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Further Reforms and Investment Needed to Safeguard Jobs and Recovery in Europe
June 10, 2014--Europe 2020 Competitiveness Report confirms Europe's lack of progress in bridging the competitiveness gap with the US and other advanced economies, and competitiveness divide within the EU
The "fire-fighting" phase for Europe's economy may be over, but recovery and job creation are jeopardized by inaction on driving competitiveness
The competitiveness agenda should be placed at the centre of national and European policy to meet 2020 goals of becoming a smart, inclusive and sustainable society
A failure to implement fundamental reforms associated with encouraging competitiveness is putting job creation and Europe's long-term economic strategy at risk, finds The Europe 2020 Competitiveness Report: Building a More Competitive Europe, released today by the World Economic Forum.
view the WEF The Europe 2020 Competitiveness Report-Building a More Competitive Europe
Source: WEF (World Economic Forum)
MOVES- Invesco Powershares, Willis Group, Benson Elliot, Lloyds Bank
June 9, 2014--INVESCO POWERSHARES
The investment boutique firm, part of Invesco Ltd, said it appointed Kristian Walesby as head of ETF capital markets,
EMEA as part of its ongoing push to expand in Europe.
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Source: Reuters
Source expands marketing team
Three strategic appointments support firm's wider growth aims
June 9, 2014--Source has made three strategic hires in its European marketing team. John Hurley has joined the firm as director in marketing strategy, David Scales has joined as director in investment writing, and Brooke Petersen as an associate in events.
These appointments follow the recent additions to Source's regional coverage teams and are part of the firm's wider expansion to support growth in assets, investor base and geographical reach.
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Source: Global Investor
Drugs, sex and alcohol could boost growth
June 9, 2014--Europe's governments are turning their attention to prostitution, drugs and contraband as possible ways of boosting their economic growth profiles, as they struggle away from their debt crises.
Italy caused a stir when it announced last month that it would begin including revenues from drug trafficking and the sex trade, as well as contraband tobacco and alcohol, to calculate gross domestic product (GDP) from next year.
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Source: EUbuiness
Euroclear Bank's international ETF structure premiers on BATS Chi-X Europe
The iShares ETF lists today as first international ETF on the
exchange
June 9, 2014--Brussels and London-Euroclear Bank, a world
leading international central securities depository, in partnership
with BATS Chi-X Europe (BATS), the continent's largest stock
exchange, announce the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) to be
listed on BATS with an international securities structure.
iShares MSCI USA Dividend IQ UCITS ETF, which will be
available to trade on BATS from today marks a further step
forward in the two firms' efforts to streamline ETF trade
processing and settlement in the European market.
The iShares MSCI USA Dividend IQ UCITS ETF invests in US companies that target higher-than-average dividend yields. Securities are screened according to their earnings quality and to ensure that the dividends they pay are both sustainable and persistent over time. The fund aims to provide European investors with access to high quality income streams.
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Source: BATS Chi-X Europe
IMF United Kingdom- 2014 Article IV Consultation Concluding Statement of the Mission
June 6, 2014--1. The economy has rebounded strongly and growth is becoming more balanced. Growth has accelerated since the second half of 2013, and leading indicators suggest that the recovery has momentum. Although household expenditures played the driving role in the early stages of the recovery, business investment has picked up more recently. Net exports remain subdued.
2. Inflation has fallen rapidly. Despite lackluster productivity growth and the recent rebound in demand, inflation has dropped to just below the Bank of England's 2 percent target, owing to the fading impact of administered price increases, lower import prices, and weak growth in wages and margins.
3. Good macroeconomic performance is expected to persist. Real GDP growth is projected to remain strong this year, before gradually returning to trend rates, driven by further rebalancing toward business investment and a gradual recovery in productivity. Inflation is expected to revert to target.
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SOurce: IMF
ECB unveils radical moves to fight deflation and lift economy
June 5, 2014--Mario Draghi became the first major central banker to cut a key interest rate below zero as he unveiled a series of radical measures to stave off a crippling bout of deflation, and signalled his willingness to take further action.
As well as interest rate cuts, the European Central Bank president...
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Source: FT.com
ETF Securities submits proposal for new silver price benchmark-FT
June 4, 2014--ETF Securities, one of the biggest providers of exchange-traded funds, has submitted a proposal to develop a new global silver price benchmark when the 117-year-old London silver fix is disbanded in August.
The company, which operates precious metals-backed ETFs, has sent a proposed solution to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), the Financial Times reported citing founder and chairman Graham Tuckwell.
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Source: Reuters
UK Official holdings of international reserves: May 2014
June 4, 2014--This monthly press notice shows details of movements in May in the UK's official holdings of international reserves, which consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets. These reserves are maintained primarily so that the UK government's reserves could be used to intervene to support sterling' or the Bank of England's reserves could be used to support the Bank's monetary policy objectives.
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Source: HM Treasury
Hornbach Baumarkt and Borussia Dortmund to be included in SDAX
June 4, 2014--On Wednesday Deutsche Börse decided on changes in its selection indices which will become effective on 23 June 2014.
The composition of DAX, MDAX and TecDAX remains unchanged.
The following changes will be made to SDAX: The shares of Hornbach Baumarkt and Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co.KH aA will be included in the index. The shares of König & Bauer AG and Air Berlin PLC will be deleted from the index.
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Source: Deutsche Börse
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