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Barclays 'bad bank' chief Bommensath to quit at end-January
January 8, 2015--British bank Barclays Plc's (BARC.L) said its "bad bank" business head Eric Bommensath will leave at the end of this month after 17 years at the bank.
Bommensath was formerly the co-head of Barclays' investment bank and was put in charge of the bad bank, which was set up in May and tasked with getting rid of assets the bank does not want.
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Source: Reuters
Short and Leverage ETP demand continues, while past misconceptions shown to be overblown
January 7, 2015--WisdomTree Europe recognises recent U.S. Federal Reserve Board Paper as opportunity for evaluation of Short and Leverage Exchange Traded Products ("S&L ETPs")<
Company believes S&L ETPs have significant benefits compared to other forms of leveraged trading
Investors who use S&L ETPs often use them to hedge their portfolios, therefore helping prevent short term sell offs
BOOST, a WisdomTree company and Europe’s award winning specialist in S&L ETPs, experienced AUM growth of almost 300% over the past 12 months, reaching $165m on 31 December 2014
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Source: Boost
'Grexit' spectre returns, but eurozone safer: analysts
January 6, 2015--Fears of a Greek euro exit have returned with a bang after Athens called early elections on Monday, but steps taken after the financial crisis should stop the rest of the currency zone imploding, analysts say.
The bigger issue is of political contagion across the EU, with anti-austerity parties across the continent likely to be boosted if Greece's radical left Syriza party wins the January 25 polls, they said.
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Source: EUbusiness
European Commission amends draft RTS on clearing obligation for IRS
January 6, 2015--On 18 December 2014, the Commission indicated in a letter addressed to ESMA its intention to endorse with amendments the first technical standards on the clearing obligation for interest rate swaps.
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Source: ESMA
EurexOTC Clear passes milestone
Total notional transaction volumes pass 100-billion-euro level
January 6, 2015--Eurex Clearing, Europe's leading clearing house and part of Deutsche Börse Group, announced today that the total cumulative notional volumes of cleared OTC transactions have now passed the 100-billion-euro mark.
Since the launch of the OTC service in late 2012, transaction volumes have steadily increased despite the ongoing delay in European implementation of the clearing obligation.
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Source: Eurex Clearing
UK Official holdings of international reserves: December 2014
January 6, 2015--This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, or assets. These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets
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Source: HM Treasury
Borsa İstanbul investors gained a yield of 26.43 % in 2014.
January 5, 2015--Registering a historic high session closing, Borsa Îstanbul ranked among the top 5 performers of the world.
BIST 100 Index was the best performing investment instrument on the basis of the 2014 annual yields. The markets started the year with a high tension in the political arena and FED's decision to end the bond-purchasing program.
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Source: Borsa İstanbul
Boerse Stuttgart generates 2014 turnover in region of EUR 88 billion
January 5, 20155--Record turnover in exchange-traded products
Boerse Stuttgart leads European market in securitised derivatives and German bond market
Based on its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart's total annual turnover for 2014 was around
EUR 88 billion, roughly on a par with the previous year.
Exchange-traded products set a new annual turnover record. Retail investors traded ETPs through Boerse Stuttgart with a total volume of around EUR 8.8 billion, over 13 percent up on the previous annual record set in 2011 and 24 percent up on the figure for 2013.
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Source: Boerse Stuttgart
Nasdaq Nordic And Baltic Markets Annual Trading Statistics 2014
January 2, 2015--Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today publishes annual trade statistics for the Nordic1 and Baltic2 markets.
Below follows a summary of the trade statistics for 2014:
The share trading increased by 16.9% to a daily average of 2.593bn EUR, compared to 2.218bn EUR in 2013.
The average number of trades per business day increased by 13.4% to 351,776 as compared to 310,219 in 2013.
Derivatives trading decreased by 14.8 % to a daily average of 424,519 contracts, compared with 498,344 contracts in 2013.
ETF trading3 (Exchange Traded Funds) increased by 9.5% to a daily average of 51.4m EUR compared to 46.9m EUR in 2013.
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Source: Nasdaq
The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded €80.6 Bn. In December, Up 34% Year On Year
January 2, 2015--MONTHLY AND YEARLY TRADING STATEMENTS FOR BME MARKETS
The trading volume for the year 2014 grew 26%
Annual record high in the number of equity trades, at 70.9 million
The ETF trading volume in 2014 was up 130%
Derivatives trading in 2014 increased 2.9% year-on-year
Corporate Debt trading in 2014 reached €1.1 trillion, with growth in Public Debt trading
Equities
The equity trading volume on the Spanish Stock Exchange in December came in at €80.6 billion, up 34% from the same month in 2013. In 2014 the trading volume totaled €883.7 billion, up 26% from a year earlier.
The number of trades in 2014 reached an annual record high, at 70.9 million, up 46% year on year. In December the number of trades was 5.9 million, up 39% from December 2013.
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Source: BME
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