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MNI Russia Consumer Report-November 2013

December 5, 2013-- MNI Russia Consumer Indicator falls to 94.8 in November from 99.4 in October. Confidence Hits Record Low.

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Source: MNI Indicators Deutsche Börse Group


Burgundy-Introduction Of Two New Automatch Segments For Exchange Traded Products

December 5, 2013--Oslo Børs Burgundy is expanding its offering in the Swedish market, and will add two new retail segments for Exchange Traded Products.

Two new retail segments for Exchange Traded Products will be available from 27 January 2014:
SE Burgundy Primary listed ETNs (segment code SBPE) for various Exchange Traded Notes, including Bull and Bear ETNs.
SE Burgundy Primary listed Warrants (segment code SBPW) for plain vanilla warrants and various knock-out warrants.

With a state-of-the-art trading system and competitive prices, Burgundy aims to attract high quality issuers of ETPs and become an attractive marketplace for the growing number of ETP investors with the introduction of the new segments.

The market model for equity will be updated to reflect the change. The latest version of the market model can be found here

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Source: Oslo Børs


Britain to abolish ETF transaction tax to lure funds

December 5, 2013--Britain's government is abolishing a transaction tax on shares purchased in exchange traded funds (ETFs) in an attempt to lure financial services activity from rival European centres.

While Britain is an established hub for fund management, most of the European ETF industry is domiciled in Ireland and Luxembourg for tax efficiency.

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Source: Reuters


November trading volume rises to around EUR 7.7 billion at Boerse Stuttgart

December 5, 2013--Growth in trading of debt instruments and equities// Strong demand for derivative investment products
Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7.7 billion in November 2013, according to its order book statistics. This represents an increase of roughly 1.5 percent by comparison with October.

With a trading volume of around EUR 3.5 billion, slightly up on the previous month, securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of total turnover. Trading in investment products was more than 2 percent higher at over EUR 2.2 billion. Driven by particularly strong demand, turnover in reverse convertibles rose by approximately 21 percent to around EUR 414 million. Leverage products ended the month at around EUR 1.2 billion, just below the October figure.

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Source: Boerse Stuttgart


FinEx Chooses Curex FX Benchmarks for ETF Best Execution

December 4, 2013--Curex Group, a provider of next generation foreign exchange ("FX") management capabilities that enable new standards of transparency and accountability for OTC FX fixings and execution, announced today an agreement with FinEx Group to embed patented Curex FX systems and FX execution audit technologies into FinEx currency-hedged share class ETFs.

Curex has created the world's only real-time streaming, executable FX fixing data designed to be integrated into financial market indices as an alternative to legacy FX benchmarks. Data is generated from the Curex FX electronic matching engine platform where a majority of the largest global FX dealers provide unprecedented executable liquidity and price transparency to market participants in an anonymous, competitive "exchange-like" FX marketplace.

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Source: Curex Group


BATS Global Markets In November: European Trade Reporting Service Becomes Market Leader

1Q14 Close Projected For Direct Edge Merger
U.S. Equities Market Share Totals 10%, BATS Chi-X Europe Posts Another New Record in Spain
December 4, 2013--BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reports that its pan-European trade reporting service, BXTR, became the industry leader in its first month of operation while BATS Chi-X Europe remained Europe's largest stock market in November.

BATS also continues progress towards approval and closing of the merger with Direct Edge Holdings, with completion of the transaction now expected in the first quarter of 2014. The company received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice in late October and its primary focus now is on receiving approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"November marked another month of tremendous growth for Europe as the team continues to build upon the Recognised Investment Exchange status earned in May, with the launch of BXTR and our European listings business," said BATS Global Markets CEO Joe Ratterman. "In the U.S., as we move towards closing the Direct Edge transaction, we continue to focus on delivering quality markets to our customers."

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Source: BATS


SHW AG to be included in SDAX

Deutsche Börse reviews index composition/ Changes to be effective on 23 December 2013
December 4, 2013--Deutsche Börse today decided on changes in its selection indices that will become effective on 23 December 2013.

The following changes will be made to SDAX: The shares of SHW AG will be included in the index. The shares of MVV Energie AG will be deleted from the index.

The compositions of DAX, MDAX and TecDAX remain unchanged.

Source: Deutsche Börse


Council Of The European Union: Permanent Representatives Committee Agrees On Directive Improving Rules For Collective Investment Funds

December 4, 2013--EU Permanent Representative Committee (COREPER II) on December 4 in Brussels has confirmed the Member States agreement on the Directive amending the current legislation on the harmonised functioning of collective investment funds and aiming at strengthening investors confidence.

The agreement on the Directive to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities as regards depositary functions, remuneration policies and sanctions (UCITS V) enables the Council to start negotiations with European Parliament, with a view to have a final agreement on this directive by the end of current legislative cycle.

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Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.


Second estimate for the third quarter of 2013-Euro area GDP up by 0.1% and EU28 up by 0.2%

-0.4% and +0.1% respectively compared with the third quarter of 2012
December 4, 2013--GDP rose by 0.1% in the euro area1 (EA17) and by 0.2% in the EU281 during the third quarter of 2013, compared with the previous quarter, according to second estimates2 published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

In the second quarter of 2013, growth rates were +0.3% and +0.4% respectively.

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP fell by 0.4% in the euro area and rose by 0.1% in the EU28 in the third quarter of 2013, after -0.6% and -0.1% respectively in the previous quarter.

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Source: Eurostat


Boost Trade Idea of the Week-Sterling strength is bearish for FTSE 100, bullish for FTSE 250

December 3, 2013--Summary
The profit outlook is weakening for UK large-cap equities. Accordingly, consensus is downgrading the outlook for FTSE 100, while keeping it robust for the FTSE 250.
Overhanging the gloomy sentiment in UK's large-cap equity market is the appreciating sterling and the threat of higher interest rates as the BoE prepares to tighten monetary policy. As large-cap earnings come under pressure, the outlook is bearish for the FTSE 100.

In preserving the Funding for Lending Scheme for SME (while ending it for households), the BoE’s careful rebalancing act is a signal of calibrating monetary policy toward supporting UK’s domestic focused businesses. The outlook is bullish for domestic secular growth stories captured in the FTSE 250.
Investors who share this sentiment may consider, amongst the Boost equity ETPs product platform (www.boostetp.com/products), the following positions in UK equities:
Long positioning UK mid-cap equities:

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Source: Boost


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