Euronext attracts potential buyers
November 19, 2013--Three exchange companies are considering individual bids for Euronext, the European exchange group set to be spun off after it was acquired last week by IntercontinentalExchange Group, according to people familiar with the discussions.
London Stock Exchange Group, Nasdaq OMX Group and Deutsche Börse each have discussed with advisers the possibility of making offers for Euronext, although none has hired bankers to launch a formal bid, the people said. It is possible the potential suitors won't move forward at all, given other priorities and challenges.
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Source: Financial News
Borsa Italiana: ETF Stat: October 2013
November 19, 2013--Highlights
New Listing
1 new issuer on ETFplus market: Boost listed 6 triple leveraged ETNs and 2 triple leveraged ETCs
1 new specialist on ETFplus market: Getco which acts as specialist on 8 instruments
In October 11 new ETFs and 8 new ETCs/ETNs were listed bringing to 822 the number of instruments listed on ETFplus market (651 ETFs and 171 ETCs/ETNs)
Trading
Borsa Italiana in October has confirmed its leadership in Europe* for number of trades on eletronic platform in ETFs, the ranking has been lead since 2005
In October Borsa Italiana was the second European Exchange* for on book turnover: the market share grew to 20%, up by 27.65% compared to October 2012
AUM
At the end of October 2013, the Asset Under Management (AUM) deposited in Italy set a new historical record reaching 25.938 bn of Euros (23.935 bn of Euros for ETFs and 2.003 for ETCs) with a grow of 25.17% compared to the end of 2012
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ETFplus Listing Italy
*Data source: FESE and LSEG - only electronic order book considered
Deutsche Borse enhances Xetra market data offering with exclusive real-time analytics For the first time, our clients will be able to access key analytics calculated in real-time directly from the full Xetra order book," said Georg Gross, Head of Front Office,Data + Services, Deutsche Börse. view more Moscow Exchange will migrate to a new format of the Stock market data dissemination on February 17, 2014 view more Net $8.7 bln FDI entered Turkey in first nine months view more Boost Trade Idea-Disinflation pressures commodities, feeds equities amidst dovish Fed (tickers 3UKL, 2JAL, 3GOS, 3OIS) view more Euro area investment fund statistics
Transactions1 in shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds amounted to €97 billion in the third quarter of 2013, while transactions in
shares/units issued by money market funds amounted to minus €7 billion. view more London banks quit carbon trading view more Leveraged exchange-traded funds see strong rise view more ESMA-Financial institutions must improve financial statement disclosures
ESMA, while finding that the required disclosures under IFRS were generally observed, also identified broad variations in the quality of the information provided, and found some cases where that was insufficient or insufficiently structured to allow comparability among financial institutions. view more If you are looking for a particuliar article and can not find it, please feel free to contact us
Source: Borsa Italiana
November 19, 2013--Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services is introducing exclusive analytics based on raw, unpublished Xetra order book data.
Effective 25 November 2013, Xetra real-time analytics will provide market participants with additional, exclusive in-depth trading information.
Source: Deutsche Börse
November 19, 2013--Moscow Exchange would like to announce that it migrates to a new format of the Stock market data dissemination on February 17, 2014. This implies that the only data available for the vendors' clients, using terminals and other products containing the Exchange market data,
will be the data from the Main Market, while the market data from the "Standard" and "Classica" sectors will be available since February 17, 2014 only to the trading members connected directly to the Exchange. The move relates to the introduction of the T+ settlement cycle on the Exchange's Stock market and optimization of the market data streams.
Source: Moscow Exchange
November 19, 2013--Approximately $8.7 billion of net foreign direct investment (FDI) entered Turkey in the first nine months of the year, according to data released by the Ministry of Economy on Tuesday.
Out of the total FDI of $8.698 billion in the first nine months, $3.321 billion entered the economy via operations of intermediary financial institutions, $1.215 billion came from the electricity, gas and water sector and $1.187 billion from the manufacturing sector. Also, 60.5 percent of the cash capital came from European Union countries. The FDI entry in September totaled $770 million in which $528 million came from the European Union, $169 million from Asian economies while the rest entered from other countries. Also, 56 foreign-funded companies were established in Turkey in September.
Source: Today's Zaman
November 19, 2013--Disinflation pressures commodities, feeds equities amidst dovish Fed
Summary
Janet Yellen's statements in her confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee are dovish. With tapering set to be off the table for at least until the end of the year, the rally in equities may extend itself further out.
Signs of weakening economic growth in the West, together with inflation indicators hitting new lows, are reviving deflation fears. Combined with signals from Brussels and Washington pointing towards fiscal discipline, the disinflationary outlook is undermining commodities.
Source: Boost
November 19, 2013--In September 2013, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment
funds other than money market funds was €218 billion higher than one quarter earlier in June
2013. This increase was due almost equally to increases in share/unit prices and to net issues
of shares/units.
The amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds increased to €7,037 billion in September 2013, from €6,819 billion
in June 2013. Over the same period, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro
area money market funds decreased to €844 billion from €854 billion.
Source: ECB
November 18, 2013--At least 10 London banks have scaled back or closed their carbon trading desks amid turmoil in the European emissions trading scheme.
The fledgling market was once seen as a promising growth area, with the City of London Corporation predicting in 2006 that London would become the leading provider of services to the "mushrooming" sector....
Source: FT.com
November 18, 2013--The value of leveraged exchange-traded funds globally has risen 24% this year to the end of October, to $23.3 billion, according to leveraged ETF manager Boost.
The rise is a mixture of ETFs being created to meet investor interest and price rises as a result of market gains.
Source: Financial News
November 18, 2013-The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Review of the comparability and quality of disclosures in 2012 IFRS financial statements of listed financial institutions.
The Review makes recommendations aimed at enhancing the transparency of financial statements through the improvement of disclosures in certain key areas including: credit risk and impact of forbearance practices; liquidity and funding risk; asset encumbrance and fair value measurement of financial instruments.
Source: ESMA