overall costs of using the exchange for dealing in FTSE shares by reducing clearing costs.
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Source: FT.com
S&P launches S&P GSCI capped index family
September 24, 2009--Standard & Poor’s has launched the S&P GSCI capped family of indices, three new commodity indices which limit constituent weights and provide greater diversification for investors and structured product providers seeking to comply with EU Ucits III directives.
The S&P GSCI Capped Commodity 35/20 Index, S&P GSCI Capped Component 35/20 Index and S&P GSCI Enhanced Capped Component 35/20 Index offer exposure to the 24 individual commodities that make up the S&P GSCI, but with two distinct capping procedures.
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Source: ETF Express
ETF Securities: Natural Gas Volumes Surge to break $1bn AUM
September 23, 2009--ETF Securities, the global pioneers of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) and third generation Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) with Assets Under Management of $15bn (21 September 2009), have seen increased flows into Natural Gas throughout 2009 with trading volumes surging past the $1bn mark. This has been largely due to switching out of similar products listed in the US into the European products.
Nicholas Brooks, Head of Research and Investment Strategy, at ETF Securities, commented:
“Oil and natural gas prices have historically tended to trade in a similar manner. However, since early this year oil prices have nearly doubled while natural gas prices have declined - until very recently. The ratio of the oil spot price to the natural gas spot price has recently traded at an all-time high. Many investors’ believe the price divergence has gone too far and are buying natural gas on anticipation of some closing of the gap.”
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Source: ETF Securities
Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Barclays Global Investors by BlackRock
September 23, 2009--The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited, a business division of the UK-based Barclays group, by BlackRock, Inc., based in the US. Both companies are global asset managers. After examining the operation, the Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area (EEA) or any substantial part of it.
Barclays Global Investors is active in structured investment strategies such as indexing, global allocation and risk-controlled active products as well as related investment services such as securities lending, cash management and transition management services, primarily to institutional clients. BlackRock manages assets on behalf of institutional and individual investors worldwide through a variety of fixed income, cash management, equity and balanced and alternative investment separate accounts and funds. It also offers risk management and advisory services.
The proposed merger would bring together two leading global asset managers with differentiated asset management products and strategies.
The Commission’s examination of the proposed transaction showed that there were overlaps between the activities of Barclays Global Investors and BlackRock in institutional and retail asset management, active and passive asset management, and in transition management services However, the Commission's market investigation confirmed that although the combined firm would be a significant player in a number of the sectors mentioned, its market shares would remain relatively limited. In addition, the overlaps between the parties' activities would be very limited on a split between active and passive management, with BlackRock primarily an active manager and BGI specialised in passive funds. The combined firm would continue to face several effective competitors in all of the markets where it is present. The Commission therefore concluded that the proposed transaction would not raise competition concerns.
More information on the case will be available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/index/m111.html#m_5580
Source: European Commission
The Level 3 Committees – CESR, CEBS and CEIOPS - welcome the legislative proposals published today by the European Commission on establishing a new institutional framework for financial supervision in the EU
September 23, 2009--The Level 3 Committees – CESR, CEBS and CEIOPS - welcome the legislative proposals published today by the European Commission on establishing a new institutional framework for financial supervision in the EU.
We share the Commission’s objectives to enhance financial architecture in the EU in an ambitious way, upgrading the quality and consistency of supervision, reinforcing the oversight of cross-border groups, and establishing a European single rule book applicable to all financial institutions in the Single Market.
The Level 3 Committees would like to underline the importance of having the new European System of Financial Supervisors and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) as two key and interdependent pillars of the new institutional structure and fully support the active participation of the Supervisory Authorities in the ESRB.
The Commission’s proposals provide that three Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EBA and EIOPA) will be set up, building upon the existing Level 3 Committees.
We view an evolutionary approach as the most efficient way to ensure a smooth transition towards the Supervisory Authorities, benefiting from the expertise available in the current three Level 3 Committees from the start.
We also stress the importance of preserving the independence of the new Authorities, currently afforded by the existing governance arrangements. We are ready to actively contribute to further refinements of the legislative proposals and to provide our input into building effective new Supervisory Authorities with appropriate powers.
Source: The Committe of European Securities Regulators
Speech of Chairman Gary Gensler, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, International Energy Agency
September 23, 2009--Good morning. It is a pleasure to be in Paris today with you. Thank you for inviting me to speak at the International Energy Agency on energy futures markets.
Before I turn to regulation of the energy markets, let me explain a little about the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and how we are organized to regulate financial markets in the United States. I also will briefly touch on our efforts to bring regulation to the over-the-counter derivatives marketplace
The CFTC was established in 1974 as an independent financial regulatory agency. The CFTC’s predecessor was set up in the 1930s to oversee markets for risk management contracts. The need to regulate the American financial markets arose out of a time of earlier financial crisis. Our nation then responded to the clear need for reform by establishing two market regulators – the CFTC to regulate the markets for risk management contracts, called derivatives contracts, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee the securities markets.
The CFTC was initially established to regulate the trading of mostly agricultural futures on commodities such as corn and wheat. Over time, the agency began regulating the trading of energy futures, and ultimately financial products.
The CFTC is charged with a significant responsibility to ensure the fair, open and efficient functioning of futures markets. Our duty is to protect both the market participants and the public from fraud, manipulation and other abuses.
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Source: CFTC.gov
New db x-trackers Strategy ETF Launched on Xetra
September 23, 2009--An additional db x-trackers index fund from Deutsche Bank‘s ETF offering has been admitted to trading on Xetra®.
ETF name: db x-trackers HSI Short Daily Index ETF
Asset class: Strategy ETF
ISIN: LU0429790313
Management fee: 0.75%
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: HSI Short Index
The new db x-trackers ETF tracks the performance of the HSI Short Index, which enables investors to participate in the inverse performance of the Hang Seng Index for the first time. The Hang Seng Index comprises 42 companies which represent approximately 70 percent of total market capitalization on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The stocks are weighted on the basis of market capitalization and freefloat.
The product offering in Xetra’s XTF segment currently comprises 496 exchange-traded index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges. With this offering and an average monthly trading volume of around €10 billion, Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment is the leading trading venue for ETFs in Europe.
Source: Deutsche Börse
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