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Russian cenbank moves to limit pricing manipulation in futures market

December 15, 2014--The Russian central bank said on Monday it had sent an order to the Moscow Exchange to halt trading in certain instruments in order to prevent possible manipulation of the equity futures market.

"In order to prevent possible pricing manipulation during the expiration of futures contracts on the RTS index... the Central Bank of Russia sent an order to MICEX (index) to suspend trading of financial instruments," the bank said in a statement.

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Source: Reuters


New Source ETF launched in XTF segment on Xetra

ETF offers currency-hedged access to the S&P 500
December 12, 2014--A new equity index ETF issued by Source has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Friday.
ETF name: Source S&P 500 UCITS ETF-EUR Hedged
Asset class: equities
ISIN: IE00BRKWGL70
Total expense ratio: 0.15 percent

Distribution policy: non-distributing Benchmark: S&P 500 EUR Hedged Net Total Return Index

The Source S&P 500 UCITS ETF-EUR Hedged gives investors access to the performance of the 500 largest stock corporations on the American market and also enables them to benefit from daily hedging against exchange-rate risks between the euro and the US dollar.

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Source: Xetra


European Commission adopts first equivalence decision for the purposes of credit risk weighting Regulation (EU) No 575/2013

December 12, 2014--Today, the Commission adopted its first 'equivalence' decision for the purposes of credit risk weighting under Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 ('Capital Requirements Regulation').

It establishes a list of third countries whose supervisory and regulatory arrangements the EU considers equivalent.

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Source: European Commission


Borsa Italiana-ETFstat November 2014

December 12, 2014--New Listing
In November 2 new ETFs and 1 new ETC were listed on ETFplus market
At the end of November 2014 there were listed 919 instruments (669 ETFs and 250 ETCs/ETNs)

Trading
Borsa Italiana in 2014 has confirmed its leadership in Europe* for number of trades on eletronic platform in ETFs with a market share of 28,36%, the ranking has been lead since 2005
In 2014 Borsa Italiana is the second European Exchange* for on book turnover with a market share of 17,65%.

AUM
At the end of November 2014, the Asset Under Management (AUM) deposited in Italy set a new historical record reaching 36.86 bn of Euros (34.22 bn of Euros for ETFs and 2.64 for ETCs/ETNs) with a grow of 39.67% compared to November 2013

Inflows
During November 2014, the ETFs listed on ETFplus market set a total net inflow of 424 m of Euros.

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Source: Source: Borsa Italiana


ECB's liquidity auction falls short of expectations

December 11, 2014--ECB's liquidity auction falls short of expectations...doubts about policy makers' efforts to stave off stagnation.

raising fears the region could be heading for a prolonged

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Source: FT.com


Lyxor UCITS ETF iBoxx Germany 1-3Y (DR) launched on Xetra

ETF tracks German government bonds
December 11, 2014-- A new exchange-listed bond index fund issued by Lyxor Asset Management has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Thursday.
ETF name: Lyxor UCITS ETF iBoxx Germany 1-3Y (DR)
Asset class: bond index ETF
ISIN: FR0012283398

Total expense ratio: 0.165 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: iBoxx € Germany 1-3 Total Return Index

The Lyxor UCITS ETF iBoxx Germany 1-3Y (DR) provides investors with access to the performance of EUR-denominated government bonds with short maturities issued by the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Source: Xetra


ESMA-MiFID-Conduct of Business, fair, clear and not misleading information

December 11, 2014--Summary
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has conducted a peer review of how national regulators (national competent authorities or NCAs) supervise MiFID conduct of business rules on providing fair, clear and not misleading information to clients.

The peer review focused on NCAs’ organisation, supervisory approaches, monitoring and complaints handling in relation to information and marketing communications under MiFID. The Report found that there was overall a high degree of compliance amongst NCAs with the good practices identified in these key areas. However, a variety of approaches were observed, leading to different intensity of supervision.

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Source: ESMA


Lyxor switches Government Bond range to physical replication

December 11, 2014--Lyxor Asset Management has announced that the rest of its Government Bond ETF range will switch to the direct replication model known as "physical" replication.

These funds will be managed as purely physical replication ETFs, without the use of sampling techniques, in order to produce the highest possible correlation with the index performance.

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Source: Investment Europe


BOOST launches Europe's first 3x Short and 3x Leverage Banks ETPs on Borsa Italiana as trading volumes reach $1bn

December 10, 2014--Europe's first 3x Leveraged and 3x Short Banks ETPs listed on Borsa Italiana
5x Leverage EUR-USD and 5x Short EUR-USD ETPs also listed on Borsa Italiana
BOOST ETP's short and leverage platform hits new AUM record as Boost expands into FX, offering now covers equities, commodities, fixed income and FX

Trading volumes also hit record high with $1bn (1) notional trading volume in November

BOOST ETP, A WisdomTree Company and Europe's award winning, specialist Short and Leverage (S&L) Exchange Traded Product (ETP) provider, is proud to announce that it has listed Europe's first ever 3x short and leverage Euro STOXX Banks ETPs.

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Source: BOOST


'Pension passport' still under scrutiny

December 10, 2014--The City regulator is considering ways to offer savers a "Pension Passport",

as part of wider overhaul of the retirement income market.

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Source: FT.com


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